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GOSPEL BY MOSES, H^L 



IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS 



OLD TESTAMENT UNVEILED. 



BY O. H: v PUTNAM. 



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"And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end 
of thai which is abolished : 

" But their minds were blinded : for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old 
testament ; which vail is done away in Christ."— 2 Cor. iii. 13, 14. 




NE W YOKK: 
EDWARD H. FLETCHER, NASSAU STREET 



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1854. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by 

C. H. PUTNAM, 

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern 

District of New York. 



R. CRAIGHEAD, PRINTER, 

53 Vesey Street. 



PREFACE 



Much has been said and written in relation to the types and symbols of 
Scripture ; and various have been the opinions of the learned in all ages 
upon the subject. Ancient writers very generally acknowledged a typi- 
cal sense to the Old Testament, but many of them brought the matter 
into disrepute by their injudicious and unauthorized treatment of it. 
Instead of being guided in their interpretations by the analogy and unity 
of divine truth, they followed the leadings of false philosophy and gave 
license to vain fancies, which imparted to the subject a visionary charac- 
ter, and involved it in transcendental mysticism. Some even went so 
far as to deny to the writings of Moses any other than a mystical sense ; 
insisting that no such events really occurred as are recorded by him ; 
that the entire Old Testament history is but a system of divine myste- 
ries, and not an authentic narrative of actual facts. But vague and 
often extravagant as were the views entertained in regard to the nature 
and extent of a typical sense, it was certainly much to the credit of these 
ancient systems, and did much to atone for their errors, that they all 
agreed in considering Christ and the things of his spiritual kingdom to 
be the one great end and aim of every part of divine revelation. 

In more modern times the vital spirit of religion gave j)lace to a dull 
formality, which savored of rationalism and infidelity. The faith of 
the gospel was exchanged for theories more upon a level with human 
reason, which discarded all divine mysteries and all necessity of the 
Spirit's teaching, and in which Christ and his redemption-work had no 
part, — either as intimated in the Old Testament, or accomplished in the 
New. 

But we trust a better day has dawned, and that God will not longer 
suffer this part of his Word to " return unto him void," but it will " ac- 
complish that whereto he has sent it." We fully believe that it was for 
the spiritual benefit of his Church that he ordained and constituted a 
connexion between the Old and New Testaments, as between type and 
antitype ; that he was pleased, in this way, to instruct his saints of old 
into the mysteries of his will in the great plan of grace ; that they might 
believe the promise and rejoice in hope, though they "died without the 



VI PREFACE. 

sight." Not only so, but this same connexion is designed to confirm the 
faith of those who have " received the promise." It is like having in 
their own hands the " handwriting" or promissory note of Jehovah, to 
compare with the actual payment of all that it pledged, when that 
" handwriting" was taken out of the way by being nailed to the cross I 
Hence their duty and their privilege to look into these things, that they 
may not be " slow of heart to believe all that the scriptures testify" of 
Christ and his great salvation. 

And here we would ask, if a secret unbelief in reference to the plenary 
inspiration of the Bible, does not lie at the bottom of much of the doubt 
and ignorance which so generally prevail upon the typical character and 
design of the Old Testament ? If we regarded it as coming immediately 
and wholly from God, in all and every part, should we not be likely to 
attach an importance, and look for a meaning, in things which we pass over 
as trivial and of no particular interest ? In fact, it is hardly possible to 
reconcile the divine inspiration of the books of Moses with the idea that 
they convey nothing higher and more important than a literal meaning. 
It is only when viewed in their typical character that these writings 
assume their proper dignity and value. Barren details may, it is true, 
serve a subordinate purpose in exhibiting the dealings of God with the 
subjects of his moral government ; but if understood only in this view, 
these records are shorn of their chief glory, and sink to a level with 
other history. How trivial and insignificant in themselves are the inci- 
dents recorded ! Yet let these very details be considered as divinely 
appointed to shadow forth God's everlasting scheme of grace, and how 
rich and fruitful do they become, both " for doctrine, for reproof, for cor- 
rection, and for instruction in righteousness I" The smallest item becomes 
replete with the glories of the new heavens and the new earth, and im- 
bued with the great mysteries of " God manifest in the flesh." 

Again, if the books of Moses claim no higher character than a mere 
literal history ; if, under the veil of familiar facts, common events, and 
minutely detailed rituals, there lies no hidden, spiritual, and prophetic 
intimation of the mysteries and glories of redemption — then, whence the 
necessity of a divine inspiration ? Why was a supernatural agency re- 
quisite ? It was surely easy for God, by merely natural means, to pre- 
serve a record of common events and transmit them to us, without any 
immediate operation of the Holy Spirit. But, on the other hand, if 
these events were designed to convey spiritual instructions, to reveal unto 
us those " deep things of God," which none but the Spirit of God knows 
or can reveal, then we see the necessity that "holy men of old should 
speak as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." 

The apostle Paul was certainly speaking of the Old Testament when 
he said to Timothy, " All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is 
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteous- 
ness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all 
good works." But when did any uninspired writing, any mere literal his- 
tory, however replete with the best moral sentiment, ever deserve this high 



PREFACE. Vll 

character, or accomplish this great work ? Christ says, " Search the 
scriptures ; for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which 
testify of me." But how do these scriptures testify of Christ ? Is it merely 
in some few isolated passages, which all allow to be prophetic because they 
are so quoted in the New Testament ? On the contrary, does not the New 
Testament everywhere justify the inference that if " the law " was rightly 
understood it would always teach gospel truth ? — that it invariably tes- 
tified of the comino- of the Just One, and the o-lories of his kingdom — 
not vaguely and incidentally, as if more by accident than design, but 
with an exactness and expressiveness which fully demonstrates the fact of 
an ultimate object, infinitely transcending a mere literal record ? 

"When God said to Moses, " See that thou make all things according to 
the pattern shown you in the mount," did he furnish him with no other 
and better direction than an architectural model of a mere " worldly 
sanctuary" ? — was it this that Moses saw in the mount with God, or was 
it the New Jerusalem — the house not made with hands, eternal in the 
heavens ? Was he to order and regulate the work of making a taberna- 
cle, by mechanical rules, or was he moved and inspired by a sight of 
those things " which God has laid up for them that fear him" — things 
which " eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the 
heart of man to conceive, but which he reveals to us by his Spirit" ? In 
speaking of one part of the service of this worldly sanctuary, Paul ex- 
pressly declares what the Holy Ghost signified by it ;* and if a part was 
significant of heavenly things, why not the whole ? Indeed, if it be not 
the design of God, throughout the books of Moses, to make known, " in 
a figure," the mysteries of his grace, then do these writings present 
greater and more insuperable difficulties than any which are found in 
conceding the fact of their typical character; and well may the question 
of the apostle, in reference to the 4th verse of Deut. xxii., be applied to 
a multitude of similar instances : "Doth God take care for oxen, or 
saith he it altogether for our sakes ? For our sakes, no doubt, this is 
written." (1 Cor. ix. 9, 10.) That Israel, as a people, with all that was 
connected with them, were typical of the church of Christ, and ought 
to be so regarded by us, is abundantly and variously attested. In speak- 
ing of God's dealings with them, it is expressly declared, " All these 
things happened unto them for ensamples (or types) ; and they were 
written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the earth are come." 
It is in accordance with this fact that Paul demands of the Galatian 
church, in a tone of both surprise and reproof, " Do ye not hear the 
law ?" (this being often used as a general term for the whole of the Old 
Testament) ; as if, by the events of this history alone, they ought to have 
understood the great doctrine of the two covenants ! 

But if particular parts of these writings are allowed to be typical, 
because they are declared to be so in the New Testament, is it not absurd 
to suppose that these stand alone in their figurative character and design, 

* Heb ix. 8. 



Vlll PREFACE. 

while all connected with them is a mere record of common facts ? Do the 
Scriptures, which are allowed by all to be a model of fine writing, thus mix 
the literal and figurative together ? Do they mingle in one indiscrimi- 
nate mass, the trivial and unimportant details of history, with, the most 
sublime truths and principles of a divine revelation ? 

On this branch of our subject, we beg leave to quote from a recent 
publication, "The Typology of Scripture," by Patrick Fairbairn ; his 
remarks being more to the purpose than anything we could say. Speak- 
ing of the works of Professor Stowe and Moses Stuart, Fairbairn says, 
" The view embraced by this school of interpreters lies open to one ob- 
jection, in common with the school that preceded it. While a certain 
number of types were admitted, nothing was done to investigate and 
explain the internal nature of the connexion existing between them and 
the corresponding realities under the gospel. There are fewer points of 
resemblance presented to us by these writers, between type and antitype, 
than in the works of an older date, but the resemblances themselves are 
just as much of an outward and superficial character. There is as little 
to be met with of the rationale or grounds of the doctrine in the one 
system as in the other. But other defects adhere to the view in question. 
The leading excellence of the previous system was the reference which 
it supposed the Old Testament scriptures to bear toward Christ and the 
gospel dispensation ; and the practical disavowal of this, may be said to 
constitute the great defect of the more meagre system which has now 
obtained the general suffrage of the learned. It drops a golden princi- 
ple for the sake of avoiding a few lawless aberrations. It furnishes 
indeed a clear and well defined rule for our guidance ('that just so 
much of the Old Testament is to be accounted typical as the New Testa- 
ment declares to be so, and no more'), with which it is scarcely possible 
to be guilty of extravagance. But it is a rule which leaves more un- 
taught than it teaches, and is itself almost a more vicious error than the 
evils it is applied to correct. For it breaks the link of connexion be- 
tween the Old Testament and the New, in regard to a large portion of 
the former, thus depriving the Christian Church of much of the instruc- 
tion in divine things which these scriptures are designed to impart, and 
unduly contracting the light which they are intended to shed over the 
events and the dispensation of the gospel. Were men accustomed, as 
they should be, to search for evidences of Christ in all scriptures, and to 
regard the inspired records of both covenants as having for their leading 
object ' the testimony of Jesus,' they would know how much they are 
losers by such a curtailment of the typical matter of Scripture, and in 
proportion as they grow in depth of spiritual discernment, and enlarged 
acquaintance of the truth of God, they will be less inclined to feel 
satisfied with such a limited and superficial system. 

" The rule of interpretation just mentioned, is manifestly built on the 
ground, that nothing less than inspired authority is sufficient to guide us 
to the discovery and explanation of the types. But why should this be 
deemed necessary ? No one holds the necessity of inspiration to explain 



PREFACE. IX 



prophecies and decide even with certainty upon their fulfilment, and why- 
should it be reckoned absolutely indispensable to the closely related sub- 
ject of types ? * * * From the analogy subsisting between the two sub- 
jects — for what is a type but a prophetic act or institution ? — we might 
reasonably infer the same liberty to have been granted and the same obli- 
gation imposed in regard to the typical parts of ancient Scripture. But 
we have something more than a mere argument from analogy to guide us 
in this conclusion ; for the very same complaint is brought by an inspired 
writer against private Christians concerning their slowness in understand- 
ing the types, which our Lord brought against the apostles in regard to 
the prophecies. In the Epistle to the Hebrews, a sharp reproof is ad- 
ministered to the disciples for their imperfect acquaintance with the 
typical character of Melchizedec, and subjects of a like nature; thus 
placing it beyond a doubt, that it is both the privilege and the duty of 
the church, with that measure of the Spirit's aid which it is the part of 
every believer to expect, to inquire into and understand the typical as 
well as the prophetical matter of ancient Scripture, whether inspiration 
may have thrown any special light on it or not. To deny this, is certain- 
ly to withhold an important privilege from the Christian church ; to dis- 
suade from it, is to encourage the neglect of an incumbent duty. 

" But the unsoundness of the principle which would limit the number 
of the types to those which are expressly mentioned in New Testa- 
ment Scripture, becomes still more apparent when we consider what 
these really are, and in what manner they are introduced. Leaving out 
of view the tabernacle, its sacred furniture and the services therewith 
connected, the typical nature of which has been placed beyond dispute 
by the Epistle to the Hebrews, the following are all the types, for which 
anything like an express warrant of Scripture can be produced : 1. Per- 
sons or characters; Adam (Rom. v. 11, 12 ; 1 Cor. xv. 22), Melchizedec 
(Heb. vii.), Sarah and Hagar, the latter also identified with Sinai and 
Jerusalem (Gal. iv. 22-26), Ishmael and Isaac (ibid.), Moses (Gal. iii. 19 ; 
Acts iii. 22-26), Jonah (Matt. xii. 40), David (Ezk. xxxvii. 24 ; Luke 
1. 32), Solomon (2 Sam. vii.), Zerubbabel and Joshua (Zech. iii.). 2. 
Transactions or events ; the preservation of Noah and his family in the 
deluge (1 Pet. iii. 20), the exodus (Matt. ii. 15), the passage through 
the Red Sea, the giving of manna, the putting a veil on the face of 
Moses while the law was read, the rock that was smitten and the serpent 
that was lifted up in the wilderness, with some judgments also which 
were inflicted on the Israelites in the wilderness (1 Cor. x ; John iii. 
14, 15, v. 33). 

" Now let any person of candor and intelligence take his Bible and 
examine the passages to which reference has just been made, and let 
him say whether the manner in which these particular characters and 
things are there introduced, is such as to indicate that these alone were 
prefigurative of similar characters and things under the gospel — that in 
naming them, in short, the inspired writers had exhausted the typical 
bearing of the Old Testament history ? On the contrary, it seems im- 



X PREFACE. 

possible to avoid the conviction, that in adducing these particular examples, 
they were merely singling out a few, as occasion required, from a vast 
storehouse, where many similar ones were to be found. They have all the 
appearance, at least, of having been selected merely as examples suited 
to the immediate purpose in view, and are consequently to be taken as 
mere specimens of the class to which they belong. And this being the 
case, they should rather have the effect of prompting further inquiry than 
of checking it. * * * Indeed, were it otherwise, nothing could be more 
arbitrary and unmeaning than the typology of Scripture. For what is 
there to distinguish the characters and events which Scripture has thus 
particularized, from a great multitude of others in sacred history, so that 
they alone should have been invested with a typical meaning ? * * * 
So much the reverse, that it is scarcely possible to avoid the conviction, 
that if those were typical, so also must many others be, which hold not 
a less but even sometimes a more prominent place in the page of sacred 
history. Can it be seriously believed that Sarah and Hagar were raised 
up as typical characters to teach important lessons to future times con- 
cerning the gospel dispensation, while there was nothing properly typi- 
cal in Abraham, from whom, notwithstanding, they derived their whole 
importance, their very existence even, as scriptural characters ? "What 
reason can we imagine for Melchizedec and Jonah having been constituted 
types, while such leading characters as Joseph, Samson, and Elijah are 
excluded ; or for selecting the passage through the Red Sea, and the 
incidents in the wilderness, while the passage through Jordan and the 
conquest of Canaan are thrown out of view?" 

In addition to these remarks from Fairbairn, we shall subjoin a single 
passage as quoted by him from another author. The leading views 
presented in these quotations, particularly the last, embody, as we fully 
believe, the grand principle upon which the doctrine of types must 
stand. To develop this principle — that Christ and his spiritual kingdom 
is the one great theme of divine revelation — is the sole object of the 
author in the present work : 

" Christianity sprung out of Judaism. Long before Christ appeared, 
the world was prepared in which he was to appear ; the entire Old Testa- 
ment is a great prophecy, a great type of him who was to come, and has come. 
Who can deny that the holy seers of the Old Testament saw in spirit the 
advent of Christ long before he came, and in prophetic anticipations, 
sometimes more, sometimes less clear, descried the new doctrine ? The 
typological comparison of the New with the Old Testament, was by no 
means a mere play of fancy. Christianity lay in Judaism as leaves and 
fruit do in the seed, although it requires the divine sun to bring them 
forth." 

We pass to consider one more point, not as yet alluded to ; we mean 
the relation between the natural world and the spiritual kingdom. The 
New Testament declares, " The invisible things of God, from the creation 
of the world, are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are 
made, even his eternal power and Godhead." What are we to under- 



PREFACE. XI 

stand by these words, but that the Holy Ghost designed, by the works of 
creation, the visible things of the material world, and the order and ar- 
rangement of them, as they proceeded from the hand of Him by whom 
and for whom all were made, to show forth, symbolically and emblemati- 
cally, the invisible and spiritual things of that new heaven and new 
earth which were to stand when the old should have passed away for 
ever? The learned Augustine so understood it, as appears from the 11th 
and 12th book of his " Confessions," though he says, " the wise will say 
1 Moses did not mean so.' " A learned writer of our own time expresses this 
same view of the subject. Gaussen, in his work upon " The Divine Inspi- 
ration of the Scriptures," says, " His (God's) great aim, without doubt, 
was to reveal to us the eternal glories of the invisible world, not the 
barren secrets of that which is to perish." 

A strong proof of such a design is certainly found in the analogy 
which the Scriptures everywhere recognise between natural objects and 
spiritual things — an analogy far too remarkable to be the result of mere 
accident, and which none bat the God of nature could have established. 

To those who look with alarm upon the least attempt to spiritualize 
Scripture, we say that we by no means advocate a rash or premature 
conclusion, in regard to any such meaning. "We do not give a spiritual 
sense ; we only endeavor to discover it, — like the sculptor who said, " The 
image is in the marble, I only bring it out." We are aware that in this 
attempt we are treading on holy ground ; and not unfrequently have our 
steps been staid, and our efforts almost paralysed by a solemn conviction 
of the danger of " perverting the right ways of the Lord," or trifling with 
his Word ! The work of investigation and study has, at least, not been 
hastily done ; it has been the delightful business of nearly thirty years. 

We request those who differ from us in opinion, to suspend their judg- 
ment until they have given the subject a fair investigation. If they 
will only consent to lay aside preconceived notions, and look into these 
things in the spirit of candid inquiry, we have full confidence that the 
result will be a discovery of the fact that many a scripture whose dead 
letter yielded nothing to their perception but barren historic detail, is 
really a " well of salvation," out of which they may draw " living water f 
— that the tree of life, whose leaves are for the healing of the na- 
tions, extends on both sides of that "river" which proceeds from the 
throne, and " makes glad the city of our God ;" and that these leaves are 
not confined to the sunny banks of the gospel, but grow equally abundant 
and equally verdant under the shade of the darker dispensation. 

The Author. 



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THE OLD TESTAMENT UNVEILED. 



THE FIRST BOOK; OR, GENESIS. 



CHAPTER I. 



The Letter. 

1. In the beginning God created the 
heaven and the earth. 



Note. 

The original of this verse, according 
to Calmet, would read, — "In the begin- 
ning God created the substance of the 
heavens and the substance of the earth." 

This would intimate that the phrase, 
" the beginning" implies nothing definite 
in point of time ; but only that the un- 
formed mass of matter out of which the 
objects of creation now described, were 
made, had previously existed. So far 
as respects the natural world, we leave 
this question to the speculation of geo- 
logists ; our object being to find, if, in 
revealing to us the order and manner of 
this fair creation, God had any other 
and greater object to effect, than making 
known "the barren secrets of that 
which is to perish," — or, whether he de- 
signed by " the things that are made," 
symbolically to represent " the invisible 
things of himself; even his eternal power 
and Godhead;" — the eternal glories of 
the new heavens and new earth, which 
he would make when the former have 
passed away ! 

Jesus, the anointed of God, who was 
" set up from everlasting," is in many 
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The Spirit. 

John i. 1. In the beginning was the 
Word, and the Word was with God, 
and the Word was God. 

2. The same was in the beginning 
with God. 

3. All things were made by him ; and 
without him was not any thing made 
that was made. 

Col. i. 16. For by him were all 
things created, that are in heaven, and 
that are in earth, visible and invisible, 
whether they be thrones, or dominions, 
or principalities, or powers: all things 
were created by him, and for him : 

17. And he is before all things, and 
by him all things consist. 

Prov. viii. 22. The Lord possessed 
me in the beginning of his way, before 
his works of old. 

23. I was set up from everlasting, 
from the beginning, or ever the earth 
was. ***** 

27. When he prepared the heavens, 
I was there: when he set a compass 
upon the face of the depth : 

28. When he established the clouds 
above : when he strengthened the foun- 
tains of the deep : 

29. When he gave to the sea his de- 
cree, that the waters should not pass 



The Gospel by Moses ; 



passages of scripture called, "the 
ning" — not only as " the beginning, the 
first-born of every creature," being first 
made manifest to men, but as being the 
Head of the church which is his mysti- 
cal body, " chosen in him from the foun- 
dation of the world." Of this body he 
speaks by the mouth of David, thus ; — 
" Thine eyes did see my substance yet 
being imperfect ; and in thy book all my 
members were written which in continu- 
ance were fashioned, when as yet there 
were none of them." 



his commandment : when he appointed 
the foundations of the earth : 

30. Then I was by him, as one 
brought up with him : and I was daily 
Ms delight, rejoicing always before him : 

31. Rejoicing in the habitable part of 
his earth; and my delights were with 
the sons of men. 

Isa. lxv. 17. For behold, I create 
new heavens and a new earth : and the 
former shall not be remembered, nor 
come into mind. 

18. But be ye glad and rejoice for 
ever in that which I create : for behold, 
I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her 
people a joy. 

Rev. xxi. 1. And I saw a new hea- 
ven and a new earth : for the first hea- 
ven and the first earth were passed 
away ; and there was no more sea. 



The Letter. 

2. And the earth was without form 
and void ; and darkness was upon the 
face of the deep ; and the Spirit of God 
moved upon the face of the waters. 

Note. 

This verse represents the condition of 
the mass or lump of matter, as it was in 
the beginning, before the work of crea- 
tion began. 

It was a shapeless impenetrable sub- 
stance covered with the waters of the 
deep, with no light or heat in itself to 
modify its native hardness. " Darkness 
was upon the face of the deep." 

This state of things exactly describes 
the condition of the moral world, when 
lying in the ruins of the fall, alienated 
from the life of God, immersed in sin, 
and lying under the curse.; not a ray of 
light to make manifest the thick dark- 
ness, or pulse of spiritual life to animate 
the dead and senseless lump. Sin, like 
an overwhelming flood, covered the en- 
tire mass, and darkness reigned over the 
face of this blighting element. 

Upon the face, or surface of these wa- 
ters of corruption, the Spirit of God has 
moved from time to time ; but, until the 



The Spirit. 

Rom. in. 9. * * We have before 
proved both Jews and Gentiles, that 
they are all under sin ; 

10. As it is written, There is none 
righteous, no, not one : 

11. There is none that understand- 
eth, there is none that seeketh after 
God. 

12. They are all gone out of the 
way, they are together become unpro- 
fitable ; there is none that doeth good, 
no, not one. 

16. Destruction and misery are in 
their ways : 

17. And the way of peace have they 
not known. 

18. There is no fear of God before 
their eyes. 

Eph. iv. 18. Having the understand- 
ing darkened, being alienated from the 
life of God through the ignorance that 
is in them, because of the blindness of 
their heart : 

19. Who, being past feeling, have 
given themselves over unto lascivious- 
ness, to work all uncleanness'with gree- 
diness. 

v. 8. For ye were sometime dark- 



Or, The Old Testament Unveiled. 



purpose of grace in Christ is brought to 
bear upon them, and its quickening, re- 
generating power is put forth to " create 
all things new," nothing is effected by 
it, except to stir up their raging waves to 
resistance and opposition. 

When the Holy Spirit strives with 
the natural conscience, its effect is like 
the wind upon the waves of the ocean, 
— to make them rise and foam and dash 
against the shore that bounds them. It 
is only when this divine agent, with his 
sharp two-edged sword, slays the en- 
mity of the heart, that it is subdued, sof- 
tened, and changed into the image of 
the Son of God. 



The Letter. 

3. And God said, Let there be light : 
and there was light. 

Note. 

Till now all was darkness ; but " where 
the word of a king is, there is power ;" 
and darkness can no longer rule and 
reign supreme. 

Light and darkness, in their very na- 
ture, are antagonist principles; they 
hold a totally opposite and distinct scep- 
tre, which admits of no sympathy or 
partnership with each other. But light 
has a positive character and an absolute 
power, to which darkness must of neces- 
sity yield. Where light shines darkness 
is expelled ; yet may the clearest light 
shine all around the region where dark- 
ness reigns, and wholly without effect, 
unless admitted within. Hence it is writ- 
ten, " the true light lighteth every man 
that cometh into the world;" lighteth, 
but not enlightens; for "it is the en- 
trance of thy word which giveth light." 
Ps. cxix. 130. 

The light of the glorious gospel may 
shine all around a heart that is dead in 
sin, where the strong man armed keeps 
his palace, and " the darkness compre- 
hendeth it not." Yet will this light 
prove a sealing testimony against the 
finally impenitent; for wherever the 
Gospel is preached without saving ef- 
fect, it proves that men love darkness 



ness, but now are ye light in the Lord : 
walk as children of light ; 

ii. 1. And you hath he quickened, who 
were dead to trespasses and sins ; 

.2. Wherein in time past ye walked 
according to the course of this world, 
according to the prince of the power of 
the air, the spirit that now worketh in 
the children of disobedience : 

3. Among whom also we all had our 
conversation in times past in the lusts 
of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the 
flesh and of the mind ; and were by na- 
ture the children of wrath, even as 
others. 



The Spirit. 

Rqm. iii. 6. For God, who command- 
ed the light to shine out of darkness, 
hath shined in our hearts, to give the 
light of the knowledge of the glory of 
God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

John i. 12. Then spake Jesus again 
unto them, saying, I am the light of the 
world : he that followeth me shall not 
walk in darkness, but shall have the 
light of life. 

5. And the light shineth in darkness ; 
and the darkness comprehended it not. 

6. There was a man sent from God, 
whose name was John. 

9. That was the true Light, which 
lighteth every man that cometh into the 
world. 

2 Cor. iv. 3. But if our gospel be 
hid, it is hid to them that are lost : 

4. In whom the God of this world 
hath blinded the minds of them which 
believe not, lest the light of the glorious 
gospel of Christ, who is the image of 
God, should shine unto them. 

5. For we preach not ourselves, but 
Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves 
your servants for Jesus' sake. 

1 John i. 5. This then is the message 
which we have heard of him, and de- 
clare unto you, that God is light, and 
in him is no darkness at all. 

6. If we say that we have fellowship 



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rather than light, because their deeds 
are evil. 

Paul says, God " commanded light to 
shine out of darkness." By this he can- 
not mean that darkness produced or 
originated light, but that it was the oc- 
casion of it; as the abounding of sin 
gives opportunity for the magnifying of 
grace. In like manner the light of the 
Gospel shone out of the " ministration 
of death." 



with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, 
and do not the truth : 

7. But if we walk in the light, as he 
is in the light, we have fellowship one 
with another, and the blood of Jesus 
Christ his Son eleanseth us from all sin. 

Jof xxxviii. 14. It is turned as clay to 
the seal ; and they stand as a garment. 

15. And from the wicked their light 
is withholden, and the high arm shall 
be broken. 



The Letter. 

4. And God saw the light, that it was 
good : and God divided the light from 
the darkness. 

5. And God called the light Day, and 
the darkness he called Night : and the 
evening and the morning were the first 
day. 

Note. 

As light and darkness are, in their 
very natures, opposed to each other, the 
only sense in which we can understand 
these words is, that as God is pleased to 
permit both to exist, he has divided be- 
tween them, by appointing to each its 
own distinct place, rule, or dominion, to 
be regulated by specific laws. 

The rule or dominion of light is called 
day ; and its opposite rule of darkness 
is called night. Yet he has ordained 
that the ordinary period of time which 
we term day, should be made up of both 
evening and morning; the dawning of 
light and the retiring of darkness. Yet 
though partaking of both, the period is 
called day, to intimate the preeminence 
and final sway of light over darkness. 

As applied to spiritual things, — the 
evil and the good, — Christ and Belial, — 
the world and the church, — the right- 
eous and the wicked, — believers and un- 
believers, — there is both a natural, a 
prescribed, and an eternal division be- 
tween them. 

The gospel, as the season of light, life, 
and salvation, is called the day, while 
the law, or ministration of death and 
condemnation, is called the night. The 
state of spiritual light and life in believ- 



The Spirit. 

2 Cor. vi. 14. * * What fellowship 
hath righteousness with unrighteous- 
ness ? and what communion hath light 
with darkness 1 

15. And what concord hath Christ 
with Belial 1 or what part hath he that 
believeth with an infidel ? 

16. And what agreement hath the 
temple of God with idols ? for ye are 
the temple of the living God ; as God 
hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk 
in them ; and I will be their God, and 
they shall be my people. 

17. Wherefore come out from among 
them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, 
and touch not the unclean thing ; and I 
will receive you ; 

18. And will be a Father unto you, 
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, 
saith the Lord Almighty. 

John xv. 19. If ye were of the world, 
the world would love his own ; but be- 
cause ye are not of the world, but I 
have chosen you out of the world, there- 
fore the world hateth you. 

Ps. xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the 
righteous, and gladness for the upright 
in heart. 

Prov. iv. 18. But the path of the just 
is as the shining light, that shineth more 
and more unto the perfect day. 

19. The way of the wicked is as 
darkness : they know not at what they 
stumble. 

Isa. v. 20. Wo unto them that call 
evil good, and good evil ; that put dark- 
ness for light, and light for darkness J 



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ers is also to them a new dispensation, 
and hence they are called children of the 
day, in distinction from those who are 
yet in the darkness of unbelief, and who 
are termed children of the night or of 
darkness. 

i; The work of creation is divided into 
parts called days. So also the work of 
redemption has its corresponding divi- 
sions. The evening of the fall, and the 
morning light of the first promise of 
Christ, is the first day, 



that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for 
bitter! 

1 Thess. v. 4. But ye, brethren, are 
not in darkness, that that day should 
overtake you as a thief. 

5. Ye are all the children of light, 
and the children of the day : we are not 
of the night, nor of darkness. 

6. Therefore let us not sleep as do 
others ; but let us watch and be sober. 

7. For they that sleep, sleep in the 
night; and they that be drunken, are 
drunken in the night. 

8. But let us who are of the day, be 
sober, putting on the breastplate of 
faith and love ; and for an helmet, the 
hope of salvation. 

Ps. cxviii. 24. This is the day which 
the Lord hath made; we will rejoice 
and be glad in it. 

25. Save now, I beseech thee, O 
Lord : O Lord, I beseech thee, send 
now prosperity. 



The Letter. ' 

6. And God said, Let there be a fir- 
mament in the midst of the waters, and 
let it divide the waters from the wa- 
ters. 

7. And God made the firmament, and 
divided the waters which were under 
the firmament from the waters which 
were above the firmament: and it 
was so. 

8. And God called the firmament 
Heaven. And the evening and the 
morning were the second day. 

Note. 

The firmament of heaven is the con- 
cave expanse above the earth. It is or- 
dained for the purpose of dividing be- 
tween the waters which are above and 
the waters which are below. 

These waters, like light and darkness, 
have perfectly distinct natural proper- 
ties; those that come down from the 
clouds, or the rain and dew of heaven 
fertilize the earth, causing it to " bring 
forth and bud, that it may give seed to 



The Spirit. 

Waters above the Firmament. 

Isa. xxxiii. 20. Look upon Zion, the 
city of our solemnities : thine eyes shall 
see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a ta- 
bernacle that shall not be taken down ; 
not one of the stakes thereof shall ever 
be removed, neither shall any of the 
cords thereof be broken. 

21. But there the glorious Lord will 
be unto us a place of broad rivers and 
streams; wherein shall go no galley 
with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass 
thereby. 

Ps. xlvi. 4. There is a river, the 
streams whereof shall make glad the 
city of God, the holy place of the taber- 
nacles of the Most High. 

5. God is in the midst of her ; she 
shall not be moved : God shall help her, 
and that right early. 

Isa. lv. 10. For as the rain cometh 
down, and the snow from heaven, and 
returneth not thither, but watereth the 
earth, and maketh it bring forth and 



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the sower and bread to the eater" They 
also sustain life and assuage the thirst 
both of man and beast. 

But the waters of the seas have none of 
these properties. They have a blighting 
influence upon vegetation, and instead 
of satisfying the thirst they increase it. 

In these appointments of the God of 
nature and providence, are also disco- 
vered the wisdom and goodness of the 
God of grace. The firmament of heaven, 
to which are committed the waters that 
are to fertilize the earth, symbolizes the 
church of Christ, the kingdom of heaven, 
which he has appointed and ordained to 
be the storehouse or communicating me- 
dium of those genial influences of divine 
grace- — the spirit and the word of God, 
by which he refreshes his heritage when 
it is weary; and by which the incor- 
ruptible seed is made fruitful, the ridges 
of the sterile earth rendered soft for its 
reception, and by which the springing 
thereof is blessed. These influences 
counteract and subvert the blighting and 
hardening effects of sin and Satan, and 
thus form a barrier or dividing line be- 
tween the kingdom of Christ and the 
kingdom of Satan ; the rule and reign of 
grace, and the reign of darkness and un- 
belief: the dominion of the " woman and 
her seed" and the serpent and his seed. 
The word heaven implies the seat of 
power, rule, or influence. This word is 
used in scripture in three different sen- 
ses ; for the etherial expanse above and 
around the earth, for the mediatorial 
kingdom of Christ, and for the world of 
glory. The right understanding of many 
scriptures depends upon discovering this 
distinction. 

The 24th of Matt. 29, and 12th of 
Rev. 7, 8, would be unintelligible and 
irreconcilable with other things, except 
by carefully observing this subject. 
These passages, both of which refer to 
the kingdom of Christ, are often per- 
verted to other senses. 

The setting up of the mediatorial 
kingdom of Christ in the world, accord- 
ing to the plan of grace revealed in the 
everlasting covenant, which is here 
dimly and symbolically alluded to, and 
which is still more clearly developed in 



bud, that it may give seed to the sower, 
and bread to the eater : 

11. So shall my word be that goeth 
forth out of my mouth : it shall not re- 
turn unto me void, but it shall accom- 
plish that which I please, and it shall 
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 

Hos. xiv. 5. I will be as the dew 
unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, 
and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 

Ps. lxxii. 6. He shall come down like 
rain upon the mown grass ; as showers 
that water the earth. 

John iv. 10. Jesus answered and said 
unto her, If thou knowest the gift of 
God, and who it is that saith to thee, 
Give me to drink ; thou wouldest have 
asked of him, and he would have given 
thee living water. 

Isa. xii. 3. Therefore with joy shall 
ye draw water out of the wells of sal- 
vation. 

xli. 17. When the poor and needy 
seek water, and there is none, and their 
tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord 
will hear them, J the God of Israel will 
not forsake them. 

18. I will open rivers in high places, 
and fountains in the midst of the val- 
leys. 

Waters below the Firmament. 

Isa. lvii. 20. But the wicked are like 
the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, 
whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 

21. There is no peace, saith my God, 
to the wicked. 

Jijde 13. Raging waves of the sea, 
foaming out their own shame ; wander- 
ing stars, to whom is reserved the black- 
ness of darkness for ever. 

Ps. lxxxix. 9. Thou rulest the raging 
of the sea: when the waves thereof 
arise, thou stillest them. 

20. Thou hast broken Rahab in pie- 
ces, as one that is slain ; thou hast scat- 
tered thine enemies with thy strong 
arm. 

xciii. 3. The floods have lifted up, O 
Lord, the floods have lifted up their 
voice ; the floods lift up their waves. 

4. The Lord on high is mightier 



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the type of the ark and the flood, makes 
the second day of the work of redemp- 
tion. 



The Letter. 

9. And God said, Let the waters 
under the heaven be gathered together 
unto one place, and let the dry land 
appear ; and it was so. 

10. And God called the dry land 
Earth; and the gathering together of 
the waters called he Seas: and God 
saw that it was good. 

Note. 

It was the design of the Creator, that 
the earth should be fruitful and multi- 
ply, and bring forth bread to the eater 
and seed to the sower. But before this 
could take place, the waters of the seas, 
which rendered it parched and barren, 
must be removed. 

In like manner, before "the vineyard 
of the Lord of hosts" could be prepared 
to bring forth the fruits of righteousness, 
sin and the curse must be taken away. 

The removalof the seas to their own 
prescribed place, required only the di- 
vine command ; but when the dominion 



than the noise of many waters, yea, 
than the mighty waves of the sea. 

xviii. 4. The sorrows of death com- 
passed me, and the floods of ungodly 
men made me afraid. 

Rev. xvii. 15. And he saith unto me, 
The waters which thou sawest, where 
the whore sitteth, are peoples, and mul- 
titudes, and nations, and tongues. 

Matt.xxw. 29. Immediately after the 
tribulation of those days, shall the sun 
be darkened, and the moon shall not 
give her light, and the stars shall fall 
from heaven, and the powers of the 
heavens shall be shaken : 

Rev. xii. 7. And there was war in 
heaven : Michael and his angels fought 
against the dragon; and the dragon 
fought and his angels. 

Isa. lxvi. 1. Thus saith the Lord, The 
heaven is my throne, and the earth is 
my footstool : where is the house that 
ye build unto me ? and where is the 
place of my rest ? 



The Spirit 

Job xxxviii. 8. Or who shut up the 
sea with doors, when it brake forth, 
as if it had issued out of the womb ? 

9. When I made the cloud the gar- 
ment thereof, and thick darkness a 
swaddling-band for it, 

10. And bi^ake up for it my decreed 
place, and set bars and doors, 

11. And said, Hitherto shalt thou 
come, but no further; and here shall 
thy proud waves be stayed ? 

Ps. lxv. 7. Which stilleth the noise 
of the seas, the noise of their waves, 
and the tumult of the people. 

lxvi. 6. He turned the sea into dry 
land: they went through the flood on 
foot: there did we rejoice in him. , 

7. He ruleth by his power for ever ; 
his eyes behold the nations : let not the 
rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. 

ii. 1. Why do the heathen rage, and 
the people imagine a vain thing 1 

2. The kings of the earth set them- 



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of sin and Satan was to be destroyed, 
and the curse removed from his people, 
a greater work was to be done and a 
mightier power put forth. The eternal 
Son of God must "put away sin by the 
sacrifice of himself." 

The term dry ground, is used in Scrip- 
ture to signify a "thirsty soul"; — one 
that is sick of sin, parched under its in- 
fluence, and longs for the rain and dew 
of heaven to satiate its desires. Hence 
it is written, — " I will pour water upon 
him that is thirsty, and floods upon the 
dry ground; I will pour my Spirit 
upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy 



A process is constantly going on in 
the natural world, whereby the waters 
that fall from the firmament of heaven 
are again gathered there; returning 
back after they have accomplished their 
work, — so as not to be wasted upon the 
heath in the desert, or swallowed up 
and lost in the waters of the seas. From 
these it is drawn up by the rays of the 
sun, and prepared again to descend in 
showers upon the parched places of the 
dry ground. This is beautifully symboli 
cal of the work of the Spirit and the in- 
fluence of grace, not a particle of which 
is lost or wasted upon the wicked that 
desire them not. He sendeth his rain 
upon the just and upon the unjust ; the 
one yield the fruits of righteousness; 
the other only briers and thorns. 



The Letter. 

11. And God said, Let the earth 
bring forth grass, the herb yielding 
seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit 
after his kind, whose seed is in itself, 
upon the earth : and it was so. 

12. And the earth brought forth 
grass, and herb yielding seed after his 
kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose 
seed was in itself, after his kind : and 
God saw that it was good. 

13. And the evening and the morn- 
ing were the third day. 

Note. 
The earth, which bad been a barren. 



selves, and the rulers take counsel to- 
gether, against the Lord, and against 
his Anointed, saying, 

3. Let us break their bands asunder, 
and cast way then cords from us. 

4. He that sitteth in the heavens 
shall laugh : the Lord shall have them 
in derision. 

5. Then shall he speak unto them in 
his wrath, and vex them in his sore dis- 
pleasure. 

lxxvi. 10. Surely the wrath of man 
shall praise thee : the remainder of 
wrath shalt thou restrain. 

2 Kings xix. 28. Because thy rage 
against me, and thy tumult is come 
up into mine ears, therefore I will put 
my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in 
thy lips, and I will turn thee back by 
the way by which thou earnest. 

Rom. vi. 14. For sin shall not have 
dominion over you : for ye are not un- 
der the law, but under grace. 

John xix. 11. Jesus answered, Thou 
couldest have no power at all against 
me, except it were given thee from 
above : therefore he that delivered me 
unto thee hath the greater sin. 

Rev. xx. 1. And I saw a new heaven 
and a new earth : for the first heaven 
and the first earth were passed away ; 
and there was no more sea. 



The Spirit 

Matt. xiii. 37. He answered and 
said unto them, He that soweth the 
good seed is the Son of man; 

38. The field is the world; the good 
seed are the children of the kingdom ; 
but the tares are the children of the 
wicked one ; 

39. The enemy that sowed them is 
the devil ; the harvest is the end of the 
world ; and the reapers are the angels. 

40. As therefore the tares are gather- 
ed and burned in the fire ; so shall it be 
in the end of this world. 

41. The Son of man shall send forth 
his angels, and they shall gather out of 



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impenetrable mass, while the waters of 
the seas rested upon it, now " becomes a 
fruitful field, and the fruitful field be- 
comes a forest ;" the fallow ground is 
broken up and prepared for the good 
seed ; and the culturing hand of the di- 
vine Husbandman soon causes the wil- 
derness to blossom and bud as the rose. 

"We must notice that the trees of the 
earth yielded fruit after their kind, and 
according to the seed which was in itself 

This is a vitally important truth, figu- 
ratively brought to view. The exposi- 
tion of the figure is fully given by 
Christ in the 7th of Matt. — The "good 
seed," sown by the Son of man; the 
wheat, or children of the kingdom, will 
show their divine origin by their fruits ; 
they are born of God, — of the incorrupti- 
ble seed, which liveth and abideth for- 
ever, and their fruit is unto God, and 
their end everlasting life. But the tares, 
or children of the wicked one, are of 
their father the devil, and his works 
they will do. "Do men gather grapes 
of thorns or figs of thistles ?" 

The springing of the fruits of the 
earth, makes the third day's work of 
creation. In like manner the planting 
of the vineyard of the Lord of hosts in 
the fruitful hill of Zion, which is typified 
by the raising up and setting apart of the 
seed of Abraham to be the peculiar peo- 
ple of God, constitutes the third division 
of the work of redemption. Then would 
the Lord of hosts " plant in the wilder- 
ness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the 
myrtle and the oil-tree;" "that they 
may see and know and understand that 
the hand of the Lord hath done this," 
&c 



The Letter. 

14. And God said, Let there be lights 
in the firmament of the heaven, to 
divide the day from the night ; and let 
them be for signs, and for seasons, and 
for days and years. 

15. And let them be for lights in the 
firmament of the heaven to give light 
upon the earth: and it was so. 

16. And God made two great lights; 
the greater light to rule the day, and 



his kingdom all things that offend, and 
them which do iniquity; 

42. And shall cast them into a fur- 
nace of fire : there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth. 

43. Then shall the righteous shine 
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their 
Father. Who hath ears to hear, let 
him hear. 

vii. 16. Ye shall know them by their 
fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, 
or figs of thistles ? 

17. Even so every good tree bringeth 
forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree 
bringeth forth evil fruit. 

18. A good tree cannot bring forth 
evil fruit; neither can a corrupt tree 
bring forth good fruit. 

19. Every tree that bringeth not 
forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast 
into the fire. 

20. Wherefore by their fruits ye 
shall know them. 

Isa. lxi. 3. * * That they may be 
called trees of righteousness, the plant- 
ing of the Lord, that he may be glori- 
fied. 

lx. 13. The glory of Lebanon shall 
come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine- 
tree, and the box together, to beautify 
the place of my sanctuary; and I will 
make the place of my feet glorious. 

lv. 13. Instead of the thorn shall 
come up the fir-tree, and instead of the 
brier shall come up the myrtle-tree; 
and it shall be to the Lord for a name, 
for an everlasting sign which shall not 
be cut off. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. lxii. 1. For Zion's sake will I 
not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's 
sake I will not rest, until the righteous- 
ness thereof go forth as brightness, and 
the salvation thereof as a lamp that 
burneth. 

Ps. cxix. 105. Thy word is a lamp 
unto my feet, and a light unto my 
path. 

Prov. vi. 20. My son, keep thy 



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the lesser light to rule the night: Tie 
made the stars also. 

17. And God set them in the firma- 
ment of the heaven to give light upon 
the earth, 

18. And to rule over the day, and 
over the night, and to divide the light 
from the darkness : and God saw that 
it was good. 

19. And the evening and the morn- 
ing were the fourth day. 

Note. 

A general light was diffused during 
the first three days of creation, which 
from its nature was opposed to darkness, 
and exerted a counteracting influence, 
but hitherto it had assumed no specific 
form or rule. 

On the fourth day all light was cen- 
tred in the two ruling powers which 
God set in the firmament of heaven. 
From these all the earth was lightened, 
and all the changes of seasons and of 
day and night were regulated. They 
were to be for "signs," or witnesses, to 
the earth. The sun, or greater light, 
was to rule the day, and the moon, or 
lesser light, was to rule the night: added 
to these "he made the stars also." 

These two great lights are symbolical- 
ly the law and the gospel. Previous to 
the setting up of the typical church in 
the family of Abraham, the world had 
been lightened by the general and dim 
light of nature. 

This light proved that man was "flesh;" 
and that two things must be done in 
order to benefit him, or restrain him 
from evil. The gospel, or " law of the 
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus," must be 
given, which should be the power of 
God unto salvation; and, until that 
should appear, as the morning of the 
great day of life, the law must be "added,'' 
to cause sin to appear in its true charac- 
ter, exceeding sinful, and as the dark or 
evening portion of that same day. The 
name given to this evening and morning 
of that which, to the children of men, 
is emphatically called "to-day," is the 
"ministration of death" or "ministra- 
tion of the Spirit" These two lights 
are placed in the heavens of the church, 



father's commandment, and forsake not 
the law of thy mother : 

21. Bind them continually upon thy 
heart, and tie them about thy neck. 

22. When thou goest, it shall lead 
thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep 
thee; and when thou awakest, it shall 
talk with thee. 

23. For the commandment is a lamp ; 
and the law is light ; and reproofs of 
instruction are the way of life. 

iv. 1. The mighty God, even the 
Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth 
from the rising of the sun unto the go- 
ing down thereof. 

2. Out of Zion, the perfection of 
beauty, God hath shined. 

2 Cor. iii. 6. Who also has made us 
able ministers of the new testament; 
not of the letter, but of the spirit: for 
the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth 
life. 

7. But if the ministration of death, 
written and engraven in stones, was 
glorious, so that the children of Israel 
could not steadfastly behold the face of 
Moses for the glory of his countenance ; 
which glory was to be done away ; 

8. How shall not the ministration of 
the Spirit be rather glorious ? 

9. For if the ministration of condem- 
nation be glory, much more doth the 
ministration of righteousness exceed in 
glory. 

10. For even that which was made 
glorious had no glory in this respect, by 
reason of the glory that excelleth. 

11. For if that which is done away 
was glorious, much more that which re- 
maineth is glorious. 

Mal. iv. 2. But unto you that fear 
my name shall the Sun of righteous- 
ness arise with healing in his wings; 
and ye shall go forth, and grow up as 
calves of the stall. 

Luke i. 78. Through the tender 
mercy of our God; whereby the day- 
pring from on high hath visited us, 

79. To give light to them that sit in 
darkness, and in the shadow of death, 
to guide our feet into the way of peace. 



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and with the "stars" (or ministers of the 
churches) constitute the ruling powers 
of these heavens, by which the earth is 
ruled or regulated. 

It was in the seventh age of redemp- 
tion that the full light of the gospel day 
appeared, and was preached to the peo- 
ple from Zion, or the church. Yet was 
this great light really in the heavens 
when the law, or lesser light, was given 
to Israel at Sinai, which was the fourth 



The Letter. 

20. And God said, Let the waters 
bring forth abundantly the moving 
creature that hath life, and fowl that 
may fly above the earth in the open 
firmament of heaven. 

21. And God created great whales, 
and every living creature that moveth, 
which the waters brought forth abun- 
dantly after their kind, and every winged 
fowl after his kind : and God? saw that 
it was good. 

Note. 

"We have before seen that the waters 
of the seas are symbolical of sin, the 
chosen element of the wicked. 

In these prolific waters are congre- 
gated all the workers of iniquity, — for 
the waters where the mystery of iniquity 
sitteth — (the woman who is drunk with 
the blood of the saints) — "are peoples 
and multitudes of nations and tongues" 
Those wicked spirits, which have been 
raised up by God to be employed as in- 
struments of his will, are always repre- 
sented by the different orders of the 
brute creation. These animals, as they 
came from the hand of God, were good ; 
not morally good, of course, but good 
for the purpose for which they were 
created. But when Satan embodied 
himself in the form of the serpent, to 
deceive and destroy, this entire order of 
creation became subject (at least typi- 
cally and symbolically) to the same de- 
moniacal possession; even as Adam's 
posterity partook of his transgression. 



Rev. i. 20. The mystery of the seven 
stars, which thou sawest in my right 
hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. 
The seven stars are the angels of the 
seven churches; and the seven candle- 
sticks which thou sawest are the seven 
churches. 

Rom. iii. 1. What advantage, then, 
had the Jews? and what profit was 
there of circumcision ? 

2. Much every way, chiefly because 
to them were committed the oracles of 
God. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. civ. 24. O Lord, how manifold 
are thy works! in wisdom hast thou 
made them all : the earth is full of thy 
riches. 

25. So is this great and wide sea, 
wherein are things creeping innumera- 
ble, both small and great beasts. 

26. There go the ships : there is that 
leviathan, whom thou hast made to play 
therein. 

27. These wait all upon thee ; that 
thou mayest give tliem their meat in due 
season. 

28. That thou givest them they ga- 
ther: thou openest thy hand, they are 
filled with good. 

29. Thou hidest thy face, they are 
troubled: thoutakest away their breath, 
they die, and return to their dust. 

30. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, 
they are created; and thou renewest 
the face of the earth. 

Job xli. 1. Canst thou draw out levi- 
athan with a hook? or his tongue with 
a cord which thou lettest down ? 

2. Canst thou put a hook into his 
nose ? Or bore his jaw through with a 
thorn ? 

3. Will he make many supplications 
unto thee? will he speak soft words 
unto thee? 

4. Will he make a covenant with 
thee ? wilt thou take him for a servant 
for ever ? 

5. Wilt thou play with him as with a 



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The waters are said to bring forth, 
not only the fishes of the sea, but the 
fowls of the air. They alike originate 
in the one great element of sin ; and 
these, together with the beasts of the 
field, constitute, in a figure, those 
"raging waves of the sea" which lift 
themselves against the majesty of God 
in the heavens. 

"When God would chastise the self- 
righteousness of his servant Job, he 
challenges him to a combat with his 
leviathan foe, that he might learn how 
feeble his own puny arm would be 
against this "king of the children of 
pride" The most powerful whale has 
been "divided among the merchants,'' 
and his "head has been filled with 
barbed irons." But who, except Michael 
himself, could encounter the dragon, or, 
"with his great and strong sword, pu- 
nish leviathan that crooked serpent, and 
slay the dragon that is in the sea." 



The Letter. 

22. And God blessed them, saying, 
be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the 
waters in the seas, and let fowl multi- 
ply in the earth. 

23. And the evening and the morn- 
ing were the fifth day. 

24. And God said, Let the earth 
bring forth the living creature after his 
kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and 
beast of the earth after his kind ; and 
it was so. 

25. And God made the beast of the 
earth after his kind, and cattle after 
their kind, and every thing that creepeth 



bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy 
maidens % 

6. Shall thy companions make a ban- 
quet of him ? shall they part him among 
the merchants ? 

* * * * 

33. Upon earth there is not his like, 
who is made without fear. 

34. He beholdeth all high things: 
he is a king over all the children of 
pride. 

Isa. xxvii. 1. In that day the Lord, 
with his sore, and great, and strong 
sword, shall punish leviathan the pierc- 
ing serpent, even leviathan that crooked 
serpent; and he shall slay the dragon 
that is in the sea. 

Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou didst divide the 
sea by the strength : thou brakest the 
heads of the dragons in the waters. 

14. Thou brakest the heads of levi- 
athan in pieces, and gavest him to be 
meat to the people inhabiting the wil- 
derness. 

Matt. xiii. 18. Hear ye therefore 
the parable of the sower. 

19. When anyone heareth the word 
of the kingdom, and understandeth it 
not, then cometh the wicked one, and 
catcheth away that which was sown in 
his heart. This is he which received 
seed by the way-side. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. xxii. 12. Many bulls have com- 
passed me : strong bulls of Bashan have 
beset me round. 

13. They gaped upon me with their 
mouths, as a ravening and a roaring 
lion. 

16. For dogs have compassed me: 
the assembly of the wicked have en- 
closed me : they pierced my hands and 
my feet. 

20. Deliver my soul from the sword ; 
my darling from the power of the 
dog. 

21. Save me from the lion's mouth : 



Or, The Old Test 

upon the earth after his kind, and God 
saw that it was good. 

Note. 

The same day that God created the 
fish of the sea and fowl of the air, he 
also made the beasts of the earth, the 
third order of creation ; for all the dif- 
ferent grades of being are classed in 
threes. 

The m yster y of iniquity assumes vari- 
ous forms, and exercises various charac- 
ters and attributes. In the monsters of 
the deep we see the subtlety and cun- 
ning craftiness of that old serpent the 
devil, the dragon that is in the sea, 
whose ways are "movable," with all 
" deceivableness of unrighteousness." 

In the fowls of the air, who wing 
their aspiring flight to the very heavens, 
we behold the daring pride and pre- 
sumption of the " prince of this world ;" 
who scrupled not to present his tempta- 
tions in the very face of the Son of God 
himself! And in the beasts of the field 
is found that carnal thirst for human 
blood, which leads our great adversary 
to go up and down in the earth like a 
roaring Hon, "seeking whom he may 
devour." 

It was in this character alone he had 
power over the woman's seed, whose 
" heel" or human body was given to him 
in the garden of Eden to be devoured at 
the appointed time in the garden of 
Gethsemane, when the strong bulls of 
Bashan " came upon him to eat up his 
flesh." 

By the figure of the Assyrian in the 
31st of Ezek., is described the man of 
sin, or Antichrist. "The waters made 
him great, the fowls of heaven made 
their nests in his boughs, and under his 
branches the beasts of the field brought 
forth their young!" 

As the brute creation came forth from 
the hands of God good, and he blessed 
them, as a part of his own work, so the 
angels that sinned, once held a place and 
an "habitation" in Eden, the typical 
church, or kingdom of heaven. But 
there they transgressed the law of God 
and fell under the curse. These ani- 
mals were the work of the fifth day: 
And it was in the fifth era of the work 



, JJnveiled. 15 

ament 

for thou hast heard me from the horns 
of the unicorns. 

1 Pet. v. 8. Be sober, be vigilant ; 
because your adversary the devil, as a 
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking 
whom he may devour : 

9. Whom resist steadfast in the faith, 
knowing that the same afflictions are 
accomplished in your brethren that are 
in the world. 

Ezek. xxxi. 3. Behold, the Assyrian 
was a cedar in Lebanon with fair 
branches, and with a shadowing shroud, 
and of a high stature ; and his top was 
among the thick boughs. 

4. The waters made him great, the 
deep set him up on high with her rivers 
running round about his plants, and 
sent out her little rivers unto all the 
trees of the field. 

6. All the fowls of heaven made 
their nests in his boughs, and under his 
branches did all the beasts of the field 
bring forth their young, and under his 
shadow dwelt all great nations. 

7. Thus was he fair in his greatness, 
in the length of his branches : for his 
root was by great waters. 

8. The cedars in the garden of God 
could not hide him : the fir-trees were 
not like his boughs, and the chesnut- 
trees were not like his branches ; not 
any tree in the garden of God was like 
unto him in his beauty. 

9. I have made him fair by the mul- 
titude of his branches : so that all the 
trees of Eden, that were in the garden 
of God, envied him. 

10. Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God ; Because thou hast lifted up thy- 
self in height, and he hath shot up his 
top among the thick boughs, and his 
heart is lifted up in his height ; 

11. I have therefore delivered him 
into the hand of the mighty one of the 
heathen ; he shall surely deal with him : 
I have driven him out for his wicked- 
ness. 

Heb. i. 6. Upon his ruin shall all the 
fowls of the heaven remain, and all the 
beasts of the field shall be upon his 
branches. 



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of redemption, that the rulers of dark- 
ness were all marshalled, ready to meet 
and oppose the Son of God, who was, on 
the sixth era, to appear in Bethlehem. 



The Letter. 

26. And God said, Let us make man 
in our image, after our likeness: and 
let them have dominion over the fish of 
the sea, and over the fowl of the air, 
and over the cattle, and over all the 
earth, and over every creeping thing 
that creepeth upon the earth. 

Note. 

These words, which are generally un- 
derstood to have sole reference to the 
man Adam, who was "of the earth, 
earthy" will be found by comparison 
with other scriptures, to allude to him 
only as a figure of the " second Adam 
the Lord from heaven." 

It is evident that none but the Son of 
God can strictly and properly be said to 
have been made in his image. It must 
of course be moral image that is meant, 
for the invisible God had no other, and 
the very attempt to make any is prohi- 
bited. But the man Adam was not in 
the moral image of God, strictly speak- 
ing ; for he was made capable and liable 
to fall ; while the Son of God had no- 
thing in him, upon which temptation 
could have power. 

The Son of God, though equal with 
the Father, was made "like unto his 
brethren," by a body of flesh; so also 
these brethren, though guilty sinners in 
themselves, are conformed to the image 
of the Son of God by being " new created' 
in the likeness of their elder brother. 
Thus he stooped to their condition, that 
he might raise them to his own; and 
thus are they, who were " of the earth, 
earthy," made "like unto the heavenly." 

We conceive this to be the only sense 



14. To the end that none of all the 
trees by the waters exalt themselves 
for their height, neither shoot up their 
top among the thick boughs, neither 
their trees stand up in their height, all 
that drink water : for they are all deli- 
vered unto death, to the nether parts of 
the earth, in the midst of the children of 
men, with them that go down to the 
pit. 



The Spirit. 

Col. i. 15. Who is the image of the 
invisible God, the first-born of every 
creature : 

16. For by him were all things cre- 
ated, that are in heaven, and that are in 
earth, visible and invisible, whether they 
be thrones, or dominions, or principali- 
ties, or powers : all things were created 
by him, and for him : 

17. And he is before all things, and 
by him all things consist. 

18. And he is the head of the body, 
the church : who is the beginning, the 
first-born from the dead: that in all 
things he might have the pre-eminence. 

John i. 14. And the Word was made 
flesh, and dwelt among us (and we be- 
held his glory as of the only begotten 
of the Father), full of grace and truth. 

Heb. i. 2. Hath in these last days 
spoken unto us by his Son, whom he 
hath appointed heir of all things, by 
whom also he made the worlds ; 

3. Who being the brightness of his 
glory, and the express image of his per- 
son, and upholding all things by the 
word of his power, when he had by 
himself purged our sins, sat down on 
the right hand of the Majesty on high ; 

6. And again, when he bringeth in 
the first-begotten into the world, he 
saith, and let all the angels of God wor- 
ship him. 

ii. 5. For unto the angels hath he not 
put in subjection the world to come 
whereof we speak ? 

6. But one in a certain place testified, 
saying, What is man, that thou art 



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in which man is ever spoken of in the 
scriptures as "the image and glory of 
God ;" it is wholly in his new birth, the 
new creation in Christ. 

If the work of creation is a symbolic 
representation of the work of redemp- 
tion, and the natural world is a figure 
of the spiritual things of the kingdom of 
heaven, it is manifest that the Lord of 
the spiritual, with the dominions he is 
to exercise, must be represented by the 
lord of the natural, and his subordi- 
nate rule. 



The Letter. 

27. So God created man in his own 
image, in the image of God created he 
him ; male and female created he them. 

28. And God blessed them, and God 
said unto them, Be fruitful, and multi- 
ply, and replenish the earth, and subdue 
it : and have dominion over the fish of 
the sea, and over the fowl of the air, 
and over every living thing that moveth 
upon the earth. 

Note. 

Of no other than the Head of the 
church, can it be said, "male and female 
created he them ;" for in him alone there 
is neither male nor female, but all are 
one in Christ Jesus. 

The language of this verse implies a 
simultaneous formation of the two ; but 
it is written, — "Adam was first formed, 
then Eve." In the great mystery of god- 
liness, both these things are true. When 
Jesus was "set up from everlasting," 
as the Head of his body, the church, 
every member of that body was "chosen 
in him," and written by name, as in the 
book of life. But this " purpose of grace" 
was not made manifest till " the fulness 
of time," as " in continuance they have 
been fashioned" by the Father's mould- 
ing hand, and brought to him. 

Christ and his church have no sepa- 
rate or "dividual being." They consti- 
tute the head and members of one body ; 
and the head can no more exist without 
the members, than the members without 
the head. This eternal oneness of the 
divine bridegroom and his bride, is de- 



mindful of him? or the son of man, 
that thou visitest him ? 

7. Thou madest him a little lower 
than the angels; thou crownedst him 
with glory and honour, and didst set 
him over the works of thy hands ; 

8. Thou hast put all things in sub- 
jection under his feet. For in that he 
put all in subjection under him, he left 
nothing that is not put under him. But 
now we see not yet all things put un- 
der him. 



The Spirit. 

Mal. ii. 15. And did not he make 
one 1 ? Yet had he the residue of the 
Spirit. And wherefore one ? That he 
might seek a godly seed. Therefore 
take heed to your spirit, and let none 
deal treacherously against the wife of 
his youth. 

Eph. v. 23. For the husband is the 
head of the wife, even as Christ is the 
head of the church : and he is the Saviour 
of the body. 

24. Therefore as the church is sub- 
ject unto Christ, so let the wives be to 
their own husbands in every thing. 

25. Husbands, love your wives, even 
as Christ also loved the church, and 
gave himself for it'; 

26. That he might sanctify and 
cleanse it with the washing of water by 
the word. 

27. That he might present it to him- 
self a glorious church, not having spot 
or wrinkle, or any such thing ; but that 
it should be holy and without blemish. 

28. So ought men to love their wives 
as their own bodies. He that loveth 
his wife loveth himself. 

29. For no man ever yet hated his 
own flesh ; but nourisheth and cherish- 
eth it, even as the Lord the church : 

30. For we are members of his body, 
of his flesh, and of his bones. 

31. For this cause shall a man leave 
his father and mother, and shall be 
joined unto his wife, and they too shall 
be one flesh. 



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clared in Mai. iii. to be because he -would 
have a " godly seed," or seed of God. 
This seed were "preserved" in Christ 
during the ruins of the fall; they were 
one with him in his death and in his re- 
surrection to life — being " quickened to- 
gether with him, and raised up together 
to sit together with him in heavenly 
places." They occupy the same throne, 
and exercise a joint dominion ; for it is 
written that "the kingdom and the great- 
ness of the kingdom under the whole 
heaven is given to the saints of the most 
high God." 



The Letter. 

29. And God said, Behold, I have 
given you every herb bearing seed, which 
is upon the face of all the earth, and 
every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree 
yielding seed; to you it shall be for 
meat. 

30. And to every beast of the earth 
and to every fowl of the air, and to 
every thing that creepeth upon the 
earth, wherein there is life, I have given 
every green herb for meat ; and it was 
so. 

Note. 
" The first man was made a living soul. 
The last Adam was made a quickening 
spirit. Howbeit that was not first which 
is spiritual, but that which is natural: 
and afterward that which is spiritual. 
The first man is of the earth, earthy ; 
the second man is the Lord from heaven. 
As is the earthy, such are they also that 
are earthy ; and as is the heavenly, such 
are they also that are heavenly : and as 
we have borne the image of the earthy, we 
shall also bear tfie image of the heaven- 

In this passage from Cor. xv. the 
Apostle is proving that they who have 
borne the image of the first Adam, will 
bear the image of the second, or the 
heavenly. The first image was of the 
earth, earthy ; and in this passage where 
God gives the herb of the field for food, 
it is for the sustenance of the earthly 



32. This is a great mystery : but I 
speak concerning Christ and the church. 

1 Cor. xii. 12. For as the body is 
one, and hath many members, and all 
the members of that one body, being 
many, are one body : so also is Christ. 

20. But now are they many members, 
yet but one body. 

27. Now ye are the body of Christ, 
and members in particular. 

Gal. hi. 28. There is neither Jew nor 
Greek, there is neither bond nor free, 
there is neither male nor female: for 
ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 



The Spirit. 

The Righteous. 
Ps. ciii. 13. Like as a father pitieth 
his children, so the Lord pitieth them 
that fear him. 

14. For he knoweth our frame ; he 
remembereth that we are dust. 

15. As for man, his days are as 
grass; as a flower of the field, so he 
flourisheth. 

1 6. For the wind passeth over it, and 
it is gone ; and the place thereof shall 
know it no more. 

17. But the mercy of the Lord is 
from everlasting to everlasting upon 
them that fear him, and his righteous- 
ness unto children's children ; 

18. To such as keep his covenant, 
and to those that remember his com- 
mandments to do them. 

Isa. xl. 6. The voice said, Cry. 
And he said, What shall I cry? All 
flesh is grass, and all the goodliness 
thereof is as the flower of the field: 

7. The grass withereth, the flower 
fadeth ; because the Spirit of the Lord 
bloweth upon it : surely the people is 
grass. 

8. The grass withereth, the flower 
fadeth : but the word of our God shall 
stand for ever. 

Ps. xc. 4. For a thousand years in 
thy sight are but as yesterday when it 
is past, and as a watch in the night. 



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body of flesh, which, the scriptures al- 
ways symbolize by the flower of the 
field. 

Until after the flood, no flesh was 
given to man for meat, because till then, 
that flesh which is "meat indeed" is not 
brought to view, as prepared for the 
nourishment of the spiritual life. 

The green herb is also given to the 
beast of the earth and the fowl of the 
air; but "meat" was never designed for 
them, and when they devour it, it is in 
disobedience to the command, " the blood 
of your lives will I require at the hand 
of every beast.'" As the blood of the 
saints will be required at the hand of 
the first murderer, or the Beast of scar- 
let colour and full of the names of blas- 
phemy. 

" All flesh is not the same flesh; but 
there is one kind of flesh of men, another 
flesh of beasts, another flesh of fishes, 
and another of birds" Yet is all flesh 
qrass ! 



The Letter. 

31. And God saw every thing that 
he had made, and behold, it was very 
good. And the evening and the morn- 
ing were the sixth day. 

Note. 

In six days God finished the work of 
creation ; all that pertained to the first 
heaven and the first earth ; every part 
in its own proper period of time. 

In this work is symbolically and ty- 
pically set forth and represented the 
3 



5. Thou earnest them away as with 
a flood; they are as a sleep: in the 
morning they are like grass which grow- 
eth up. 

6. In the morning it flourisheth, and 
groweth up; in the evening it is cut 
down, and withereth. 

The Wicked. 

xxxvii. 1. Fret not thyself because 
of evil-doers, neither be thou envious 
against the workers of iniquity. 

2. For they shall soon be cut down 
like the grass, and wither as the green 
herb. 

7. When the wicked spring as the 
grass, and when all the workers of ini- 
quity do flourish, it is that they shall be 
destroyed for ever : 

8. But thou, Lord, art most high for 
evermore. 

9. For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, 
for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all 
the workers of iniquity shall be scat- 
tered. 

10. But my horn shalt thou exalt like 
the horn of a unicorn : I shall be anoint- 
ed with fresh oil. 

exxix. 5. Let them all be confounded 
and turned back that hate Zion. 

6. Let them be as the grass upon 
the house-tops, which withereth afore 
it grow T eth up. 



The Spirit. 

Luke xxiv. 44. And he said unto 
them, these are the words winch I spake 
unto you, while I was yet with you, 
that all things must be fulfilled which 
w T ere written in the law of Moses, and 
in the prophets, and in the psalms, con- 
cerning me. 

45. Then opened he then* under- 
standing, that they might understand 
the scriptures. 

Acts iii. 18. But those things which 
God before had showed by the mouth 



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great work of redemption, which all " in 
the set time" has been fulfilled. The 
development of this plan and purpose of 
grace in Christ, as made in the appoint- 
ed order and manner, also occupies six 
divisions or ages of the world ; the light 
of which has been gradually increasing 
to the perfect day. 

All the work of creation is pro- 
nounced good ; much more is the Father 
well pleased with that perfect righteous- 
ness which the Redeemer has wrought 
out, by which the former things have 
passed away, no more to be remembered 
or come into mind. If all these perish- 
able things praise him, and show forth 
his glory, how much more the eternal 
glories of the new heavens and new 
earth which the Lord will create, and 
in which he calls upon all to be glad 
and rejoice! 

It was in the sixth era of redemption, 
that the Son of God, or the divine "Word, 
appeared in human flesh — the bright- 
ness of the Father's glory and express 
image of his person. 



of all his prophets, that Christ should 
suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 

19. Repent ye, therefore, and be con- 
verted, that your sins may be blotted 
out, when the times of refreshing shall 
come from the presence of the Lord ; 

22. For Moses truly said unto the 
fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your 
God raise up unto you, of your bre- 
thren, like unto me ; him shall he hear 
in all things, whatsoever he shall say 
unto you. 

23. And it shall come to pass, that 
every soul which will not hear the 
prophet, shall be destroyed from among 
the people. 

24. Yea, and all the prophets from 
Samuel, and those that follow after, 
as many as have spoken, have likewise 
foretold of these days. 

27. And beginning at Moses, and all 
the prophets, he expounded unto them 
in all the scriptures the things concern- 
ing himself. 

John ix. 4. I must work the works 
of him that sent me, while it is day : 
the night cometh, when no man can 
work. 



CHAPTER II. 



The Letter. 

' 1. Thus the heavens and the earth 
were finished, and all the host of them. 

2. And on the seventh day God 
ended his work which he had made; 
and he rested on the seventh day from 
all his work which he had made. 

3. And God blessed the seventh day, 
and sanctified it ; because that in it he 
had rested from all his work which God 
created and made. 

. Note. 
On the seventh day God ended the 
work of creation. Since then nothing 
has been added to that work, and no- 



The Spirit. 

John xx. 30. When Jesus therefore 
had received the vinegar, he said, It is 
finished: and he bowed bis head, and 
gave up the ghost. 

xvii. 4. I have glorified thee on the 
earth : I have finished the work which 
thou gavest me to do. 

Heb. x. 12. But this Man, after he 
had offered one sacrifice for sins, for 
ever sat down on the right hand of 
God; 

13. From henceforth expecting till 
His enemies be made his footstool. 

14. For by one offering he hath per- 



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thing taken from it. Not all the inge 
nuity of man has succeeded either in in 
creasing or annihilating one particle of 
matter. 

On the seventh day of redemption, 
Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, 
finished the work given him to do. On 
the evening of the sixth day, all things 
being now ready, the Lamb of God was 
offered up to take away the sin of the 
world ; " the Messiah was cut off, but not 
for himself." 

On the morning of the seventh day he 
rose triumphantly from the grave, hav- 
ing finished transgression, made an end 
of sins, and brought in an everlasting 
righteousness. Having glorified the 
Father upon the earth, and finished the 
work given him to do, he entered into 
his rest ; for ever sat down at the right 
hand of God until his enemies be made 
his footstool. 

Into his rest do all his people enter 
by faith in his perfect work ; and " cease 
from their own works as God did from 
his" Believing in him that justifieth 
the ungodly, they no longer go about to 
establish their own righteousness, but 
submit to the righteousness of God, 
which is by faith in Christ Jesus. 



The Letter. 
4. These are the generations of the 



fected for ever them that are sanc- 
tified. 

Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are de- 
termined upon thy people and upon thy 
holy city, to finish the transgression, 
and to make an end of sin, and to 
make reconciliation for iniquity, and to 
bring in everlasting righteousness, and 
to seal up the vision and prophecy, and 
to anoint the Most Holy. 

25. Know therefore and understand, 
that from the going forth of the com- 
mandment to restore and to build Je- 
rusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, 
shall be seven weeks, and threescore 
and two weeks: the street shall be 
built again, and the wall, even in troub- 
lous times. 

26. And after threescore and two 
weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not 
for himself; and the people of the 
prince that shall come shall destroy the 
city and the sanctuary; and the end 
thereof shall be with a flood, and unto 
the end of the war desolations are de- 
termined. 

27. And he shall confirm the cove- 
nant with many for one week : and in 
the midst of the week he shall cause the 
sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and 
for the overspreading of abominations 
he shall make it desolate, even until the 
consummation, and that determined 
shall be poured upon the desolate. 

Heb. iv. 3. For we which have be- 
lieved do enter into rest, as he said, 
As I have sworn in my wrath, if they 
shall enter into my rest : although the 
works were finished from the founda- 
tion of the world. 

10. For he that is entered into his 
rest, he also hath ceased from his own 
works, as God did from his. 

11. Let us labour therefore to enter 
into that rest, lest any man fall after 
the same example of unbelief. 



The Spirit. 
Ps. cxxxix. 16. Thine eyes did see 



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heavens and of the earth when they 
were created, in the day that the Lord 
God made the earth and the heavens, 

5. And every plant of the field be- 
fore it grew : for the Lord God had not 
caused it to rain upon the earth, and 
there was not a man to till the ground. 

6. But there went up a mist from the 
earth, and watered the whole face of 
the ground. 

Note. 
We are here told that the Lord God 
made every herb of the field before it 
grew, and every plant of the field before 
it was in the earth, and before he caused 
it to rain upon the earth, or appointed 
a man to till the ground. 

This plainly intimates that before the 
Lord Jesus Christ was manifest in the 
flesh, as the husbandman of his vine- 
yard, and before the Holy Spirit, with 
its gracious influences, had descended 
upon it, all its plants were ready pre- 
pared and arranged ; — all were per 
fectly known to him, recorded in his 
book by name, so that not one could 
possibly be lost or plucked from his 
hand. 

The church of Christ — his mystical 
body, is "complete in him;" perfected 
for ever and sanctified to his use and 
service ; — " saved in the Lord with an 
everlasting salvation." Though not 
"made to grow" yet are they vitally 
in the vine, from which they can never 
be broken. " I give unto them eternal 
life and they shall never perish, neither 
shall any pluck them out of my hand." 
Neither are there any contingencies re- 
specting their being planted and made 
to grow in the earth, at the set time. 
Nothing can fail of all that is needful to 
make them flourish in the garden of the 
Lord, or to ripen them in due time for 
glory. 



my substance, yet being unperfect ; and 
in thy book all my members were writ- 
ten, which in continuance were fa- 
shioned, when as yet there was none of 
them. 

Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
hath blessed us with all spiritual bless- 
ings in heavenly places in Christ : 

4. According as he hath chosen us in 
him, before the foundation of the world, 
that we should be holy and without 
blame before him in love : 

6. Having predestinated us unto the 
adoption of children by Jesus Christ to 
himself, according to the good pleasure 
of his will. 

10. That in the dispensation of the 
fulness of times he might gather together 
in one all things in Christ, both which 
are in heaven, and which are on earth : 
even unto him : 

1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the 
foreknowledge of God the Father, 
through sanctification of the Spirit, unto 
obedience and sprinkling of the blood 
of Jesus Christ : Grace unto you, and 
peace, be multiplied. 

John xvii. 6. I have manifested my 
name unto the men which thou gavest 
me out of the world : thine they were, 
and thou gavest them me ; and they 
have kept thy word. 

Jude i. 1. Jude, the servant of Jesus 
Christ, and brother of James, to them 
that are sanctified by God the Father, 
and preserved in Jesus Christ, and 
called : 

Rev. xxi. 15. And whosoever was 
not found written in the book of life 
was cast into the lake of fire. 



The Letter. 

1 And the Lord God formed man 
of the dust of the ground, and breathed 
into his nostrils the breath of life ; and 
^niaB^epame a^Mying soul. 



The Spirit. 

1 Cor. xv. 45. And so it is written. 
The first man Adam was made a living 
soul, the last Adam was made a quick- 
ening spirit. 



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Note. 
This is the description of man in his 
best estate ; made up of a body of the 
dust of the earth, which must return to 
that dust again, and a soul, in which 
originally as here described, there was 
the breath of spiritual life, but which, 
not partaking of eternal life, was subject 
also to spiritual death. 

Adam, as a representative or cove- 
nant-head of all those who died in him 
and are made alive in Christ, destroyed 
by transgression, both for himself and 
them, both spiritual and natural life, or 
the life of both soul and body. But, 
" as in Adam all die, so in Christ shall 
all be made alive," in both of these 
senses: he being not only a living soul, 
but a " quickening spirit." " I give unto 
them eternal life, and they shall never 
perish," &e. And as the death in the 
first Adam was two fold, both of soul 
and body, so also in the second Adam, 
there is a two fold life of both soul and 
body for ever. 

All this is clearly declared and fully 
proved in the loth of Cor., where the 
apostle discourses this subject. But 
many err, by supposing that he is here 
speaking of the general resurrection of 
both just and unjust. But to this sub- 
ject there is no allusion in this place ; it 
is treated elsewhere. 

In the passage here quoted from Eccl., 
man and beast are described to be alike 
formed from the dust; and while dead 
in sin, even the elect are " children of 
wrath even as others" as that they them- 
selves appear like the beasts that perish. 
As one event happens also to both, no 
one but God alone can know the spirit 
of the beast that goeth downward, and 
the spirit of man that goeth upward ; 
or those who are truly his, and those 
who are not. 



46. Howbeit, that was not first which 
is spiritual, but that which is natural : 
and afterward that which is spiritual. 

47. The first man is of the earth, 
earthy: the second man is the Lord 
from heaven. 

48. As is the earthy, such are they 
also that are earthy : and as is the hea- 
venly, such are they also that are hea- 
venly. 

49. And as we have borne the image 
of the earthy, we shall also bear the 
image of the heavenly. 

1 Cor. xv. 19. If in this life only, we 
have hope in Christ, we are of all men 
most miserable. 

20. But now is Christ risen from the 
dead, and become the first-fruits of them 
that slept. 

21. For since by man came death, by 
man came also the resurrection of the 
dead. 

22. For as in Adam all die, even so 
in Christ shall all be made alive. 

23. But every man in his own order: 
Christ the first-fruits; afterward they 
that are Christ's at his coming. 

Eccl. xii. 7. Then shall the dust re- 
turn to the earth as it was, and the spirit 
shall return unto God who gave it. 

hi. 17. I said in my heart, God shall 
judge the righteous and the wicked : for 
there is a time there for every purpose 
and for every work. 

12. I said in my heart concerning 
the estate of the sons of men, that God 
might manifest them, and that they 
might see that they themselves are 
beasts. 

19. For that which befalleth the sons 
of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing 
befalleth them: as the one dieth, so 
dieth the other ; yea, they have all one 
breath ; so that a man hath no pre-emi- 
nence above a beast : for all is vanity. 

20. All go unto one place ; all are of 
the dust, and all turn to dust again. 

21. Who knoweth the spirit of man 
that goeth upward, and the spirit of the 
beast that goeth downward to the 
earth 1 



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The Gospel by Moses ; 



The Letter. 

8. And the Lord God planted a gar- 
den eastward in Eden; and there he 
put the man whom he had formed. 

Note. 

As soon as God had formed " the man" 
he planted the garden or vineyard which 
was to be the field of his labours and his 
joys. This garden was wholly the work- 
manship of God; he planted it with 
plants which he had before made ready, 
and not with seed which was to spring 
up and gradually arrive at maturity. 
The trees were full grown, and rich with 
fruit ; for it was in the season of Septem- 
ber, and not in the spring, that this gar- 
den was prepared. All was in a state 
of perfection ; complete and entire, want- 
ing nothing. 

So also when God the Father had 
"set up" his only begotten Son, " whom 
he appointed heir of all things, and by 
whom and for whom he made the 
world ;" he prepared for him a kingdom 
and a people, whom he " chose in him, 
before the foundation of the world, that 
they should be holy and without blame 
before him in love ;" and though this 
people were to be gradually and per- 
sonally called into his visible kingdom 
in the progress of time, yet they " are 
complete in him "from the beginning. 

This garden is mystically his bride, 
the church; of which he says, "I am 
the vine, ye are the branches," — " My 
Father is the husbandman," or planter. 

It appears that Eden was prepared 
for Adam, and not he for Eden : so the 
body or bride of Christ is prepared for 
him, and not he for the bride, as some 
would seem to suppose, who talk of 
Christ and his salvation, as if it were an 
expedient resorted to by God, to prevent 
the fatal consequences of some unforeseen 
accident ! the fall of man being altogether 
unlooked for ! 

When God had planted the garden, 
there he put the man whom he had 
made. In like manner, the Father in 



The Letter. 
9. And out of the ground made the 



The Spirit. 

Dan. ii. 44. And in the days of these 
kings shall the God of heaven set up a 
kingdom, which shall never be de- 
stroyed. 

Cant. iv. 12. A garden enclosed is 
my sister, my spouse. 

Isa. lviii. 11. * * * and thou shalt 
be like a well watered garden, &c. 

xxvii. 2, 3. In that day sing ye unto 
her a vineyard of red wine ; I the Lord 
do keep it ; I will water it every mo- 
ment : lest any hurt it I will keep it 
night and day. 

v. 1, 3, 7. My well beloved hath a 
vineyard in a very fruitful hill, &c. 

* * * the vineyard of the Lord of 
hosts is the whole house of Israel. 

Rev. ii. 7. To him that overcometh 
will I give to eat of the tree of life 
which is in the midst of the paradise 
of God. 

1 Cor. xi. 8, 9. For the man is not 
of the woman, but the woman of the 
man ; neither was the man created for 
the woman, but the woman for the 
man. 

John xv. 1,2. I am the vine ; my 
Father is the husbandman. 



speaking of the Son, says, " I have set 
my king upon my holy hill of Zion." 
He is made "head over all things to the 
church, which is his body, the fulness 
of him that filleth all in all." In his 
days shall the righteous flourish, and 
abundance of peace as long as the moon 
endureth." The plants of his grace shall 
" grow as the corn, and flourish as the 
vine, and bring forth fruit as Lebanon." 
" He shall come down like rain upon 
the mown grass ;" and " he shall be as 
the dew unto Israel." " They shall take 
root downward and bear fruit upward ;" 
that all men may know that they are a 
"field which the Lord hath blessed;" 
that they are "trees of righteousness, 
the planting of the Lord, that he may 
be glorified." 



The Spirit. 
Isa. xli. 19. 1 will plant in the wilder- 



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Lord to grow every tree that is pleasant 
to the eye, and good for food ; the tree 
of life also, in the midst of the garden ; 
and the tree of knowledge of good and 
evil. 



Kote. 
The trees of Eden grew out of the 
ground; so the trees of righteousness 
are formed of the dust of the earth, or 
are partakers of flesh and blood: for 
■which reason Jesus himself " took part 
of the same." 

The tree of life was in the midst of 
this garden. Some understand this tree 
to be the Lord Jesus Christ ; but the 
analogy is not perfect : it more properly 
symbolizes the Divine Spirit ; accord- 
ing to the 22d of Rev., this tree is 
represented to be on each side of the 
"river of the water of life," by which 
we may understand the word and the 
spirit, which always witness together. 
Inasmuch, however, as Christ has eter- 
nal life in himself, and is the fountain of 
life to his people; and inasmuch as this 
tree remained in Eden when Adam 
went forth, — so when Christ went forth 
from the bosom of the Father, to bear 
the curse, yet as the true God and eter- 
nal life he still remained in heaven. 

Of this tree Adam freely partook be- 
fore the fall, but as soon as he became a 
sinner, he is shut out and excluded from 
it. So likewise Christ, the second Adam, 
after he had taken upon himself the sins 
of his people, and assumed their place 
under the condemnation of the law, 
could no longer enjoy the glory which 
he had with the Father before the world 
was ; but must be sent forth to bear the 
curse. The trees of the Lord are said 
to be full of sap. This sap is in the 
root, and is thence communicated to the 
branches. "We see, then, the need of 
the tree of life in the garden of the 
church. Christ says, "I give unto them 
eternal life, and they shall never perish," 
&c. The Holy Spirit is given to abide 
with the church for ever, and is in them 
" a well of water, springing up unto ever- 
lasting life." All the vigour and all the 
fruitfulness of the trees of the garden, 
depend upon the nourishment which 
they imbibe from th root. "When the 



ness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the 
myrtle, and the oil-tree ; I will set in 
the desert the fir-tree, and the box-tree, 
and the pine-tree, together, that they 
may see and know and understand 
that the hand of the Lord hath done 
this. 

lxi. 3. * * that they may be called 
the trees of righteousness, the planting 
of the Lord, that he may be glorified. 

Ps. lh. 8. But I am like a green 
olive-tree, in the house of my God. 

xcii. 12, 13, 14. They that are planted 
in the house of the Lord, shall flourish 
in the courts of our God: they shall 



bring forth fruit in old age ; they shall 
be fat and flourishing, to show that the 
Lord is upright, &c. 

Rev. xxii. 2. And in the midst of 
the street of it, and on either side, was 
there the tree of life, &c. 

branches are favoured with the bright 
rays of the ."sun of righteousness," and 
the atmosphere is warm around them, 
then their leaf is green, and they abound 
in fruit ; but when these rays are with- 
drawn, and the chills of winter fall upon 
them, the sap withdraws into the root, 
the leaves fall from the trees, the fruit 
fails and the branches wither — but not 
die, "because I live they shall live also," 
the " tree of life " is in the midst of the 
garden ! summer and light, and heat, 
will return again ; and the promise can- 
not fail, that " summer and winter, cold 
and heat, seed time and harvest shall 
not cease." 

But why is the tree of " knowledge of 
o;ood and evil" placed by the side of the 
tree of life ? Must this fair garden be de- 
filed with evil fruit ? And if so, can there 
be good and evil united in the same tree ? 
What but the depths of infinite wisdom 
could have divined such a mystery as 
this ! That the chosen, cherished and fa- 
voured people thus planted, and walled 
" around by grace," must first partake of 
the evil of sin, and all its bitter fruits, in 
order that they might in the end be made 
partakers of the good that is treasured 
in the everlasting covenant, the riches 
of grace and glory in Christ Jesus! 
Well might Paul say, 0, the depth of 



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the riches both of the -wisdom and 
knowledge of God! how unsearchable 



The Letter. 

10. And a river went out of Eden 
to water the garden ; and from thence 
it was parted and became into four 
heads. 

Note. 

The trees and plants of Eden must be 
watered, and for this purpose a river is 
placed in the garden. So bountiful are 
the provisions of the Great Husband- 
man, that not only is the "rain of heaven" 
prepared for its benefit, but that it 
"might not be careful in the year of 
drought," a river is placed in its midst. 

Who can mistake in this, the allusion 
to that river, the streams whereof make 
glad the city of our God : the holy place 
of the tabernacles of the Most High ! 

That the vineyard of the Lord may be 
watered every moment, a pure river of 
the water of life, clear as crystal, pro- 
ceeds from the throne of God and of the 
Lamb. In this river, together with the 
"tree of life " that grows on each side of 
it, we may have a beautiful emblem of the 
word and the spirit of God. As the river 
proceeds from the throne of God and of 
the Lamb, so the spirit is sent from the 
Father and the Son to be a Comforter, 
a spirit of truth, the glorifier of Jesus ; 
who shall lead his people into all truth, 
by bearing witness with the word, and 
opening the understanding to receive it. 
The " twelve manner of fruits," which 
are borne by the " tree of life," point us 
to the different gifts of the spirit poured 
out upon the twelve apostles on the day 
of Pentecost, by which they were quali- 
fied to dispense the word; the "leaves" 
of this tree, or the various scriptures, all 
of which are profitable for doctrine, for 
reproof, and for instruction in righteous- 
ness, when applied to the soul by the 
spirit, heal all its diseases: "for the 
leaves of the tree are for the healing of 
the nations." 

The fact that this river is in the gar- 
den, conveys a most consolatory truth, 
of no less importance than the assurance 



are his judgments, and his ways past 
finding out ! ! 



The Spirit. 

Rev. xxii. 1. And he shewed me a 
pure river of life, clear as crystal, pro- 
ceeding out of the throne of God and 
of the Lamb. 

Ps. xlvi. 4. There is a river the 
streams whereof shall make glad the 
city of our God, &c. 

Zech. xiv. 8. And in that day, it shall 
be that living waters shall go out of 
Jerusalem; part of them toward the 
former sea and part toward the hinder 
sea: in summer and in winter shall 
it be. 

Ps. lxv. 9. Thou visitest the earth 
and waterest it : thou greatly enrichest 
it with the river of God, which is full of 
water. Thou preparest them corn when 
thou hast so provided for it. 

Jer. xvii. 8. For he shall be as a tree 
planted by the waters, and that spread- 
eth out her roots by the river; and 
shall not see when heat cometh, but her 
leaf is always green ; and shall not be 
careful in the year of drought, neither 
shall cease from yielding fruit. 

Ps. i. 3. And he shall be like a tree 
planted by the rivers of water, that 
bringeth forth his fruit in his season ; 
his leaf also shall not wither, and what- 
soever he doelh shall prosper. 



that the spirit is to abide vjilh the chtcrch 
forever : "his dwelling place is in Zion." 
The lively stones of the spiritual house 
are "builded together for an habitation 
of God through the spirit." 

Under various influences, either of 
consolation, of reproof, or of instruction 
in righteousness, he will ever continue 
his operations in the hearts of all that 
are his. In seasons of darkness and dis- 
tress, the believer is often tempted to 
say, "the Lord has forgotten me," "his 
mercies are clean gone for ever," "he 
will be favourable no more !" But this 
is his infirmity ; he has yet to learn that 
the night as well as the day, the ivinter 



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as well as the summer, the cold as well 
as the heat, are all among the blessings 
of that covenant which " is ordered in 
all tilings and sure." It is in the darkest 
night, when not a breeze of heaven is 
felt, that the deio falls in the greatest 



The Letter. 

11. The name of the first is Pison : 
that is it which encompasses the whole 
land of Havilah, where there is gold. 

12. And the gold of that land is 
good ; there is bdellium and the onyx 
stone. 

Note. 
The word Pison signifies extension, 
widening of the mouth; and the name 
of the land which it encompasses, signi- 
fies travailing in birth* These very 
names, then, direct us to the truth of 
which this branch of the river is an em- 
blem. The Father has promised to the 
Son, that he should " see of the travail 
of his soul and be satisfied:" that he 
should have a seed to serve him, a gene- 
ration for his praise; that the borders 
of his kingdom should be enlarged till it 
filled the whole world : his dominion 
should be from sea to sea, and from 
the river to the ends of the earth, Zion 
should break forth on the right hand 
and on the left; "Gentiles should come 
to her light, and kings to the brightness 
of her rising." It is through the preached 
word, and the agency of the holy spirit, 
that all this is to be effected : by these are 
all the treasures of the land of Havilah, 
all the gold and the precious stones, (the 
jewels of the Redeemer's crown,) to be 
gathered in. Not one particle of this 
gold can be lost ; he will refine and pu- 
rify it from all its dross, but, like a skil- 
ful artist, he sits by and watches the 
process; and when the precious metal 
has become so far cleansed as to reflect 
the refiner's image, he brings it out of 
the fire, to show forth his own glory. 
The more precious the metal, the hotter 
must be the furnace : and those vessels of 
honour which are more especially for the 

* Cruden's Concordance. 



abundance. Perhaps not any one pro- 
mise is more richly comprehensive than 
this, with regard to the vineyard of the 
Lord : " Lest any hurt it I will keep it 
night and day." 



The Spirit. 

Isa. liv. 2, 3. Enlarge the places of 
thy tent, and let them stretch forth the 
curtains of thy habitation: spare not, 
lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy 
stakes ; for thou shalt break forth upon 
the right hand and upon the left ; and 
thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and 
make the desolate cities to be inha- 
bited. 

lx. 4. Lift np thine eyes and see ; all 
these gather themselves together, they 
come to thee ; thy sons shall come from 
far and thy daughters shall be nursed at 
thy side. Then shalt thou see and flow 
together, and thy heart shall be en- 
larged, because the abundance of the 
sea shall be converted unto thee, the 
forces of the Gentiles shall come unto 
thee. 

Zech. xiii. 9. I will bring a third 
part through the fire, and refine them 
as silver is refined, and will try them as 
gold is tried. 

Mal. iii. 17. And they shall be mine, 
saith the Lord of hosts, in that day 
when I make up my jewels, and I will 
spare them as a man that spareth his 
own son that serveth him. 

Isa. lx. 9. Surely the isles shall wait 
for me, and the ships of Tarshish first 
to bring thy sons from far, their silver 
and gold with them, unto the name of 
the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One 
of Israel, because he hath ' glorified 
thee. 



master's use, are often subjected to a heat 
seven times hotter than is wont. For 
this purpose the Lord's "fire is in Zion, 
and his furnace in Jerusalem." 

By this stream or branch of the river 
of the garden, are the elect of God, the 



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outcasts of Israel brought home to their 
Father's house. Wherever these waters 
come, they are a savour of life in all 
them that believe ; but a savour of death 
in them that perish ; they never flow in 
vain. 

In like manner the Lord has said, 
"As the rain and the snow comethdown 



The Letter. 

13. And the name of the second 
river is Gihon : the same as that which 
encompasseth the whole land of Ethio- 
pia. 

Note. 

The word Gihon signifies valley of 
grace ; and the word Ethiopia signifies 
blackness and sorrow. 

"When the grace of God reaches the 
soul in its guilt and misery, it "turns 
the shadows of death into the light of 
the morning ;" gives " the oil of joy for 
mourning, and the garment of praise for 
the spirit of heaviness." It changes the 
Ethiopian's skin to the comeliness that 
is " without spot or wrinkle, or any such 
thing." By this stream of the river of 
life, the guilty stains of sin are washed 
away; the rags of self righteousness torn 
off, and the soul made comely with the 
"comeliness which is put upon her." 

The feet are taken from the horrible 
pit, and placed upon a rock, and a new 
song put into the mouth. 

The soul is made to understand how 
its original blackness may be removed, 
and that which had been as a cage of 
unclean birds, be converted into a tem- 
ple for the living God. Whereas, it had 
in its blindness and ignorance, imagined 
itself capable of obtaining heaven by 
the deeds of the law, it now learns with 
astonishment, that while we were yet 
without strength, Christ died for the 
ungodly ! that salvation is of the Lord : 
and is by grace through faith, and that 
not of ourselves ; it is the gift of God. 

Had this river bent its course toward 
some verdant fertile spot, upon which 
rested the sun's clearest and brightest 
rays, we should have regarded it as a na- 
tural and pleasing addition to an already 



from heaven, and returneth not thither, 
but watereth the earth that it may bring 
forth seed to the sower and bread to the 
eater, so shall my word be, that goeth 
forth out of my mouth, it shall not re- 
turn unto me void ; but it shall accom- 
plish that which I please, and prosper 
in the thing whereunto I send it." 



The Spirit. 

Cant. i. 5. I am black, but comely, 
oh! ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the 
tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solo- 
mon. 

Eph. v. 8. Ye were sometimes dark- 
ness, but now are ye light in the 
Lord. 

Col. i. 13. Who hath delivered us 
from the power of darkness, and trans- 
lated us into the kingdom of his dear 
Son. 

2 Cor. iv. 6. For God, who com- 
manded light to shine out of darkness, 
hath shined into our hearts to give the 
light of the knowledge of the glory of 
God, in the face of Jesus Christ. 

Is a. li. 11. Therefore the redeemed 
of the Lord shall return and come with 
singing unto Zion, and everlasting joy 
shall be upon their heads, and sorrow 
and sighing shall flee away. 

xl. 1, 2. Comfort ye, comfort ye, my 
people, saith your God. Speak ye com- 
fortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, 
that her warfare is accomplished, that 
her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath 
received of the Lord's hand double for 
all her sins. 

Rev. vii. 14, 16, 17. * * * and he 
said to me, These are they which come 
out of great tribulation, and have wash- 
ed their robes, and made them white 
in the blood of the Lamb. They shall 
hunger no more, neither shall the sun 
light on them, nor any heat. For the 
Lamb, which is in the midst of the 
throne, shall feed them, and shall lead 
them unto living fountains of waters : 
and God shall wipe away all tears from 
their eyes. 



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beautiful spot : but when its pure and 
healing waters are sent out to "encom- 
pass" the black, the parched, and the 
barren wilderness, we are assured, that 
it is the hand of him who has declared 
that he will " open rivers in dry places, 
and fountains in the midst of the de- 
sert," 

"Were not all hearts in his hands, and 



The Letter. 

14. And the name of the third river 
is Hiddekel ; that is it which goeth to- 
ward the east of Assyria. 

Note. 

In the two branches of the river 
which we have already considered, we 
have seen a part of the work to be ac- 
complished by the word and the spirit. 
We shall now find that they are profit- 
able for reproof, as well as for doctrine 
and instruction in righteousness. 

The word Hiddekel, signifies sharp 
voice ; and very needful is such a voice 
to the welfare of the garden of God. 
But we must observe that this does not 
encompass the land towards which it 
goes, but turns to the east of it. Assy- 
ria signifies that which looks or appears 
happy ; and may fitly represent the land 
of carnal delight and deceitful pleasures. 
The capital of this land is " Babylon the 
Great ;" its king is a " tall cedar in Le- 
banon,'' the "man of sin," or antichrist! 
who here sits in the stronghold of his 
power, and like the fabled syrens, who 
lured unwary mariners upon the rocks, 
he lies in wait to deceive and to destroy. 
This great city " sits as a queen," but she 
is the " mother of abominations ;" " her 
house is the way to death." She is the 
" strange woman " that flattereth with 
her lips ! " none that go unto her return 
again, neither take they hold of the path 
of life." "From such turn away." "Come 
out from among them, touch not the 
unclean thing." Ye are espoused as 
chaste virgins to Christ; be not entan- 
gled again in the yoke of bondage. This 
is the warning voice of wisdom, as she 



could he not turn them, even as the 
rivers of water are turned, how would 
they continue to wander, until their feet 
stumbled upon the dark mountains, to 
return no more for ever ! 

It is the glory of divine grace, that it 
is displayed upon the guilty — that the 
mercies of God are sovereign, and inde- 
pendent of all human merit. 



The Spirit. 

Prov. iv. 14, 15. Enter not into the 
path of the wicked, and go not in the 
way of evil men : avoid it, pass not by 
it, turn from it, and pass away. 

i. 15. My son, walk not thou in the 
way with them ; refrain thy foot from 
then* path : For their feet run to evil, 
and make haste to shed blood. 

20, 21, 22, 23. Wisdom crieth with- 
out; she uttereth her voice in the 
streets ; 

She crieth in the chief place of con- 
course, in the openings of the gates : 
in the city she uttereth her words, say- 
ing, 

How long, ye simple ones, will ye 
love simplicity, &c. 

Turn ye at my reproof, &c. 

Gal. iii. 1. Oh! foolish Galatians, 
who hath bewitched you that ye should 
not obey the truth, before whose eyes 
Jesus Christ has been evidently set 
forth as crucified among you ? 

v. 12. I would they were cut off that 
trouble you. 

Prov. xiv. 12. There is a way that 
seemeth right unto a man, but the end 
thereof are the ways of death. 

v. 21. For the ways of man are be- 
fore the eyes of the Lord, and he pon- 
dereth all his goings. 

i. 31. Therefore shall they eat of the 
fruit of their own ways, and be filled 
with their own devices. 



cries in the streets of the city, by the 
way, in the places of the paths, &c. 

And this is the language of this em- 
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of Assyria, to the place of light, and to 
the path of life : it bids us turn away 
from the error of the wicked, and enter 
not into their secrets. 

It is the deceivableness of unrighteoits- 
ness that betrays the simple. The 
christian never sins wilfully ; this would 
be inconsistent with the promises of the 
new covenant, and with the nature of 
the new birth. The incorruptible seed 
" remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, 
because he is born of God." It is the 



phrates. 



The Letter. 
and the fourth river is Eu- 



Note. 



Euphrates signifies fruitful. The last, 
though not the least part of the work of 
grace, to be accomplished by the agency 
of the word and spirit, is to " break up 
the fallow ground," and prepare it for 
the good seed, that it be not sowed 
among thorns, which would rise np and 
choke it. The church of Christ must be 
fruitful, its savour must be " that of a 
field which the Lord hath blessed." Jesus 
says to his disciples, "I have ordained 
you, that you should go and bring forth 
fruit, and that your fruit should remain," 
not being like the stony ground hearers, 
whose verdure is blasted by the first 
heat of persecution, but whose "leaf 
should be always green, neither should 
they cease from bearing fruit." 

It is for this same purpose that a 
chosen and peculiar people, a royal 
priesthood, a holy nation, are set apart ; 
" that they might show forth the praises 
of him who hath called them out of 
darkness into his marvellous light." For 
this purpose were they redeemed to God 
out of every nation, kindred and tongue, 
"not with corruptible things as silver 
and gold, but with the precious blood of 
Christ; that henceforth they should not 
live to themselves, but to him who hath 
died for them and risen again." And it 
is for this purpose that the Divine Hus- 
bandman has planted his "vineyard in 
a very fruitful hill ;" that he has fenced 
it and gathered out the stones thereof, 



deceitfulness of sin that leads him cap- 
tive. The snare is laid for his feet, but 
it is not in his sight; the fowler too 
well understands his prey, to give the 
alarm, but transforms himself into an 
angel of light, and thus allures into 
error those who would flee from him in 
his own proper shape, " lest thou 
shouldst ponder the path of life, his 
ways are movable that thou canst not 
know them." 



The Spirit. 

Hose a xiv. 5, 6, 7. I will be as the 
dew unto Israel. He shall grow as the 
lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 
His branches shall spread, and his beau- 
ty shall be as the olive-tree, and his 
smell like Lebanon. They that dwell 
under his shadow shall return. They 
shall revive as the corn, and grow as 
the vine ; and the scent thereof shall 
be as the wine of Lebanon. 

Jer. xvii. 8. He shall be as a tree 
planted by the waters, and that spread- 
eth out her roots by the river; and 
shall not see when heat cometh, but 
her leaf shall be always green; and 
shall not be careful in the year of 
drought ; neither shall cease from yield- 
ing fruit. 

Hosea xiv. 8. * * the word of the 
gospel which is come unto you as it is 
in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit 
as it doth also in you, since the day ye 
heard of it, and know the grace of God 
in truth. 

Matt. vii. 16, 17, 18. Ye shall know 
them by then- fruits, &c. Every good 
tree bringeth forth good fruit, &c. A 
good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, 
&c. 



and planted it with the choicest vine, 
&c. : that it may bring forth grapes ; for 
herein is he glorified, that it bare much 
fruit. 

Nor is this all : the rain and the dew of 
heaven are prepared to refresh the plants 
of grace, and to water the ridges of the 



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parched earth: and, lest these should 
not be sufficient, he "greatly enriches 
it with the river of God, which is full of 
water :" even this river Euphrates, whose 
course is not limited like the rest to any 
one point, but which waters the whole 
garden of the Lord. 

The fact that believers are continued 
upon the earth, after they are prepared 
for heaven, proves that they have a work 
to do. They are the lights of the world, 
and the salt of the earth : they are ves- 
sels prepared for the Master's use, and 
are therefore not their own; neither 



should they seek their own, but should 
be ever found waiting, a willing and 
living sacrifice at his feet, to know what 
he would have them to do. The religion 
of Christ is a living, active principle, 
and must discover itself by its opera- 
tions: even as the "good tree" shews 
its kind by its fruit. The fruit which 
glorifies God, is by faith in his Son ; 
without him we can do nothing : " ex- 
cept ye abide in me, ye cannot bring 
forth fruit." "As the branch cannot 
bring forth fruit of itself, neither can ye, 
except ye abide in me." 



The Letter. 

15. And the Lord God took the man 
and put him into the garden, to dress 
and to keep it. 

ISote. 

To prepare the plants for the garden, 
and to place them there, was the work 
of God; he then commits them to the 
care of Adam. So in relation to the 
church, and the trees of righteousness, 
we are told by Jude that they are 
" sanctified by God the Father, preserved 
in Christ Jesus," <fcc. ; and Jesus himself 
says, he that hath heard and learned of 
the Father, cometh unto me, and " no 
man cr.n come unto me except tlic Father 
which sent me draw him." "Thine they 
were and thou gavest them me," &c. 

* * * " those that thou gavest me I 
have kept," &c. 

Thus the Father is represented as 
setting apart, or choosing the elect, in 
Christ, and then committing all power, 
both in heaven and earth, to him, and 
making him head over all things to the 
church. 

PauL in the 2d of Heb., alludes to this 
subject, and draws from it his argument 
in proving the pre-eminent authority of 
the gospel. He says, that under the law 
which was ordained by angels, (or minis- 
ters,) every transgression was punished 
without mercy, but that God never put 
the world to come, (or the gospel king- 
dom,) in subjection to such angels; but 
Jesus, his only begotten Son, the bright- 
ness'of his glory and the express image 



The Spirit. 

Heb. 7, 8, 9. Thou madest him a 
little lower than the angels; thou 
crownest him with glory and honour, 
and didst set him over the work of thy 
hands. Thou hast put all things in 
subjection under his feet. For in that 
he put all things under him, he left no- 
thing that is not put under him, &c. 
But now we see Jesus, who was made 
a little lower than the angels for the 
suffering of death, &c. &c. 

Phil. ii. 9. Wherefore, God hath 
highly exalted him, and given him a 
name which is above every name. 

Eph. i. 20, 23. * * and hath set him 
at Ms own right hand in the heavenly 
places ; and hath put all things under 
Ins feet, and made him to be head over 
all things to the church. 

Ps. ii. 6. Yet have I set my king 
upon my holy hill of Zion. 

Isa. xxvii. 2, 3. * * I the Lord do 
keep it ; I will water it every moment ; 
lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and 
day. 

Matt, xxviii. 18. * * all power is 
given unto me, in heaven and in earth. 
Ps. cxxi. 3, 4. He will not suffer thy 
foot to be moved : he that keepeth thee 
will not slumber. 

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall 
neither slumber nor sleep. 



of his person, who had been made a lit- 
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ing of death, by his obedience thereto, 
had been crowned with glory and ho- 
nour, and set over the works of his hands : 
that all things had been put in subjec- 
tion under his feet. From this fact of 
the dignity and glory of the Son of God, 
who, as head over all things to the 
church, speaks to us from his throne, as 
king in Zion, Paul infers the tremendous 
consequences which will result to those 
who neglect so great salvation ! 

The mediatorial reign of Christ is a 
theme of rich consolation to the believer. 
He rejoices to know that the govern- 
ment is on the shoulders of Him who is 



The Letter. 

16. And the Lord God commanded 
the man, saying, Of every tree of the 
garden thou mayest freely eat : 

17. But of the tree of the knowledge 
of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of 
it: for in the day that thou eatest 
thereof thou shalt surely die. 

Note. 
- By this singular and mysterious ar- 
rangement of divine wisdom, life and 
death, the blessing and the curse, are 
made to depend upon the single act of 
eating of this forbidden tree. 

This law, upon which the welfare of 
an entire world rested, was given to 
Adam alone ; for Eve was not formed. 
Of course he stood responsible for his 
whole posterity, as their covenant head 
and representative ; and also for the 
honor of the law, as committed to him 
for safe keeping. 

In this figure we behold the second 
Adam, the Lord from heaven, assuming 
the suretyship of his people in the ever- 
lasting covenant, when the Father laid 
upon him the responsibility of keeping 
the law in their behalf. In view of this 
he says in vision, "I have laid help upon 
one that is mighty." He well knew the 
end from the beginning, and made pro- 
vision for all the weakness and defi- 
ciency of the first bondsman, by the di- 
vine surety of the second. Neither did 
the Son of God shrink from assuming 



at once the saviour and advocate, as 
well as the king and judge of his people. 
In all their guilt and weakness, they can 
flee from the terrors of the one, to the 
grace and love of the other. This king- 
dom will " endure for ever." His do- 
minion will have no end. The media- 
torial office of son and servant will be 
given up to the Father, but he will be 
God, when he ceases to be son: the 
middle throne will still be occupied by 
the "Lamb that was slain," for in that 
form he obtained a " name that is above 
every name that is named, either in 
heaven or in earth." 



The Spirit. 

Deut. xi. 26. Behold, I set before 
you this day a blessing and a curse : 

27. A blessing, if ye obey the com- 
mandments of the Lord your God 
which I command you this day ; 

28. And a curse, if ye will not obey 
the commandments of the Lord your 
God, but turn aside out of the way 
which I command you this day, to go 
after other gods which ye have not 
known. 

29. And it shall come to pass when 
the Lord thy God hath brought thee 
in unto the land whither thou goest to 
possess it, that thou shalt put the bless- 
ing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse 
upon mount Ebal. 

30. Are they not on the other side 
Jordan, by the way where the sun 
goeth down in the land of the Canaan- 
ites, which dwell in the champaign over 
against Gilgal, beside the plains of 
Moreh? 

31. For ye shall pass over Jordan to 
go in to possess the land which the 
Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall 
possess it, and dwell therein. 

32. And ye shall observe to do all 
the statutes and judgments which I set 
before you this day. 

xxiii. 5. Nevertheless, the Lord thy 
God would not hearken unto Balaam : 
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this fearful accountability though he 
well knew the penalty that attended it 
"With him it was no uncertain experi- 
ment; he was well aware that in taking 
it he must "purely die." 

"When God was pleased to place Israel 
under a covenant of works, the blessing 
and the curse, he directed that they 
should stand upon two mountains on 
the other side Jordan after they passed 
over to possess the land and to dwell 
thereon. Six tribes were to stand on 
Mount Gerizim, and six upon Mount 
Ebal. Upon Gerizim was the blessing 
to be proclaimed, and the curse upon 
Mount Ebal, which signifies melting or 
dissolving away. For so shall the curse 
melt away from his people, in the day 
that Jesus should stand upon the Mount 
of Olives. 



The Letter. 

18. And the Lord God said, It is not 
good that the man should be alone : I 
will make him a help meet for him. 

Note. 

Many and various are the figures un- 
der which the union between Christ and 
the church is represented ; but perhaps 
none so frequent or so expressive as that 
of marriage. 

In all these similitudes/ however, the 
one leading idea is the vital and insepa- 
rable nature of this union. Here, in- 
deed, all mere similitudes fail, because 
everything in nature is subject to de- 
cay. But the bond which holds Christ 
and his church is eternal and unchange- 
able. "I have loved thee with an ever- 
lasting love, therefore with loving kind- 
ness have I drawn you." It is also vital; 
and cannot be dissolved but by the ex- 
tinction of eternal life itself. Nothing 
of an earthly nature, neither angels, nor 
principalities, nor powers, nor life nor 
death, nor things present nor things to 
come, shall be able to separate us from 
the love of God which is in Christ Jesus 
our Lord. 



into a blessing unto thee, because the 
Lord thy God loved thee. 

Gal. iii. 11. But that no man is jus- 
tified by the law in the sight of God, 
it is evident : for, The just shall live by 
faith. 

12. And the law is not of faith: but, 
The man that doeth them shall live in 
them. 

13. Christ hath redeemed us from the 
curse of the law, being made a curse for 
us : for it is written, Cursed is every 
one that hangeth on a tree. 

Zech. xiv. 4. And his feet shall stand 
in that day upon the Mount of Olives, 
which is before Jerusalem on the east, 
and the Mount of Olives shall cleave in 
the midst thereof toward the east and 
toward the west, and there shall be a 
very great valley ; and half of the moun- 
tain shall remove toward the north, and 
half of it toward the south. 



The Spirit. 

Heb. x. 5. Wherefore, when he 
cometh into the world, he saith, sacri- 
fice and offering thou wouldest not, but 
a body hast thou prepared me. 

Eph. v. 13. Till we all come in the 
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge 
of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, 
unto the measure of the stature of the 
fulness of Christ : 

1 6. From whom the whole body fitly 
joined together and compacted by that 
which every joint supplieth, according 
to the effectual working in the measure 
of every part, maketh increase of the 
body unto the edifying of itself in love. 

1 Cor. xi. 11. Nevertheless, neither 
is the man without the woman, neither 
the woman without the man, in the 
Lord. 

12. For as the woman is of the man, 
even so is the man also by the woman ; 
but all things of God. 

Sol. Song vi. 9. My dove, my mi- 
defiled is but one ; she is the only one 
of her mother, she is the choice one of 
her that bare her. The daughters saw 



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But where and how is an help meet 
for him to be found ? Is it among an- 
gels, that approach the nearest to the 
divine nature ? No, he passed by them 
in choosing his beloved. Is a new order 
of being to be formed for this purpose, 
for surely he will not wed with dust 
and ashes ? A greater marvel than this 
is exhibited in the choice of Jesus ! The 
portrait of his bride may be seen in the 
16th chap, of Ezek. But behold the 
transformation made in this portrait by 
the forming hand of the divine bride- 
groom! With the comeliness which he 
puts upon her, she is "perfect in her 
beauty /" Washed, and sanctified, and 
presented to himself, " Without spot or 
wrinkle or any such thing!" 



The Letter. 

1 9. And out of the ground the Lord 
God formed every beast of the field, and 
every fowl of the air, and brought them 
unto Adam to see what he would call 
them; and whatsoever Adam called 
every living creature, that was the 
name thereof. 

30. And Adam gave names to all 
cattle and to the fowl of the air, and to 
every beast of the field : but for Adam 
there was not found a help meet for 

him. 

Note. 

To Adam had been given dominion 
over every order of brute creation ; the 
fish of the sea, the fowl of the air, and 
the beast of the field. To Christ also is 
given power over all flesh ; and not only 
all flesh, but over principalities and pow- 
ers, and the rulers of the darkness of 
this world. They are all in subjection 
to his authority and made subservient 
to his will. 

When he appeared in human flesh as 
the second Adam, all these unclean spi- 
rits recognised him immediately. " We 
know thee who thou art, the Holy One 
of God." Nothing is more probable 
than the fact that the form of flesh worn 
by the Son of God upon earth, was after 



her, and blessed her ; yea, the queens 
and the concubines, and they praised 
her. 

10. Who is she that looketh forth as 
the morning, fair as the moon, clear as 
the sun, and terrible as an army with 
banners ? 

Ezk. xvi. 4. And as for thy nativity, 
in the day thou wast born thy navel 
was not cut, neither wast thou washed 
in water to supple thee ; thou wast not 
salted at all, nor swaddled at all. 

8. Now when I passed by thee, and 
looked upon thee, behold, thy time ivas 
the time of love ; and I spread my skirt 
over thee, and covered thy nakedness : 
yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into 
a covenant with thee, saith the Lord 
God, and thou becamest mine. 



The Spirit. 

Mark hi. 11. And unclean spirits, 
when they saw him, fell down before 
him, and cried, saying, Thou art the 
Son of God. 

Luke iv. 33. And in the synagogue 
there was a man which had a spirit of an 
unclean devil ; and he cried out with a 
loud voice, 

34. Saying, Let us alone ; what have 
we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Na- 
zareth ? art thou come to destroy us ? I 
know thee who thou art, the Holy One 
of God. 

35. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, 
Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 
And when the devil had thrown him in 
the midst, he came out of him, and hurt 
him not. 

36. And they were all amazed, and 
spake among themselves, saying, What 
word is this ! for with authority and 
power he commandeth the unclean spi- 
rits, and they come out. 

Mark v. 12. And all the devils be- 
sought him, saying, Send us into the 
swine, that we may enter into them. 

13. And forthwith Jesus gave them 
leave. And the unclean spirits went 
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the similitude of that given to Adam, the 
same that Adam wore in the garden, 
and that these spirits of evil thus knew 
the king who had been placed over 
them, and whose authority they then 
refused to obey, and for which they 
were reserved to the judgment of that 
day. 

In that day, though, it was especially 
" the hour and power of darkness," yet 
Jesus suffered them not to go beyond 
prescribed bounds. They were forced 
to obey his will and thus gave testi- 
mony to his Messiahship. 

Among these spirits of evil, though of 
a superior order of mere intellectual 
power, there was found no help-meet 
for Adam ; neither is there any fellow- 
ship between Christ and Belial. 

The mouth of the beast and the false 
prophet sends forth the spirits of devils 
to work miracles among the kings of the 
earth, that they may be prepared and 
gathered to " the battle of that great day 
of God Almighty." 



The Letter. 

21. And the Lord God caused a 
deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he 
slept ; and he took one of his ribs, and 
closed up the flesh instead thereof: 

22. And the rib, which the Lord God 
had taken from man, made he a woman, 
and brought her unto the man. 

jSote. 

Regarded as nothing more than a 
literal narrative of common facts, this 
would seem a remarkable method of 
procuring a help-meet for Adam. But 
if we look through the veil of material 
things to that which is hidden behind, 
we may see that no other could be 
adopted. Through this figure was to be 
shown forth the vital union of Christ 
and the church: that she is one with 
him, members of his body; that she 
was originally and always with him and 
in him ! How then could this be repre- 
sented but by taking a part of Adam's 
self ; the bones of his own body ! 

Again, another idea must be involved, 



the herd ran violently down a steep 
place into the sea (they were about 
two thousand), and were choked in 
the sea. 

Rev. xvi. 14. For they are the spi- 
rits of devils, working miracles, which 
go forth unto the kings of the earth, 
and of the whole world, to gather them 
to the battle of that great day of God 
Almighty. 

2 Cor. vi. 14. Be ye not unequally 
yoked together with unbelievers; for 
what fellowship hath righteousness with 
unrighteousness? and what commu- 
nion hath light with darkness ? 

15. And what concord hath Christ 
with Belial ? or what part hath he that 
believeth with an infidel ? 

16. And what agreement hath the 
temple of God with idols? for ye are 
the temple of the living God ; as God 
hath said, I will dwell in them, and 
walk in them ; and I will be their God, 
and they shall be my people. 



The Spirit. 

Acts xx. 28. * * Feed the church 
of God, which he hath purchased with 
his own blood. 

Phil. ii. 6. Who, being in the form 
of God, thought it not robbery to be 
equal with God : 

7. But made himself of no reputa- 
tion, and took upon him the form of a 
servant, and was made in the likeness 
of men : 

8. And being found in fashion as a 
man, he humbled himself, and became 
obedient unto death, even the death of 
the cross. 

Col. i. 20. And, having made peace 
through the blood of his cross, by him 
to reconcile all things unto himself; by 
him, J say, whether they be things in 
earth, or things in heaven. 

21. And you, that were some time 
alienated and enemies in your mind by 
wicked works, yet now hath he recon- 
ciled. 

22. In the body of his flesh through 



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— it "was accomplished by means of 
death, for with nothing less than the 
blood of Christ could the church be pur- 
chased. A " deep sleep" then must fall 
upon Adam to show that the good shep- 
herd laid down his life for the sheep. 

It was the hand of God that laid this 
deep sleep upon Adam, and that also 
brought to him the help-meet which he 
had moulded and fashioned after his 
own image. So it is the work of the Fa- 
ther to bring to Jesus all that are his, 
when he has taught them by his Spirit, 
and conformed them to the image of 
his Son. 



The Letter. 

23. And Adam said, This is now 
bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh : 
she shall be called Woman, because she 
was taken out of man. 

24. Therefore shall a man leave his 
father and his mother, and shall cleave 
unto his wife: and they shall be one 
flesh. 

25. And they were both naked, the 
man and his wife, and they were not 
ashamed. 

jSote. 

As a literal fact, Adam would hardly 
have recognised the rib which had been 
taken from him in the unconsciousness 
of deep sleep, in the fair woman, thus 
made ready and presented to him with- 
out spot or wrinkle, or any such thing ! 
But the divine Redeemer was fully 
aware of the whole process, when his 
body was broken and his blood shed for 
his people. This people were recorded 
by name in his body, and worn upon his 
heart, as in the book of life, and not one 
shall finally be taken from him. They 
are of his body, his flesh and his bones, 
in an everlasting union which death 
could not dissolve. 

Jesus left the bosom of the Father and 



death, to present you holy, and un- 
blamable, and unreprovable, in his 
sight. 

John vi. 44. No man can come to 
me, except the Father which hath sent 
me draw him : and I will raise him up 
at the last day. 

1 Pet. ii. 25. For ye were as sheep 
going astray: but are now returned 
unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your 
souls. 

Heb. ix. 15. And for this cause he is 
the mediator of the new testament, that 
by means of death, for the redemption 
of the transgressions that were under 
the first testament, they which are 
called might receive the promise of 
eternal inheritance. 

16. For where a testament is, there 
must also of necessity be the death of 
the testator. 



The Spirit. 

Eph. v. 30. For we are members of 
his body, of his flesh and of his bones. 

Col. i. 22. In the body of his flesh 
through death, to present you holy and 
unblamable and unreprovable in his 
sight. 

iii. 10. And have put on the new 
man, which is renewed in knowledge 
after the image of him that created 
him. 

i. 24. Who now rejoice in my suffer- 
ings for you, and fill up that which is 
behind of the afflictions of Christ in my 
flesh for his body's sake, which is the 
church. 

Eph. v. 22. Wives, submit yourselves 
unto your own husbands, as unto the 
Lord. 

23. For the husband is the head of 
the wife, even as Christ is the head of 
the church : and he is the Saviour of the 
body. 

24. Therefore as the church is sub- 
ject unto Christ, so let the wives be to 
their own husbands in everything. 

Rev. xix. 7. Let us be glad and re- 
joice, and give honour to him : for the 



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the glory which he had with him before 
the world was, that he might seek and 
save that people which had gone astray, 
like lost sheep ; and when he has again 
brought them back to the Shepherd and 
Bishop of their souls, he calls upon them 
to forsake all for him ; and that they 
henceforward live not to themselves, 
but to him who died for them, that they 
might have life. 

They were " both naked," for as yet 
they had no guilt to require the garment 
of imputed righteousness. Adam was 
naked, as being exposed to the conse- 
quences of becoming bondsman for the 
woman ; but as yet there was no trans- 
gression, and therefore no shamje or 
fear. 



marriage of the Lamb is come, and his 
wife made herself ready. 

8. Arid to her was granted that she 
should be arrayed in fine linen, clean 
and white : for the fine linen is the 
righteousness of saints. 

9. And he saith unto me, Write, 
Blessed are they which are called unto 
the marriage-supper of the Lamb. And 
he saith unto me, These are the true 
sayings of God. 

Ltjke xiv. 26. If any man come to 
me, and hate not his father, and mother, 
and wife, and children, and brethren, 
and sisters, yea, and his own life also, 
he cannot be my disciple. 

33. So likewise, whosoever he be of 
you that forsaketh not all that he hath, 
he cannot be my disciple. 



CHAPTER III. 



The Letter. 



1. Now the serpent was more subtle 
than any beast of the field which the 
Lord God had made : and he said unto 
the woman, Yea, hath God said, ye shall 
not eat of every tree of the garden 1 
Note. 

The kingdom of heaven had now been 
typically ordered and established ; the 
last act of which was to set forth the 
death of the Lord Jesus Christ, by which 
the church was brought nigh by his 
blood, and with him shared the throne 
of the kingdom, according to the decree, 
"Let them have dominion," <fec. This law 
and decree of the Father, when he 
" brought the First Bom into the world" 
and set him on the holy hill of Zion, was 
joyfully hailed by all "the morning stars," 
who sang together, "glory to God in the 
highest, on earth peace and good will to 
men." 

But behold! when " men slept" or be- 
fore the good seed of the kingdom, which 
was planted in the covenant-head, had 
sprung up, — an enemy appears in the 
form of the serpent ! The command, 
concerning the First Born—" Let all the 
angels of God worship him" — wrought in 
this wily adversary " all manner of con- 



The Spirit. 



Isa. xxvi. 1. In that day the Lord, 
with his sore, and great, and strong 
sword, shall punish leviathan the pierc- 
ing serpent, even leviathan that crooked 
serpent ; and he shall slay the dragon 
that is in the sea. 

Ezek. xxviii. 2. Son of man, say unto 
the Prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the 
Lord God : Because thine heart is lifted 
up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I 
sit in the seat of God, in the midst of 
the seas ; yet thou art a man, and not 
God, though thou set thine heart as 
the heart of God : 

3. Behold, thou art wiser than Da- 
niel ; there is no secret that they can 
hide from thee : * r* * * * * 
Thou sealest up the sum, full of wis- 
dom, and perfect in beauty. 

13. Thou hast been in Eden, the 
garden of God; every precious stone 
was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, 
and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, 
and the jasper, the sapphire, the eme- 
rald, and the carbuncle, and gold : the 
workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy 
pipes was prepared in thee in the day 
that thou wast created. 



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cupiscence." His heart was " lifted up," 
to desire himself " to sit in the seat of 
God," and to be " exalted above all 
that is called God, or that is wor- 
shipped." Thus the "angels sinned;" 
and thus they " kept not their first estate," 
but "left their habitations" — their own 
proper place, as subjects of the great 
King. 



The Letter. 

2. And the woman said unto the ser- 
pent, We may eat of the fruit of the 
trees of the garden : 

3. But of the fruit of the tree which 
is in the midst of the garden, God hath 
said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall 
ye touch it, lest ye die. 

4. And the serpent said unto the 
woman, Ye shall not surely die : 

5. For God doth know, that in the 
day ye eat thereof, then your eyes 
shall be opened: and ye shall be as 
gods, knowing good and evil. 

Note. 

The first step to trangressing the law, 
is, questioning its propriety and the 
wisdom of the lawgiver. Hence pride 
is the condemnation of the devil. This 
is the very spirit of Antichrist — the 
snare which "the fowler" sets for the 
unwary. The kingdom of heaven is to 
be received "as a little child" — in all 
meekness and submission, without ques- 
tioning. The will of God is revealed for 
u the obedience of faith" and not for the 
cavils of carnal wisdom and subtle rea- 
soning. 

Another feature of Antichrist is the 
assumption of explaining, after his own 
will and purpose, the commands of God ; 
and making " the simple " suppose that 



14. Thou art the anointed cherub 

that covereth ; and I have set thee so : 

thou wast upon the holy mountain of 

God ; thou hast walked up and down 

in the midst of the stones of fire. 
****** 

15. Thou wast perfect in thy ways 
from the day that thou wast created, till 
iniquity was found in thee. 

1 6. By the multitude of thy merchan- 
dise they have filled the midst of thee 
with violence, and thou hast sinned: 
therefore I will cast thee as profane 
out of the mountain of God ; and I will 
destroy thee, O covering cherub, from 
the midst of the stones of fire. ; t 



The Spirit. 

Eph. vi. 11. Put on the whole armour 
of God, that you may be able to stand 
against the wiles of the devil. 

12. For we wrestle not against flesh 
and blood, but against principalities, 
against powers, against the rulers of 
the darkness of this world, against 
spiritual wickedness in high places. 

Prov. i. 10. My son, if sinners entice 
thee, consent thou not. 

1 1. If they say, Come with us, let us 
lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for 
the innocent without cause : 

12. Let us swallow them up alive as 
the grave ; and whole, as those that go 
down into the pit : 

13. We shall find all precious sub- 
stance, we shall fill our houses with 
spoil: 

14. Cast in thy lot among us; let us 
all have one purse : 

15. My son, walk not thou in the 
way with them ; refrain thy foot from 
their path : 

16. For their feet run to evil, and 
make haste to shed blood. 

17. Surely in vain the net is spread 
in the sight of any bird. 

18. And they lay wait for their own 
blood ; they lurk privily for their own 
lives. 

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none but himself and his agents under- 
stand these things, or are able to inter- 
pret divine revelation ; and thus induce 
them to submit their consciences to the 
rule and guidance of his domineering 
power. 

The inducement of self-exaltation is 
used by the man of sin in effecting his 
purposes. The glory of God, and honour 
of his name, are kept out of sight ; while 
glorying in the flesh is the highest object 
to be attained. Eve confesses her know- 
ledge of the law of God, and thus seals 
her own condemnation for disobeying. 
But, though free to stand, yet she lacked 
the power; — she was deceived by the 
subtle adversary — the father of lies; and 
fell into transgression. The upholding 
arm, that could alone have sustained her 
at this time, was withdrawn, but not 
shortened ; it was yet to be outstretched 
in a more signal manner, for her deliver- 
ance, and for the everlasting overthrow 
of her destroyer. 



The Letter. 

6. And when the woman saw that 
the tree was good for food, and that it 
was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to 
be desired to make one wise ; she took 
of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and 
gave also unto her husband with her, 
and he did eat. 

7. And the eyes of them both were 
opened, and they knew that they were 
naked : and they sewed fig-leaves toge- 
ther, and made themselves aprons. 

ISTOTE. 

The old leaven of malice and wicked- 
ness, infused by the enemy of all righte- 
ousness into the entire lump of clay — or 
body of flesh, out of which the Divine 
Potter would form the vessels for his 
own use and service — had already begun 
to work ! " When lust hath conceived 
it bringeth forth sin ; and sin when it 
is finished bringeth forth death!" 

Thus had the enemy succeeded in 
sowing " his tares" upon the fair field of 
the Son of man ! planting his lie where 
God had breathed the breath of life ! and 



that is greedy of gain; which taketh 
away the life of the owners thereof. 

Eccl. ix. 11. I returned, and saw un- 
der the sun, that the race is not to the 
swift, nor the battle to the strong, nei- 
ther yet bread to the wise, nor yet 
riches to men of understanding, nor yet 
favour to men of skill ; but time and 
chance happeneth to them all. 

12. For man also knoweth not his 
time : as the fishes that are taken in an 
evil net, and as the birds that are caught 
in the snare : so are the sons of men 
snared in an evil time, when it falleth 
suddenly upon them. 

13. This wisdom have I seen also 
under the sun, and it seemed great unto 
me. 



The Spirit. 

James i. 12. Blessed is the man that 
endureth temptation; for when he is 
tried he shall receive the crown of life, 
which the Lord hath promised to them 
that love him. 

13. Let no man say when he is 
tempted, I am tempted of God: for 
God cannot be tempted with evil, nei- 
ther tempteth he any man. 

14. But every man is tempted, when 
he is drawn away of his own lust, and 
enticed. 

15. Then, when lust hath conceived, 
it bringeth forth sin ; and sin, when it is 
finished, bringeth forth death. 

Heb. xii. 2. Looking on Jesus, the 
author and finisher of faith, who having 
joy proposed unto him, underwent the 
cross, despising the shame ; and sitteth 
on the right hand of the throne of 
God. 

3. For think diligently upon him who 
endureth such opposition from sinners 
against himself; that you be not 
wearied, fainting in your minds. 



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thus subjected the entire field to his own 
dominion, until the " one nearest of kin 
should appear to redeem his posses- 
sion." 

But it is written, "Adam was not de- 
ceived, but the woman being deceived, was 
in the transgression." If Adam was not 
deceived — if he was fully aware of the 
penalty that awaited him if he took the 
fruit from the woman — why did he eat ? 
There can be but one answer to this 
question: it was, "for the great love 
wherewith he loved her!" Having him- 
self been entrusted by God with the law 
of the garden, to keep it from pollution 
and dishonour, he was bound to take 
upon himself the vindication of that law 
by the best possible manner, in showing 
that he would himself suffer its sentence 
rather than that it should be violated 
with impunity. Again : he saw that his 
wife, the woman whom God had given 
him, and for whom he had been made re- 
sponsible, was under condemnation, and 
must suffer the penalty of transgression. 
Therefore he felt himself bound also to 
bear her curse in his own body; and 
the only possible way to do this, was to 
take upon himself her sins. Satan, her 
murderer, must also be slain, and he 
only could become the avenger of blood. 
Thus, as far as natural things can repre- 



The Letter. 

8. And they heard the voice of the 
Lord God walking in the garden in the 
cool of the day: and Adam and his 
wife hid themselves from the presence 
of the Lord God amongst the trees of 
the garden. 

9. And the Lord God called unto 
Adam, and said unto him, Where art 
thou? 

KOTE. 

The call of God upon Adam, in the 
cool of the day, or, as it might be ren- 
dered, the wind of the day, shows forth 
the recognition of Jesus as the propitia- 
tion for sin, " through the forbearance 
of God." 

The woman had sinned, and with her 



4. For you have not yet resisted 
unto blood, striving against sin. 

Eccl. ix. 14. There was a little city, 
and few men within it ; and there came 
a great king against it, and besieged it, 
and built great bulwarks against it : 

15. Now there was found in it a poor 
wise man, and he by his wisdom deli- 
vered the city; yet no man remembered 
that same poor man. 

Rom. v. 6. For when we were yet 
without strength, in due time Christ 
died for the ungodly. 

7. For scarcely for a righteous man 
will one die: yet peradventure for a 
good man some would even dare to 
die. 

8. For God commendeth his love to- 
ward us, in that while we were yet sin- 
ners, Christ died for us. 



sent spiritual, Adam is, in this act, a 
"figure of Him that was to come." 

The first attempt to cover sin, was by 
the fig-leaf righteousness of the law. 
But it proved ineffectual, and the sinner 
still remained exposed until God himself 
provided a garment. 

From 1 Tim. ii. 11-15, it would 
appear that from this time the woman 
was put in subjection to the man. 



The Spirit. 

Rom. iii. 20. Therefore by the deeds 
of the law, there shall no flesh be jus- 
tified in his sight, for by the law is the 
knowledge of sin. 

21. But now the righteousness of 
God without the law is manifested, 
being witnessed by the law and the 
prophets. 

22. Even the righteousness of God 
which is by faith of Jesus Christ, 
&c. 

23. For all have sinned, and come 
short of the glory of God. 

24. Being fortified freely by his 
grace through the redemption that is in 
Christ Jesus. 

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whole posterity had come short of the 
glory of God. But instead of visiting 
upon her the fierceness of his anger, God 
calls upon her bondsman, her substitute ; 
on whom he had " laid help" by his own 
special appointment : " Adam, where art 
thou ?" 

The fig-leaf covering had been tried ; 
the righteousness which is of the law ; 
but it was found "weak through the 
flesh ;" it " could never take away sin." 
Therefore, "ichen he cometh into the 
world he saith, Sacrifice aryd offering 
for sin, thou wouldst not; then said I, 
Lo, I come ; in the volume of the book 
it is written of me ; I delight to do thy 
will, God." 

It may be thought, that if Adam here 
represented Jesus, coming forth for the 
salvation of his people, and to answer 
for their transgressions ; why did he 
hide himself? But was not Jesus, the 
sinner's substitute, the Lamb of God, that 
taketh away the sins of the world, found 
hid under a veil of flesh, made like unto 
his brethren ? like unto the trees of the 
garden ? and walking among them ? 



The Letter. 

10. And he said, I heard thy voice in 
the garden ; and I was afraid, because 
I was naked ; and I hid myself. 

11. And he said, Who told thee that 
thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of 
the tree whereof I commanded thee, 
that thou shouldest not eat ? 

12. And the man said, The woman, 
whom thou gavest to be with me, she 
gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 

Note. 
In view of the fearful responsibility 
he had assumed, and all that he must 
endure, in bearing the sins of his people, 
Jesus said, "Now is my soul exceeding 
sorrowful, even unto death." And by 
the mouth of the prophets he set 
forth the anguish and terror he felt in 
prospect of the mighty conflict that 
awaited him, when, in the fulness of 
time, the sword of Justice would be 
called upon to awake against him, and 



a propitiation through faith in his blood, 
to declare his righteousness for the re- 
mission of sins that are past, through 
the forbearance of God. 

Isa. liii. 5. But lie was wounded for 
our transgressions, he was bruised for 
our iniquities : the chastisement of bur 
peace was upon him; and with his 
stripes we are healed. 

6. All we, like sheep, have gone 
astray; we have turned every one to 
his own way ; and the Lord hath laid on 
him the iniquity of us all. 

12. * * And he was numbered with 
the transgressors ; and he bore the sin 
of many and made intercession for the 
transgressors. 

Heb. x. 7. * * Lo, I come to do thy 
will, O God, &c. 

Ps. xl. 8. I delight to do thy will, O 
my God; yea, thy law is within my 
heart. 



" The word was made flesh and dwelt 
among us" &c. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lxxxviii. 15. I am afflicted and 
ready to die from my youth up : while 
I suffer thy terrors, I am distracted. 

16. Thy fierce wrath goeth over me ; 
thy terrors have cut me off. 

17. They came round about me daily 
like w T ater ; they compassed me about 
together. 

lv. 4. My heart is sore pained within 
me, and the terrors of death are fallen 
upon me. 

5. Fearfulness and trembling are 
come upon me ; horror hath over- 
whelmed me. 

1 Pet. ii. 22. Who did no sin, nei- 
ther w T as guile found in his mouth : 

23. Who, when he was reviled, re- 
viled not again ; wiien he suffered, he 
threatened not ; but committed himself 
to him that judgeth righteously : 

24. Who his own self bare our sins 
in his own body on the tree, that we, 



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full satisfaction for transgression be de- 
manded at his hands. 

"By the law is the knowledge of 
sin ;" therefore, Adam could be con- 
scious of nakedness only by transgres- 
sion. Neither could Jesus become ex- 
posed to the stroke of Justice in any 
other way than standing in the sinner's 
place. 

It was the woman that the Father 
had given him; the people chosen in 
him from the foundation of the world, 



The Letter. 

13. And the Lord God said unto the 
woman, What is this that thou hast 
done ? And the woman said, The ser- 
pent beguiled me, and I did eat. 

14. And the Lord God said unto the 
serpent, Because thou hast done this, 
thou art cursed above all cattle, and 
above every beast of the field : upon thy 
belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou 
eat all the days of thy life : 

15. And I will put enmity between 
thee and the woman, and between thy 
seed and her seed : it shall bruise thy 
head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 

Note. 

"The Lord shall judge the world in 
righteousness," <fcc. " He hath prepared 
his throne for judgment," is declared by 
the Psalmist, ages before that great day 
of the Lord, when Jesus said, " Now is 
the judgment of this world ; now is the 
prince of this world judged." 

In this description of the manner in 
which God made "inquisition for blood" 
in Eden, is typically represented that 
judgment of which Jesus spoke, and 
which he came to execute upon the 
head of the serpent. 

It appears from the phraseology of 
the curse pronounced by God upon Sa- 
tan, that he is here recognized as a 
"beast of the field;" that he had hi- 
therto held a habitation in Eden, the 
"paradise of God," with companionship 
with Eve, and such measure of power 
and influence as to destroy the spiritual 



being dead to sins, should live unto 
righteousness: by whose stripes ye 
were healed. 



whom Jesus pledged himself to keep, 
and that "they should never perish, nei- 
ther should any pluck them out of his 
hand ;" on whose account and for whose 
sake he became a sin offering, that 
" they might be made the righteousness 
of God in him." 



The Spirit. 

Ps. ix. 7. But the Lord shall endure 
for ever : he hath prepared his throne 
for judgment. 

8. And he shall judge the world in 
righteousness, he shall minister judg- 
ment to the people in uprightness. 

9. The Lord also will be a refuge 
for the oppressed, a refuge in times of 
trouble. 

11. Sing praises to the Lord, which 
dwelleth in Zion : declare among the 
people his doings. 

12. When he maketh inquisition for 
blood, he remembereth them: he for- 
getteth not the cry of the humble. 

13. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, 
consider my trouble which I suffer of 
them that hate me, thou that liftest me 
up from the gates of death : 

14. That I may show forth all thy 
praise in the gates of the daughter of 
Zion : I will rejoice in thy salvation. 

15. The heathen are sunk down in 
the pit that they made : in the net which 
they hid is their own foot taken. 

16. The Lord is known by the judg- 
ment which he executeth: the wicked 
is snared in the work of his own hands. 
Higgaion. Selah. 

17. The wickad shall be turned into 
hell, and all the nations that forget God. 

18. For the needy shall not always 
be forgotten : the expectation of the 
poor shall not perish forever. 

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life of her and her whole posterity. 
From this, his first estate, he was cast 
down to crawl like a vile reptile on the 
earth, to which he is bound in chains of 
darkness, to the judgment of the great 
day. Here he should molest the wo- 
man and her seed, by troubling the heel, 
when he could no longer attack the 
Head, But his own head, the seat of 
his power, should be bruised in that 
day, when the woman's seed should de- 
stroy death and him that had the pow- 
ers of death, that is, the devil. 

By this figure is represented the war 
which has been carried on in the king- 
dom of heaven between Michael and 
his angels and the Dragon and his an- 
gels, from the time when the First Born 
was proclaimed king, in the morning of 
creation, to the time when the last great 
conflict was finished upon the cross ; to- 
gether with the casting out to the earth 
at that time of this old serpent, the de- 
vil ; where he will still continue to per- 
secute the woman until he is cast into 
the bottomless pit. 



The Letter. 

16. Unto the woman he said, I will 
greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy 
conception ; in sorrow thou shalt bring 
forth children ; and thy desire shall be 
to thy husband, and he shall rule over 
thee. 

Note. 

In the cup of sorrow that was dealt 
to Eve there was no cure ; not a parti- 
cle of wrath or condemnation ; this was 
all borne away by her husband and 
lord. Her portion was a mixture of 
righteous chastisement with infinite 
mercy. 

The woman's sin had made it neces- 
sary that her seed, one born of the 
same Jlesh and blood, should be found, 
who could assume the place and office 
of the avenger of that blood, which had 
been shed by the first great murderer. 
And this being accomplished, that this 



vail : let the heathen be judged in thy 
sight. 

Rev. xii. 7. And there was war in 
heaven ; Michael and his angels fought 
with the dragon; and the dragon 
fought, and his angels : 

8. And they prevailed not; neither 
was their place found any more in 
heaven. 

9. And that great dragon was cast 
out, the old serpent, who is called the 
devil, and Satan, who seduceth the 
whole world, and he was cast forth 
unto the earth; and his angels were 
thrown down with him. 

10. And I heard a loud voice in hea- 
ven, saying: Now is come salvation, 
and strength, and the kingdom of our 
God, and the power of his Christ : be- 
cause the accuser of our brethren is 
cast forth, who accused them before 
our God day and night. 

Jtjde 6. And the angels which kept 
not their first estate, but left their own 
habitation, he hath reserved in everlast- 
ing chains under darkness unto the 
judgment of the great day. 



The Spirit. 

Eph. v. 22. Let women be subject to 
their husbands, as to the Lord : 

23. For the husband is the head of 
the wife ; as Christ is the head of the 
church. He is the saviour of his 
body. 

24. Therefore, as the church is sub- 
ject to Christ ; so also let the wives be 
to their husbands in all things. 

1 Tim. ii. 11. Let the woman learn 
in silence with all subjection. 

12. But I suffer not a woman to 
teach, nor to usurp authority over the 
man, but to be in silence. 

13. For Adam was first formed, then 
Eve. 

14. And Adam was not deceived, 
but the woman being deceived was in 
the transgression. 

15. Notwithstanding, she shall be 



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seed should be multiplied into a nation 
and people, who should serve and glo- 
rify their gread Head and deliverer. 

The converts of Zion, or children of 
the church, should be as numerous as 
the drops of the morning dew ; for " Je- 
rusalem which is above is the mother of us 
all;" all that are born of the Spirit. But 
her joy and rejoicing over these con- 
verts is mixed with the bitter cup of 
deep anguish of soul, and anxious soli- 
citude for those for whom she travails 
in birth until Christ be formed in them. 

The church is to be subject to Christ, 
and he is to rule over her. No other 
lords must have dominion over his mi- 
defiled one. Her desire must be only 
unto him, and in him she must abide by 
faith, even as the branch in the vine, or 
she will bring forth no fruit. 



The Letter. 

17. And unto Adam he said, Because 
thou hast hearkened unto the voice of 
thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of 
which I commanded thee, saying, Thou 
shalt not eat of it : cursed is the ground 
for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat 
of it all the days of thy life : 

18. Thorns also and thistles shall it 
bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat 
the herb of the field: 

19. In the sweat of thy face shalt 
thou eat bread, till thou return unto the 
ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : 
for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt 
thou return. 

Note. 
It will be remarked that this curse did 
not fall immediately upon Adam, but 
upon the ground for his sake ; and all 
its force passed upon him by reason of 
his relationship with the dust of the 



saved in child-bearing, if they continue 
in faith, and charity, and holiness, with 
sobriety. 

Isa. lxvi. 8. Who hath heard such a 
thing? who hath seen such things? 
Shall the earth be made to bring forth 
in one day ? or shall a nation be born 
at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, 
she brought forth her children. 

9. Shall I bring to the birth, and not 
cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: 
shall I cause to bring forth, and shut 
the womb ? saith thy God. 

10. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and 
be glad with her, all ye that love her : 
rejoice for joy with her, all ye that 
mourn for her : 

12. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, 
I will extend peace to her like a river, 
and the glory of the Gentiles like a 
flowing stream — then shall ye suck, ye 
shall be ..borne upon her sides, and be 
dandled upon her knees. 

13. As one whom his mother com- 
forteth, so will I comfort you ; and ye 
shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. liii. 3. He is despised and re- 
jected of men ; a man of sorrows, and 
acquainted with grief; and we hid as it 
were our faces from him : he was de- 
spised, and we esteemed him not. 

4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, 
and carried our sorrows; yet we did 
esteem him stricken, smitten of God, 
and afflicted. 

Heb. ii. 10. For it became him, for 
whom are all things, and by whom are 
all things, who had brought many chil- 
dren into glory, to make the author of 
their salvation perfect by suffering. 

1 3. And again, I will put my trust in 
him. And again, Behold, I, and the 
children which God hath given me. 

14. Forasmuch then as the children 
are partakers of flesh and blood, he also 
himself likewise took part of the same ; 
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earth, out of which he was taken : in 
other words, the curse could not rest 
upon the Son of God in his own proper 
deity, but onlj as he assumed the seed 
of Abraham, the church, whose sins he 
bore in his own body on the tree. Thus 
he was made sin for them who knew no 
sin, that they might be made the right- 
eousness of God in him : And thus he 
ate of the evil of the tree of knowledge, 
that they might partake of the good; 
for it was in the midst of the garden that 
this tree stood ; as in the midst of the 
church he sings praise unto him who was 
pleased to make the Captain of their sal- 
vation perfect through suffering. 

The mediatorial work of the second 
Adam is here represented in tilling the 
barren soil of that field, which in the 
hands of " his enem^f had brought forth 
nothing but briers and thorns. None 
but he that was mighty would have 
been sufficient for this ; and even he, 
"travelling in the greatness of his 
strength," was made to " sweat as it 
were great drops of blood falling to the 
ground." 



The Letter. 

20. And Adam called his wife's name 
Eve ; because she was the mother of 
all living. 

21. Unto Adam also and to his wife 
did the Lord God make coats of skins, 
and clothed them. 

Note. 
Life and salvation flow to Zion from 
the sufferings and death of Christ ; and 
as the one was brought to view in the 
last passage, or the sentence upon 
Adam; so here is presented the other 
as resulting from it. The living and the 
dead constitute the whole family of man- 
kind. The righteous, who are made 
alive in Christ by a new creation ; and 
the wicked, who are yet in their sins. 
Not only life but salvation, a robe of 
righteousness, complete and perfect, that 
will cover every pollution and render 



him that had the power of death, that 
is, the devil ; 

15. And deliver them, who, through 
fear of death, were all their life-time 
subject to bondage. 

16. For verily he took not on him the 
nature of angels; but he took on him 
the seed of Abraham. 

17. Wherefore in all things it be- 
hooved him to be made like unto his 
brethren ; that he might be a merciful 
and faithful High Priest in tilings per- 
taining to God, to make reconciliation 
for the sins of the people. 

18. For in that he himself hath suf- 
fered, being tempted, he is able to suc- 
cor them that are tempted. 

Matt, xxviii. 29. And when they 
had platted a crown of thorns, they put 
it upon his head, and a reed in his right 
hand : and they bow T ed the knee before 
him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King 
of the Jews ! 

Luke xxii. 44. And being in an ag- 
ony, he prayed more earnestly : and his 
sweat was as it were great drops of 
blood falling down to the ground. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. iv. 3. And it shall come to pass, 
that he that is left in Zion, and he that 
remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called 
holy, even every one that is written 
among the living in Jerusalem : 

4. When the Lord shall have w T ashed 
away the filth of the daughters of Zion, 
and shall have purged the blood of Je- 
rusalem, from the midst thereof by the 
spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of 
burning. 

Gal. iv. 26. Jerusalem which is 
above is free, which is the mother of 
us all. 

Isa. lxi. 9. And their seed shall be 
known among the Gentiles, and their 
offspring among the people : all that see 
them shall acknowledge them, that they 
are the seed which the Lord hath 
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her comely with his comeliness, is also 
prepared for Zion by her divine Lord. 
It is one robe that is upon them both ; 
for they are one body, and that which 
descends from the head, covers all the 
members, and is without spot or wrin- 
kle or any such thing ; a seamless robe 
of linen, white and clean, which is the 
righteousness of the saints. 

This robe is represented by coats 
of shins, to intimate that it is wrought 
only by means of death. 



10. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, 
my soul shall be joyful in my God ; for 
he hath clothed me with the garments 
of salvation, he hath covered me with 
the robe of righteousness, as a bride- 
groom decketh himself with ornaments, 
and as a bride adorneth herself with her 
jewels. 

Phil. iii. 8. Yea, doubtless, and I 
count all things but loss for the excel- 
lency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus 
my Lord: for whom I have suffered 
the loss of all things, and do count them 
but dung, that I may win Christ. 

9. And be found in him, not having 
mine own righteousness, which is of 
the law, but that which is through the 
faith of Christ, the righteousness which 
is of God by faith. 



The Letter. 

22. And the Lord God said, Behold, 
the man is become as one of us. to 
know good and evil : and now, lest he 
put forth his hand, and take also of the 
tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : 

23. Therefore the Lord God sent 
him forth from the garden of Eden, to 
till the ground from whence he was 
taken. 

Note. 

By transgression, man became ac- 
quainted with both good and evil. But 
this knowledge was the prerogative of 
God alone ; therefore when Satan told 
Eve that they would become as gods, 
knowing good and evil, he concealed 
the fact, that, in obtaining this know- 
ledge against the positive prohibition of 
God, they would also incur the curse of 
death, the penalty of the law. 

When, therefore, the Lord God con- 
firms the words of Satan, by saying, Be- 
hold the man is become as one of its, 
knowing good and evil ; he presents this 
fact as a reason why he must be de- 
prived of all good and be exposed to all 
evil. 

But there is another sense in which 
Adam, in his exclusion from Eden, be- 



The Spirit. 

Rom. vi. 23. For the wages of sin is 
death; but the gift of God is eternal 
life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Ezek. xviii. 4. Behold, all souls are 
mine ; as the soul of the father, so also 
the soul of the son is mine; the soul 
that sinneth, it shall die. 

Rev. i. 7. He that hath an ear, let 
him hear what the Spirit saith to the 
churches : To him that overcometh I 
will give to eat of the tree of life, which 
is in the paradise of my God. 

xxii. 14. Blessed are they that do his 
commandments, that they may have 
right to the tree of life, and may enter 
in through the gates into the city. 

15. For without are dogs, and sorcer- 
ers, and whoremongers, and murderers, 
and idolaters, and whosoever loveth 
and maketh a lie. 

John vi. 38. Because I came down 
from heaven, not to do my own will, 
but the will of him that sent me. 

39. Now this is the will of him that 
sent me, the Father: that all that he 
hath given me, I lose not thereof, but 
raise it up again at the last day. 

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cause of transgression, was like the Son 
of God ; for in all things he was " a 
figure of him that was to come." 

"When he had voluntarily assumed the 
place of sinners, and for the joy that was 
set before him, pledged himself to en- 
dure the cross, despising the shame ; to 
bear all the evil of that acccursed tree, 
that he might secure the good in the re- 
ward of his sufferings, he could no 
longer enjoy the glory which he had 
with the Father before the world was ; 
but must go forth to be a " man of sor- 
rows and acquainted with grief." Kay, 
the Father sends him to do his will, in 
bearing the curse for his people. 



The Letter. 

24. So he drove out the man : and 
he placed at the east of the garden of 
Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword 
which turned every way, to keep the 
way of the tree of life. 

Note. 

The nature and meaning of the Cheru- 
bim have been matter of speculation 
among commentators in all ages. But 
we conceive that the question is easily 
answered by simply attending to the 
unity and analogy of truth. It is only 
to decide, what it is that would, in the 
very nature of things, exclude a sinner 
from the paradise of God until satisfac- 
tion was rendered to the law? Most 
surely it is the moral perfections of God; 
the attributes of his divine nature ; his 
truth, his justice, and his holiness. These 
all stand opposed to the access of trans- 
gressors to the enjoyment of both spi- 
ritual and eternal life. Truth, because 
God had said, "In the day thou eatest 
of it thou shalt surely die." Justice, be 
cause that law had been transgressed, 
and demanded satisfaction ; holiness, be- 
cause there can be no fellowship be- 
tween righteousness and unrighteous- 
ness, God and sinners. 

No form or similitude is ascribed to 
the Cherubim at Eden. Nothing definite 
is suggested excepting in the "flaming 
sword," which is doubtless alluded to in 
Zech. xiii. 7. 



who sent me : that every one who seeth 
the Son, and believeth in him, may have 
everlasting life ; and I will raise him up 
at the last day. 

Phil. ii. 6. Who, being in the form 
of God, thought it no robbery to be 
equal with God; 

7. But made himself of no reputation 
and took upon him the form of a ser- 
vant, and was made in the likeness of 
men. 

8. And being found in fashion as a 
man, he humbled himself, and became 
obedient unto death, even the death of 
the cross. 



The Spirit. 

Zech. xiii. 7. Awake, O sword, 
against my Shepherd, and against the 
man that is my fellow, saith the Lord 
of hosts ; smite the Shepherd, and the 
sheep shall be scattered; and I will 
turn my hand upon the little ones. 

Ex. xxv. 17. And thou shalt make a 
mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits 
and a half shall he the length thereof, 
and a cubit and a half the breadth 
thereof. 

18. And thou shalt make two Cheru- 
bims of gold: of beaten work shalt 
thou make them, in the two ends of the 
mercy-seat. 

19. And make one cherub on the one 
end, and the other cherub on the other 
end: even of the mercy-seat shall ye 
make the Cherubims on the two ends 
thereof. 

20. And the Cherubims shall stretch 
forth their wings on high, covering the 
mercy-seat with their wings, and. their 
faces shall look one to another ; toward 
the mercy-seat shall the faces of the 
Cherubims be. 

21. And thou shalt put the mercy- 
seat above upon the ark ; and in the 
ark thou shalt put the testimony that I 
shall give thee. 

Heb. ix. 6. Now when these things 
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The Cherubim are next found in the 
tabernacle or worldly sanctuary, which 
was a type of the church in its militant 
state, or as it was under the first testa- 
ment. This tabernacle was made ac- 
cording to the pattern in the mount, 
which God showed to Moses ; of course it 
was a clearer and more definite typical 
development of the plan or covenant of 
grace than the garden. The Cherubim, 
therefore, assume form and substance. 
They were of pure gold, beaten out of 
the same piece as the mercy seat, and at 
the two ends of it. They were of pure 
gold, to show that the plan of grace was 
wholly of God ; that it originated in the 
divine mind, and was the purpose of his 
own will. It was of the same piece as 
the mercy seat, to show that the divine 
attributes are in perfect unison with the 
salvation which is in Christ. They look 
towards each other, and both down upon 
the ark of the covenant, to intimate that 
the divine perfections look to the work 
of Christ to be magnified and made ho- 
norable ; the ark being a type of Christ, 
coming to do the will of the Father, and 
having his law within his heart. The 
mercy seat, upon which stood the Che- 
rubim, covered the ark, being exactly 
commensurate with it ; to show that the 
satisfaction rendered to the law is ex- 
actly commensurate with the demands 
of justice. 

Between the Cherubim upon the mer- 
cy seat shone forth the Shechinah or di- 
vine presence, because in view of what 
Christ had pledged himself to perform, 
the flaming sword was removed, and the 
light of the divine favor, peace and 
good will, were made manifest to men. 

The Cherubim are next found in the 
temple at Jerusalem. A new state of 
things being signified by the temple, 
their form and position are again 
changed. They are here made of wood 
and gold, because the temple is a symbol 
of the body of Christ, God manifest in 
flesh. The fulness of the Godhead 
dwells bodily in Jesus, therefore they 
are no longer upon the mercy seat in 
the attitude of expectation, but are 
upon the floor of the oracle, their wings 
extending to either side and meeting in 
the centre, showing that "mercy and 



ways into the first tabernacle, accom- 
plishing the service of God : 

7. But into the second went the high 
priest alone once every year, not with- 
out blood, which he offered for himself, 
and for the errors of the people : 

8. The Holy Ghost this signifying, 
that the way into the holiest of all was 
not yet made manifest, while as the first 
tabernacle was yet standing : 

Matt. vi. 17. Think not that I am 
come to destroy the law, or the pro- 
phets : I am not come to destroy, but 
to fulfil. 

18. For verily I say unto you, Till 
heaven and earth pass, one jot or one 
tittle shall in no wise pass from the 
law, till all be fulfilled. 

Haggai ii. 7. And I will shake all 
nations, and the desire of all nations 
shall come: and I will fill this house 
with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. 
***** 

9. The glory of this latter house shall 
be greater than of the former, saith 
the Lord of hosts : and in this place 
will I give peace, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

John i. 14. And the word was made 
flesh, and dwelt among us : and we saw 
his glory, the glory as of the only be- 
gotten of the Father, full of grace and 
truth. 

Ps. lxxxv. 10. Mercy and truth are 
met together ; righteousness and peace 
have kissed each other. 

John vi. 63. It is the Spirit that 
quickeneth : the flesh profiteth nothing * 
the words that I speak unto you, they 
are spirit, and they are life. 

1 Tim ii. 5. For there is one God, 
and one mediator between God and 
men, the man Christ Jesus ; 

Acts ii. 22. For Moses truly said 
unto the fathers, A Prophet sha.ll the 
Lord your God raise up unto you, of 
your brethren, like unto me ; him shall 
ye hear in all things, whatsoever he shall 
say unto you. 

23. And it shall come to pass, thai 
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truth have met together ; righteousness 
and peace have embraced each other," 
and Jesus fills all in all in his body, the 
church. 

Again the Cherubim are found at the 
river Chebar. They are no longer in- 
animate symbols, but living creatures, for 
the " dispensation of the Spirit" is in full 
and glorious operation. The gospel was 
not in word only, but in demonstration 
of the Spirit and of power. The Cheru- 
bim are no longer two but four, for to 
his former office of Mediator of the co- 
venant Jesus has added those of Pro- 
phet, Priest, and King in his visible 
kingdom. They had together the like- 
ness of a man, because Jesus had as- 
sumed the likeness of flesh, that he 
might be a minister of the true taberna- 
cle. They had each four faces and each 
four wings, because Jesus never exer- 
cises one of these offices without the 
other ; they all act in unison and move 
as one. The hands of a man are under 
the wings, because human instrumenta- 
lity is employed in the exercise of these 



The living creatures were connected 
with wheels upon the earth, which were 
as a wheel within a wheel. These are 
symbols of the movements and opera- 
tions of divine providence, which are al- 
ways ordered according to the purpose 
of grace in Christ, and subservient to 
the glory and prosperity of his kingdom 
and the good of his people. 

The living creatures are last of all seen 
before the throne of God and the Lamb, 
after the mediatorial kingdom was fully 
accomplished, and " God is all in all." 
They are no longer accompanied with 
wheels, for the work is finished upon 
earth ; the perfections of the divine cha- 
racter have been glorified, and the law 
magnified and made honorable ; and the 
Lord Jesus has ascended back to the 
glory which he had with the Father 
before the world began, to demand en- 
trance at those gates from which he had 
been excluded until he should finish 
transgression and make an end of sin, 
&c. In this state of things the living 
creatures surround the throne to bear 
their testimony to the one great theme 



Prophet, shall be destroyed from among 
the people. 

Ps. ex. 4. The Lord hath sworn, and 
will not repent, Thou art a priest for 
ever after the order of Melchizedek. 

ii. 6. Yet have I set my king upon 
my holy hill of Zion. 

Rom. viii. 28. And we know that all 
things work together for good to them 
that love God, and to them who are the 
called according to his purpose. 

John xvii. 1 . These words spake Je- 
sus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, 
and said, Father, the hour is come; 
glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may 
glorify thee : 
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4. I have glorified thee upon the 
earth : I have finished the work which 
thou gavest me to do : 

5. And now glorify thou me, O Fa- 
ther, with thyself, with the glory which 
I had with thee, before the world was. 

Ps. xxiv. 7. Lift up your heads, O ye 
gates ; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting 
doors; and the King of glory shall 
come in. 

8. Who is this King of glory ? the 
Lord strong and mighty, the Lord 
mighty in battle. 

9. Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; 
even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; 
and the King of glory shall come in. 

10. Who is this King of glory ? the 
Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. 
Selah. 

Rev. iv. 2. And immediately I was in 
the Spirit : and behold, a throne was 
set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 

3. And he that sat was to look upon 
like a jasper and a sardine stone : and 
there was a rainbow round about the 
throne in sight like unto an emerald. 

4. And round about the throne were 
four and twenty seats ; and upon the 
seats I saw four and twenty elders sit- 
ting, clothed in white raiment ; and they 
had on their heads crowns of gold. 

6. And before the throne there was 
a sea of glass like unto crystal. And 
in the midst of the throne, and round 



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of song and praise from the multitudes 
which no man can number, that have 
entered through the gates into the city, 
and there give glory to Him who has 
washed them in his own blood, and 
made them kings and priests unto God 
and the Lamb forever and ever. 



The Letter. 

1. And Adam knew Eve his wife ; 
and she conceived, and bare Cain, and 
said, I have gotten a man from the 
Lord. 

2. And she again bare his brother 
Abel. And Abel was a keeper of 
sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the 
ground. 

Note. 

It is generally supposed that Cain and 
Abel were twins, like Jacob and Esau. 
Whether this was the fact or not, it is 
evident that " two manner of people" are 
represented by them; that the wheat 
and the tares spring up in the same 
field. Thus early is developed the seed, 
that in the third chapter are declared to 
be at enmity with each other! 

God hath made of one blood all na- 
tions that dwell upon the face of the 
earth; all are descended from one and 
the same stock by ordinary generations, 
or after the flesh. But Christ has taught 
us in the 8th of John, that of these, some 
are of their father, the devil, and some 
are the children of God. Of one lump 
has he made both the vessels of wrath 
and the vessels of honor. In speaking 
of Cain, the apostle John says, he was 
" of the wicked one ;" while Abel is al- 
ways called righteous, and a man of 
faith. 

From all tne testimony of scripture 
we conceive that in these two persons 
are typically represented the two classes 
or characters of men, that were to con- 



about the throne, were four beasts full 
of eyes before and behind. 

7. And the first beast was like a lion, 
and the second beast like a calf, andtho. 
third beast had a face as a man, and the 
fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 

8. And the four beasts had each of 
them six wings about him: and they 
were full of eyes within : and they rest 
not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, 
holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, 
and is, and is to come. 



The Spirit. 

Matt. xiii. 27. So the servants of 
the householder came and said unto 
him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed 
in the field ? from whence then hath it 
tares ? 

28. He said unto them, An enemy 
hath done this. The servant said unto 
him, Wilt thou then that we go and 
gather them up ? 

29. But he said, Nay ; lest, while ye 
gather up the tares, ye root up also the 
wheat with them. 

30. Let both grow together until the 
harvest ; and in the time of harvest I 
will say to the reapers, Gather ye toge- 
ther first the tares, and bind them in 
bundles to burn them : but gather the 
wheat into my barn. 

* * * * 

36. Then Jesus sent the multitude 
away, and went into the house ; and his 
disciples came unto him, saying, Declare 
unto us the parable of the tares of the 
field. 

37. He answered and said unto them, 
He that soweth the good seed is the 
Son of man ; 

38. The field is the world ; the good 
seed are the children of the kingdom ; 
but the tares are the children of the 
wicked one ; 

39. The enemy that sowed them is 
the devil ; the harvest is the end of the 
world; and the reapers are the angels. 

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stitute the descendants of Adam to the 
end of the world ; excepting that in 
Abel is combined both original right- 
eousness and the righteousness of faith. 
They also represent the seed or origin 
from whence such fruit springs, and the 
manner in which it is made manifest. 
Cain is the typical personification in 
human shape of the devil and his works, 
as they were presented in the last chap- 
ter, by the serpent and his work. Abel 
is the personification of the righteous- 
ness and strength of the creature man in 
his best estate. 

That neither Cain nor Abel were born 
in the image of Adam ; or as merely the 
fallen descendants of fallen man, is evi- 
dent ; for when Seth was born, this fact 
is declared concerning him, as for the 
first time. 

Cain's occupation was to till the 
ground. But the ground had been 
cursed, and the whole field was in the 
hands of the enemy, and yielded only 



thered and burned in the fire ; so shall 
it be in the end of this world. 

41. The Son of man shall send forth 
his angels, and they shall gather out of 
his kingdom all things that offend, and 
them which do iniquity ; 

42. And shall cast them into a fur- 
nace of fire : there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth. 

43. Then shall the righteous shine 
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their 
Father. Who hath ears to hear let him 
hear. 

Rom. ix. 21. Or hath not the potter 
power over the clay, of the same lump, 
to make one vessel unto honor, and 
another unto dishonor ? 



The Letter. 

3. And in process of time it came to 
pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of 
the ground an offering unto the Lord. 

4. And Abel, he also brought of the 
firstlings of his flock, and of the fat 
thereof. And the Lord had respect to 
Abel and his offering ; but to Cain and 
Ms offering he had no respect. 

Note. 

From the thorns and briers of that soil 
which God had cursed, no fruit could be 
gathered which was acceptable to God, 
until that curse was removed. Men do 
not gather grapes of thorns nor figs of 
thistles. 

But Abel looked to the Lamb of God, 
who was to " take away sin by the sa- 
crifice of himself." It was by faith that 
he offered a better sacrifice than Cain, 
by which he obtained testimony that he 
was righteous ; " and by it he being dead 
yet speaketh." For the blood of all the 
righteous from Abel to Jesus had called 
from the ground for vengeance, till that 
better blood was shed, to which Abel's 
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briers and thorns. Abel was a keeper 
of sheep, the one occupation of all the 
men af faith, who followed the good 
Shepherd. 



The Spirit. 

Matt. vii. 16. By their fruits you 
shall know them. Do men gather 
grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? 

17. Even so every good tree yieldeth. 
good fruit, and the bad tree yieldeth 
bad fruit. 

18. A good tree cannot yield bad 
fruit; neither can a bad tree yield good 
fruit. 

19. Every tree that yieldeth not good 
fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be 
cast into the fire. 

20. Wherefore, by their fruits you 
shall know them. 

21. Not every one that saith to me, 
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king- 
dom of heaven : but he that doeth the 
will of my Father, who is in heaven, 
he shall enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. 

22. Many will say to me in that day : 
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in 
thy name, and in thy name cast out 
devils, and done many wonderful works 
in thy name ? 



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sacrifice pointed, which speaks better 
things than the blood of Abel, for it tes- 
tifies that his blood is avenged, and the 
murderer slain. 

Thus the curse and the blessing ; the 
evil fruit and the good fruit, make ma- 
nifest the tree from whence they spring. 
In the view of God all things were 
naked and open from the beginning. 
Nothing with him is vague or indefinite, 
or left to be determined by the fortui- 
tous events of time, or the willings and 
runnings of men. The vessels of honor 
were before prepared unto glory ; and 
the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction. 
But as it is only by their fruits that 
these two classes are made manifest to 
men, it is by these fruits, the "deeds 
done in the body," that all men will be 
finally judged and made manifest whe- 
ther they are sheep or goats. 



23. And then will I profess unto 
them : I never knew you : depart from 
me, you that work iniquity. 

Heb. xi. 6. But without faith it is 
impossible to please him : for he that 
cometh to God must believe that he is, 
and that he is a rewarder of them that 
diligently seek him. 

Prov. xxi. 27. The sacrifice of the 
wicked is abomination; how much 
more, when he bringeth it with a wicked 
mind? 

xv. 3. The eyes of the Lord are in 
every place, beholding the evil and the 
good. 

8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an 
abomination to the Lord: but the 
prayer of the upright is his delight. 

9. The way of the wicked is an 
abomination unto the Lord : but he 
loveth him that followeth after right- 
eousness. 

10. Correction is grievous unto him 
that forsaketh the way; and he that 
hateth reproof shall die. 



The Letter. 

6. And the Lord said unto Cain, Why 
art thou wroth ? and why is thy coun- 
tenance fallen? 

7. If thou doest well, shalt thou not 
be accepted? and if thou doest not 
well, sin lieth at the door. And unto 
thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt 
rule over him. 

Note. 
Here is brought to view that one 
righteous principle by which God will 
judge the world, — both men and angels. 
All created intelligences are placed un- 
der an unchangeable law of right. That 
law can never be transgressed with im- 
punity ; neither does it ever yield one 
iota of its demands ; for they are esta- 
blished in the very nature of things, and 
the well-being of the universe, as well 
as the honor of God, rests upon its be- 
ing implicitly obeyed. One order of 
angels disobeyed and fell. Heb. i. 6. The 
elect angels are sustained by the power 



The Spirit. 

Ezk. xviii. 11. Say unto them, As I 
live, saith the Lord God, I have no plea- 
sure in the death of the wicked ; but 
that the wicked turn from his way and. 
live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil 
ways; for why will ye die, O house of 
Israel ? 

12. Therefore, thou son of man, say 
unto the children of thy people, The 
righteousness of the righteous shall not 
deliver him in the day of his transgres- 
sion: as for the wickedness of the 
wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the 
day that he turneth from his wicked- 
ness; neither shall the righteous be 
able to live for his righteousness in the 
day that he sinneth. 

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20. Yet ye say, The way of the 
Lord is not equal. O ye house of 
Israel, I will judge you every one after 
his ways. 



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of God in their integrity. Man also 
transgressed, and would have endured 
the righteous penalty, had not a deliverer 
appeared in their behalf, and offered 
himself to endure that penalty that they 
might live. This deliverer was no less 
than the only begotten Son of God ; 
and yet, when He, " who knew no sin," 
was but found with the " accursed thing" 
upon him, he " must surely die," for he 
can " by no means clear the guilty !" 

By the expression, "unto thee shall be 
his desire, and thou shalt rule over him" 
we think a mistake is made in the 
translation; that the idea is this: "If 
thou hadst done well, thou wouldst have 
had pre-eminence over thy brother as 
the first born ; and thou wouldst have 
ruled over him." 



The Letter. 

8. And Cain talked with Abel his 
brother: and it came to pass, when 
they were in the field, that Cain rose up 
against Abel his brother, and slew him. 

9. And the Lord said unto Cain, 
Where is Abel thy brother 1 And he 
said, I know not : Am I my brother's 



Note. 

"We have seen Satan in the form of the 
serpent, and in all the subtlety of the 
dragon that is in the sea, destroying 
with one stroke of his hellish policy the 
spiritual life of the whole elect world ! 
And now, the same spirit of evil, the 
prince of this world, in the form of man, 
and with the bloodthirsty malice of the 
" scarlet-colored beast," levels with the 
dust the natural life of man ! 



Matt. xxv. 24. Then he which had 
received the one talent came, and said, 
Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard 
man, reaping where thou hast not sown, 
and gathering w T here thou hast not 
strewed : 

25. And I was afraid, and went and 
hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there 
thou hast that is thine. 

26. His lord answered and said unto 
him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, 
thou knewest that I reap where I 
sowed not, and gather where I have 
not strewed : 

27. Thou oughtest, therefore, to have 
put my money to the exchangers, and 
then at my coming I should have re- 
ceived mine own with usury. 

28. Take, therefore, the talent from 
him, and give it unto him which hath 
ten talents. 

29. For unto every one that hath 
shall be given, and he shall have abun- 
dance: but from him that hath not, 
shall be taken away even that which he 
hath. 

30. And cast ye the unprofitable ser- 
vant into outer darkness : there shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth. 



The Spirit. 

2 Cor. vi. 14. * * what fellowship 
hath light with darkness ? 

15. And what concord hath Christ 
with Belial? or what part hath he 
that believeth with an infidel ? 

16. And what agreement hath the 
temple of God with idols? For you 
are the temple of the living God : as 
God saith : I will dwell in them, and 
walk among them: and I will be 
their God ; and they shall be my peo- 
ple. 

1 John iii. 8. He that committeth sin 
is of the devil; for the devil sinneth 
from the beginning. For this purpose 
the Son of God was manifested, that 
he might destroy the works of the 
devil. 

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The enmity which God had put be- 
tween the woman and her seed, and the 
serpent and his seed, is now made mani- 
fest. " Wherefore slew he him ? Because 
his own works were evil, and his brother's 
righteous.'" 

The question'of God to Cain — "Where 
is Abel thy brother?" reveals his divine 
purpose in regard to all the righteous 
blood which has been shed upon the 
earth from this time to the day of final 
retribution: — it will all be required at 
the hand of the first great murderer. 
This fact Jesus declared to the Jews; 
and it is recognised in all the laws which 
were given respecting the shedding of 
blood ; especially in the 9th of Gen., 5, 
6, 7. 



The Letter. 

10. And he said, What hast thou 
done? the voice of thy brother's blood 
crieth unto me from the ground : 

11. And now art thou cursed from 
the earth, which hath opened her mouth 
to receive thy brother's blood from thy 
hand. 

12. When thou tillest the ground, 
it shall not henceforth yield unto thee 
-her strength: a fugitive and a vaga- 
bond shalt thou be in the earth. 

Note. 
The first work of Satan was to deceive 
the woman ; by which a curse was made 
to rest upon the ground ; and now, from 
this very ground, that curse rebounds 
upon the head of the serpent ! — not, in- 
deed, as it first fell ; for now it had be- 
come a double curse; for that ground 
was wet with the blood of the righteous. 



not commit sin ; for his seed remaineth 
in him ; and he cannot sin, because he 
is born of God. 

10. In this the children of God are 
manifest, and the children of the devil : 
whosoever doeth not righteousness is 
not of God, neither he that loveth not 
his brother. 

11. For this is the message that ye 
heard from the beginning, that we 
should love one another. 

12. Not as Cain, who was of that 
wicked one, and slew his brother. And 
wherefore slew he him ? Because his 
own works were evil, and his brother's 
righteous. 

15. Whosoever hateth his brother 
is a murderer: and ye know that no 
murderer hath eternal life abiding in 
him. 

John viii. 44. Ye are of your father 
the devil, and the lusts of your father 
ye will do : he was a murderer from 
the beginning, and abode not in the 
truth; because there is no truth in him. 
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of 
his own : for he is a liar, and the father 
of it. 



The Spirit. 

John xii. 31. Now is the judgment 
of this world : now shall the prince of 
this world be cast out. 

Gen. ix. 6. Whoso sheddeth man's 
blood, by man shall his blood be shed, 
for in the image of God made he 
man. 

Rev. xii. 13. And when the dragon 
saw that he was cast unto the earth, he 
persecuted the woman which brought 
forth the man-child. 

15. And the serpent cast out of his 
mouth water as a flood, after the wo- 
man, that he might cause her to be car- 
ried away of the flood. 

16. And the earth helped the wo- 
man ; and the earth opened her mouth, 
and swallowed up the flood which the 
dragon had cast out of his mouth. 

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Both the spiritual life of the soul, and 
the natural life of the body, fell under 
the hand of the same murderer; and 
the curse both of the first and the second 
death was to be his portion from the 
Lord! 

In the execution of this righteous 
sentence, we also see how " the wicked 
is snared in the work of his own 
hands!" It had been said to the serpent 
concerning the woman's seed — "It shall 
bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his 
heel" But for Satan's works, the seed 
of the woman would not have been 
born ; and again, it was by the very act 
in which Satan bruised the heel of the 
woman's seed, that this seed bruised his 
head ! For in no other way than through 
death could he have destroyed death 
and him that had the power of death, 
that is, the devil ! 

In this sentence, the power of Satan is 
destroyed; no more should that field upon 
which he had sowed his tares, and which 
from that time had brought forth briers 
and thorns, and was " nigh unto cursing," 
yield its strength to him. The seed of 
the righteous had been servants of sin 
and Satan; but, when Satan was judged, 
they were delivered from his dominion ; 
and though the adversary still goeth 
" to and fro in the earth, and walketh 
up and down in it," he is only used in 
the hand of the refiner to purify his 
saints. 



The Letter. 

13. And Cain said unto the Lord, 
My punishment is greater than I can 
bear. 

14. Behold, thou hast driven me out 
this day from the face of the earth ; and 
from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall 
be a fugitive and a vagabond in the 
earth; and it shall come to pass, that 
every one that findeth me shall slay 
me. 

15. And the Lord said unto him, 
Therefore whoever slayeth Cain, ven- 
geance shall be taken on him seven- 



trie woman, and went to make war with 
the remnant of her seed which keep the 
commandments of God, and have the 
testimony of Jesus Christ. 

2 Pet. v. 8. Be sober, be vigilant ; 
because your adversary the devil, as a 
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking 
whom he may devour. 

Job ii. 1. Again there was a day 
when the sons of God came to present 
themselves before the Lord, and Satan 
came also among them to present him- 
self before the Lord. 

2. And the Lord said unto Satan, 
From whence comest thou ? And Satan 
answered the Lord, and said, From go- 
ing to and fro in the earth, and from 
walking up and down in it. 

Rev. xx. 10. And the devil that de- 
ceived them was cast into the lake of 
fire and brimstone, where the beast and 
the false prophet are, and shall be tor- 
mented day and night for ever and ever. 

xvi. 5. And I heard the angel of the 
waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, 
which art, and wast, and shalt be, be- 
cause thou hast judged thus. 

6. For they have shed the blood of 
saints and prophets, and thou hast 
given them blood to drink ; for they 
are worthy. 

7. And I heard another out of the 
altar say, Even so, Lord God Al- 
mighty, true and righteous are thy 
judgments. 



The Spirit. 

Rev. xiii. 4. * * Who is like unto 
the beast? who is able to make war 
with him? 

5. And there was given unto him a 
mouth speaking great things and blas- 
phemies ; and power was given unto 
him to continue forty and two months. 

6. And he opened his mouth in blas- 
phemy against God, to blaspheme his 
name, and his tabernacle, and them that 
dwell in heaven. 

7. And it was given unto him to 
make war with the saints, and to over- 



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fold. And the Lord set a mark upon 
Cain, lest any finding him should kill 
him. 

16. And Cain went out from the 
presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the 
land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 

Note. 

It is generally understood that Satan's 
(or Cain's) chief fear, as expressed by 
his complaint, was that of a continued 
or living death; and that he did not 
wish to have his life prolonged under 
such a fearful sentence. But the reply 
of God would intimate very differently ; 
and that he feared being slain by some 
one ; and that an avenger of blood would 
appear in all he met. In answer to 
this (the natural fear of a murderer), 
God tells him that none should slay him 
that was not ready to endure a seven- 
fold vengeance. Therefore he put a 
mark upon him, by which he should be 
known. 

But all this has a much deeper mean- 
ing than anything which concerns a 
mere man. The first murderer was not 
to die, but at the hands of an avenger of 
blood who was able to bear the seven- 
fold vengeance which the destroyer of sin 
and Satan must meet! For this he. was 
reserved under chains of darkness ; and 
this judgment he met at the hands of 
the Deliverer of Zion. Until that day, 
this Cain — this personification of all 
evil — was permitted to go up and down 



come them : and power was given him 
over all kindreds, and tongues, and na- 
tions. 

8. And all that dwell upon the earth 
shall worship him, whose names are 
not written in the book of life of the 
Lamb slain from the foundation of the 
world. 

9. If any man have an ear, let him 
hear. 

Detjt. xxxiii. 34. Is not this laid up 
in store with me, and sealed up among 
my treasures % 

35. To me belongeth vengeance and 
recompense: their feet shall slide in 
due time : for the day of their calamity 
is at hand, and the things that shall 
come upon them make haste. 

2 Pet. ii. 4. For God spared not the 
angels that sinned, but cast them down 
to hell, and delivered them into chains 
of darkness, to be reserved unto judg- 
ment. 



The Letter. 

1 6. And Cain went out from the pre- 
sence of the Lord, and dwelt in the 
land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 

17. And Cain knew his wife ; and 
she conceived, and bare Enoch: and 
he builded a city, and called the name 
of the city, after the name of his son, 
Enoch. 

18. And unto Enoch was born Irad : 
and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mahu- 
jael begat Methusael: and Methusael 
begat Lamech. 



in the earth, but not without the mark 
by which he may be known by all 
whose names are in the book of life ; for 
all others receive his mark themselves 
in their foreheads, and worship him. 
This mark of the Beast is the doctrine 
and works of Antichrist — all that " ex- 
alteth itself against God and the Lamb, 
whose vengeance lingereth not, but is 
justly committed to the woman's seed." 



The Spirit. 

Rev. xvii. 4. And the woman was 
arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, 
and decked with gold and precious 
stones and pearls, having a golden cup 
in her hand full of abominations and 
fUthiness of her fornication : 

5. And upon her forehead was a 
name written, mystery, Babylon the 
Great, the mother of harlots and 
abominations of the earth. 

6. And I saw the woman drunken 
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19. And Lamech took unto him two 
wives ; the name of the one was Adah, 
and the name of the other Zillah. 

20. And Adah bare Jabal: he was 
the father of such as dwell in tents, and 
of such as have cattle. 

21. And his brother's name was Ju- 
bal : he was the father of all such as 
handle the harp and organ. 

22. And Zillah, she also bare Tubal- 
cain, an instructor of every artificer in 
brass and iron : and the sister of Tubal- 
cain was Naamah. 

23. And Lamech said unto his wives, 
Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye 
wives of Lamech. hearken unto my 
speech : for I have slain a man to my 
wounding, and a young man to my 
hurt: 

*24. If Cain shall be avenged seven- 
fold, truly Lamech seventy and seven- 
fold. 

Note. 

Lamech the son of Cain boasts, that 
if Cain's death would be avenged seven- 
fold, he might expect that whoever 
should punish him for the murders he 
had committed, must be able to endure 
seventy and seven-fold ! 

Though a " false prophet," Lamech at 
this time spoke truth. For it is writ- 
ten — " and then shall that wicked be 
revealed, whom the Lord shall consume 
with the spirit of his mouth, and destroy 
with the brightness of his coming." 
This refers not to what Christ should 
do in his death, but by the power of an 
endless life. Hence, it is also written : 
" And out of his mouth goeth a sharp 
Bword, that with it he should smite the 
nations ; and he ruleth them with a rod 
of iron ; and he treadeth the winepress 
of the fierceness and wrath of Al- 
mighty God. And he hath on his ves- 
ture, and on his thigh a name written, 
Ktxg of Kings and Lord of Lords." 



the blood of the martyrs of Jesus : and 
when I saw her, I wondered with great 
admiration. 

xviii. 3. For all nations have drunk 
of the wine of the wrath of her fornica- 
tion, and the kings of the earth have 
committed fornication with her, and the 
merchants of the earth are waxed rich 
through the abundance of her delica- 
cies. 

4 And I heard another voice from 
heaven, saying, Come out of her, my 
people, that ye be not partakers of her 
sins, and that ye receive not of her 
plagues. 

5. For her sins have reached unto 
heaven, and God hath remembered her 
iniquities. 

6. Reward her even as she rewarded 
you, and double unto her double ac- 
cording to her works : in the cup 
which she hath filled, fill to her dou- 
ble. 

7. How much she hath glorified her- 
self, and lived deliciously, so much tor- 
ment and sorrow give her: for she 
saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and 
am no widow, and shall see no sor- 
row. 

8. Therefore shall her plagues come 
in one day, death, and mourning, and 
famine ; and she shall be utterly burned 
with fire : for strong is the Lord God 
who judgeth her. 

9. And the kings of the earth, who 
have committed fornication and lived 
deliciously with ther, shall bewail her, 
and lament for her, when they shall see 
the smoke of her burning. 

15. The merchants of these things, 
who were made rich, shall stand afar off 
from her, for fear of her torments, 
weeping and mourning. 
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24. And in her was found the blood 
of prophets, and of saints, and of all 
that were slain upon the earth. 



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CHAPTER IV. 



The Letter. 

Ch. iii. 25. And Adam knew his wife 
again, and she bare a son, and called his 
name Seth: For God, said she, hath 
appointed me another seed instead of 
Abel, whom Cain slew. 

26. And to Seth, to him also there 
was born a son ; and he called his name 
Enos : then began men to call upon the 
name of the Lord. 

Ch. iv. 1. This is the book of the 
generations of Adam. In the day that 
God created man, in the likeness of 
God made he him ; 

2. Male and female created he them, 
and blessed them, and called their name 
Adam, in the day when they were 
created. 

3. And Adam lived a hundred and 
thirty years, and begat a son in his own 
likeness, after his image ; and called his 
name Seth. 

Note. 

Eve received Seth as an appointed 
substitute for Abel ; even as Christ is 
the substitute for that goodness of man 
which was as the morning cloud and the 
early dew. 

In the days of Seth men began to call 
upon the name of the Lord; or, as it 
might be rendered, to call themselves 
by the name of the Lord Hence we 
find in the next chapter they are spoken 
of as sons of God. 

It is remarkable that in tracing the 
generations of Adam, or of those begot- 
ten in his image and likeness, both Cain 
and Abel are omitted, as if not of the 
number. This accords with the remarks 
made upon these two persons in the last 
chapter. 

We have already given a concise view 
of the descendants of Cain, their cha- 
racter, position in the world, and their 
final destination. We have now to 
trace in the generations of Seth the his- 
tory of the " good seed of the kingdom" 
down to the Lord Jesus Christ. 

In these two manner of people are 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xliv. 4. And they shall spring 
up as among the grass, as willows by 
the water-courses. 

5. One shall say, I am the Lord's ; 
and another shall call himself by the 
name of Jacob ; and another shall sub- 
scribe with his hand unto the Lord, and 
surname himself by the name of Is- 
rael. 

1 John iii. 1. Behold what manner 
of love the Father hath bestowed upon 
us, that we should be called the sons of 
God : therefore the world knoweth us 
not, because it knew him not. 

2. Beloved, now are we the sons of 
God ; and it doth not yet appear what 
we shall be ; but we know that, when 
he shall appear, we shall be like hirn^ 
for we shall see him as he is. 

1 Cor. xv. 47. The first man is of 
the earth, earthy; the second man is 
the Lord from heaven. 

48. As is the earthy, such are they 
also that are earthy; and as is the 
heavenly, such are they also that are 
heavenly. 

49. And as we have borne the image 
of the earthy, we shall also bear the 
image of the heavenly. 

50. Now this I say, brethren, that 
flesh and blood cannot inherit the king- 
dom of God ; neither doth corruption 
inherit incorruption. 

2 Cor. v. 21 . For he hath made him 
to be sin for us, who knew no sin ; that 
we might be made the righteousness of 
God in him. 

Rom. viii. 29. For whom he did 
foreknow, he also did predestinate to be 
conformed to the image of his Son, that 
he might be the first-born among many 
brethren. 

30. Moreover, whom he did predes- 
tinate, them he also called : and whom 
he called, them he also justified: and 
whom he justified, them he also glo- 
rified. 



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distinctly recognized, the leading fea- 
tures of their origin and early history 
down to the latest generations, as dis- 
tinctly as when the blessing and the 



The Letter. 

21. And Enoch lived sixty and five 
years, and begat Methuselah. 

22. And Enoch walked with God, 
after he begat Methuselah, three hun- 
dred years, and begat sons and daugh- 
ters. 

23. And all the days of Enoch were 
three hundred sixty and five years. 

24. And Enoch walked with God, 
and he was not; for God took him. 

jSote. 

This short history of Enoch is remark- 
able in many particulars. First in the 
number of his years, being the exact 
measure of the circuit of the sun, or 
more properly of the earth round the 
sun ; the proportion, and not the precise 
period of time, being regarded in Scrip- 
ture. TJiree hundred and sixty-five, whe- 
ther in years or days, making the re- 
quired measure. 

The next thing remarkable is, that 
during this measure of time Enoch 
walked with God; pursued a regular un- 
deviatiug course ; and, thirdly, that he 
did not go down to the grave ! 

He was also the seventh from Adam, 
and he prophesied of Christ and his 
coming; and of the vengeance he would 
execute upon the wicked. 

If all these particulars are compared 
with the passage here quoted from the 
19th Psalm, Enoch will appear to be a 
type of the gospel, as the "faithful wit- 
ness in heaven ;" the " great light of the 
new testament dispensation. This period 
is often called "the day," by way of emi- 
nence, and is the one day which God 
has specially made in distinction from 
all the rest. It is a day whose " sun 
no more goes down, neither does the 
moon withdraw itself." 



curse were placed on opposite moun- 
tains, to designate the one from the 
other. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. xLx. 1. The heavens declare the 
glory of God; and the firmament show- 
eth his handy work. 

2. Day unto day uttereth speech, and 
night unto night showeth knowledge. 

3. There is no speech nor language, 
where their voice is not heard. 

4. Their line is gone out through all 
the earth, and their words to the end 
of the world. In them hath he set a 
tabernacle for the sun. 

5. Which is as a bridegroom coming 
out of Ms chamber, and rejoiceth as a 
strong man to run a race. 

6. His going forth is from the end of 
the heaven, and his circuit unto the 
ends of it; and there is nothing hid 
from the heat thereof. 

7. The law of the Lord is perfect, 
converting the soul : the testimony of the 
Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 

8. The statutes of the Lord are 
right, rejoicing the heart: the com- 
mandment of the Lord is pure, enlight- 
ening the eyes. 

Job. xxii. 12. 7s not God in the 
height of heaven? and behold the 
height of the stars, how high they are : 

13. And thou sayest, How doth God 
know T 1 can he judge through the dark 
cloud ? 

14. Thick clouds are a covering to 
him, that he seeth not ; and he walketh 
in the circuit of heaven. 

Jude. 14. And Enoch also, the se- 
venth from Adam, prophesied of these, 
saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with 
ten thousand of his saints. 

15. To execute judgment upon all, 
and to convince all that are ungodly 
among them of all then- ungodly deeds 
which they have ungodly committed, and 
of all their hard speeches which ungodly 
sinners have spoken against him. 



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The Letter. 

28. And Lamech lived a hundred 
eighty and two years, and begat a son : 

29. And he called his name Noah, 
saying, This same shall comfort us con- 
cerning our work and toil of our hands, 
because of the ground which the Lord 
hath cursed. 

Note. 

Noah means rest ; significant of the 
typical character and work he should 
accomplish in removing the curse from 
the earth ; and in comforting us con- 
cerning our work and toil of our hands. 

Whether we are to infer that the 
earth till the time of Noah had been 
literally sterile and unproductive or 
not ; of this we may be confident, that 
the entire field of the moral world 
would have lain barren and fallow for- 
.ever, under the curse and guilt of sin, 
but for the antitypical Noah, and the 
flood of deep waters through which he 
passed to redeem us from it. 

In the finished work which he has 
wrought out, his people may [rejoice. 
In view of it he says, " Comfort ye, com- 
fort ye my people saith your God." 
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem ; 
say unto her that her warfare is accom- 
plished ; that her iniquity is pardoned, 
for she has received at the Lord's hand 
double (a receipt in full) for all her sins. 



The Letter. 

32. And Noah was five hundred 
years old : and Noah begat Shem, 
Ham, and Japheth. 

Note. 
From those sons of Noah were to be 
raised up the three great nations of the 
earth after the flood ; Jews, Gentiles, 
and heathen. " For of one blood God 
made all nations of the earth ;" first in 
Adam, and then, when that generation 
was destroyed, he preserved the same 
seed in these three sons of Noah, who 
were to repeople the whole earth. They 
were of the lineage of Seth, but became 



The Spirit. 

Heb. iv. 3. For we which believe do 
enter into rest. 

10. For he that has entered into his 
rest, has ceased from his own works as 
God did from his. 

Matt. xi. 28. Come unto me, all 
ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and 
I will give you rest. 

29. Take my yoke upon you, and 
learn of me : for I am meek and lowly 
in heart; and ye shall find rest unto 
your souls. 

30. For my yoke is easy, and my 
burden is light. 

Gal. iii. 11. But that by the law 
no man is justified with God, it is ma- 
nifest : because the just man liveth by 
faith. 

12. But the law is not of faith : but, 
He that doeth these things, shall live in 
them. 

13. Christ hath redeemed us from 
the curse of the law, being made a 
curse for us ; for it is written : Cursed 
is every one that hangeth on a tree. 

Rom. iv. 4. Now to him that work- 
eth, is the reward not reckoned of 
grace, but of debt. 

5. But to him that worketh not, but 
believeth on him that justifieth the un- 
godly, his faith is counted for righteous- 



The Spirit. 

Acts xvii. 26. And hath made of 
one blood all nations of men for to 
dwell on all the face of the earth, and 
hath determined the times before ap- 
pointed, and the bounds of their habi- 
tation. 

Rev. v. 9. And they sung a new 
song, saying, Thou art worthy to take 
the book, and to open the seals thereof: 
for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed 
us to God by thy blood out of every 
kindred, and tongue, and people, and 
nation. 

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mixed with the descendants of Cain, and 
therefore, in this small remnant that re- 
mained when the waters of the flood 
swept away the old world, were united 
and mixed the tares and the wheat ; for 
by the decree of the master of the field 
they were to grow together till the 
harvest. 

In this arrangement of the literal 
world, we behold also a figure of the 
" handful of corn on the top of the moun- 
tains," which, after God should remove 
the first dispensation with its people, 
the Jews, should spread abroad in the 
whole earth, the gospel of the kingdom 
until " the fruit thereof should shake like 
Lebanon, and they of the city should 
flourish like grass of the earth." 

Shem signifies name or renown, for it 
was God's purpose, by means of his de- 
scendants, both literal and typical, to 
make himself a great name in the earth. 
Ham signifies heat or fire, alluding to the 
iron furnace which they should prove 
to be, both typically and spiritually, to 
God's people. Japheth signifies en- 
larged, because by his descendants, the 
Gentiles, the church should be greatly 
enlarged in the gospel day. 



ye saved, all the ends of the earth : for 
I am God and there is none else. 

23. I have sworn by myself, the 
word has gone out of my mouth in 
righteousness, and shall not return, 
That unto me every knee shall bow, 
every tongue shall swear. 

24. Surely, shall one say, in the 
Lord have I righteousness and strength : 
even to him shall men come, and all that 
are incensed against him shall be 
ashamed. 

25. In the Lord shall all the seed of 
Israel be justified, and shall glory. 

xlv. 17. But Israel shall be saved in 
the Lord with an everlasting salvation : 
ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded 
world without end. 

18. For thus saith the Lord that cre- 
ated the heavens; God himself that 
formed the earth, and made it ; he hath 
established it, he created it not in vain, 
he formed it to be inhabited ; I am the 
Lord, and there is none else. 

Ps. lxxii. 8. He shall have dominion 
also from sea to sea, and from the river 
unto the ends of the earth. 

9. They that dwell in the wilderness 
shall bow before him ; and his enemies 
shall lick the dust. 



CHAPTER V. 



The Letter. 

1. And it came to pass, when men 
began to multiply on the face of the 
earth, and daughters were born unto 
them, 

2. That the sons of God saw the 
daughters of men that they were fair ; 
and they took them wives of all which 
they chose. 

Note. 
From the beginning, God has called 
his own sons, or those whom he has set 
apart for himself, to be separate from 
the world of the ungodly. But in all 
ages, and under even the clear light of 
the gospel, there is a disposition to form 
unholy associations and confederacies 



The Spirit. 

2 Cor. vi. 14. Be ye not unequally 
yoked together with unbelievers: for 
what fellowship hath righteousness with 
unrighteousness ? and what communion 
hath light with darkness ? 

15. And what concord hath Christ 
with Belial ? or what part hath he that 
believeth with an infidel % 

16. And what agreement hath the 
temple of God with idols? for ye are 
the temple of the living God ; as God 
hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk 
in them ; and I will be their God, and 
they shall be my people. 

17. Wherefore come out from among 
them, and be ye separate, saith the 



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with the world. The corrupt lusts of 
the flesh draw away and entice the 
people of God to walk after the course 
of this present evil world, and. to be- 
come associated with it in that which 
is forbidden. 

The consequence has been always in- 
jurious, and has in all ages brought the 
judgments and chastisements of God 
upon the guilty. In this early age of the 
world it was most signally made mani- 
fest ; in the history of typical Israel 
great evils originated, and great judg- 
ments were experienced from the mar- 
riages of the holy seed with strange wo- 
men. And even in the gospel day, the 
pernicious effects of unequally yoking 
with unbelievers, either in families or 
churches, is most apparent. Worldly 
courses and worldly principles are thus 
amalgamated with the simplicity of di- 
vine truth ; and believers are so assimi- 
lated with unbelievers that they can 
hardly be distinguished. 



The Letter. 

3 And the Lord said, My Spirit shall 
not always strive with man, for that he 
also is flesh : yet his days shall be a 
hundred and twenty years. 

Note. 

Here is a strict intimation that God 
would set a limit to the period of the 
dispensation of his mercy. As is said in 
the 3d chap, of Heb., there is an ap- 
pointed time for the striving of God's 
Spirit with men, through the preaching 
of his prophets and the dispensation of 
light in various measures and degrees ; 
as seen in the light of nature, the law, 
and the gospel. Each of these may be 
called " to-day" in relation to those who 



Lord, and touch not the unclean thing ; 
and I will receive you ; 

18. And will be a Father unto you, 
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, 
saith the Lord Almighty. 

Ezra ix. 1. Now when these things 
were done, the princes came to me, say- 
ing, The people of Israel, and the 
priests, and the Levites, have not sepa- 
rated themselves from the people of the 
lands, doing according to their abomi- 
nations, even of the Canaanites, the 
Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, 
the Ammonites, the Moabites, the 
Egyptians, and the Amorites. 

2. For they have taken of their 
daughters for themselves, and for their 
sons : so that the holy seed have min- 
gled themselves with the people of those 
lands : yea, the hand of the princes and 
rulers hath been chief in this trespass. 

Neh. xiii. 23. In those days also 
saw I Jews that had married wives of 
Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab : 

24. And their children spake half in 
the speech of Ashdod, and. could not 
speak in the Jews language, but accord- 
ing to the language of each people. 

27. Shall we then hearken unto you 
to do all this great evil, to transgress 
against our God in marrying strange 
wives ? 



The Spirit. 

Acts vii. 51. Ye stiff-necked and 
uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do 
always resist the Holy Ghost : as your 
fathers did, so do ye. 

Rom. i. 18. For the wrath of God 
is revealed from heaven against all un- 
godliness, and unrighteousness of men, 
who hold the truth in unrighteous- 
ness. 

19. Because that which may be 
known of God, is manifest in them; 
for God hath showed it unto them. - 

20. For the invisible things of him 
from the creation of the world are 
clearly seen, being understood by the 
things that are made, even his eternal 



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have been placed under them, and are 
to be judged by them. But the gospel 
is emphatically the day, or the light by 
•which men are to be finally judged ; 
•while a measure of that same light was 
previously diffused through all the dis- 
pensations of God to men, in every age 
of the world. It would seem, also, that 
■what was deficient to the old world of 
light, was made up in the length of their 
lives ; so that had they been inclined to 
profit, they had opportunity to see suffi- 
cient manifestation of the true God. 
But man is flesh, and the carnal mind is 
not subject to the law of God ; it dis- 
cerneth not the things of the Spirit ; and 
the time of this probation is shortened, 
because it was proved to be of no use. 
Till the preaching of righteousness by 
Noah, the life of man had been many 
hundred years ; it was then limited to 
a hundred and twenty ; not sufficient to 
save the fleshy and ungodly race that 
enjoyed it, because the longest life 
would not, in itself, do this: but suffi- 
cient to "condemn the world" by proving 
their unbelief. 



power and Godhead; so that they are 
without excuse : 

21 Because that when they knew 
God, they glorified him not as God, 
neither were thankful, but became vain 
in their imaginations, and their foolish 
heart was darkened. 

viii. 7. Because the carnal mind is 
enmity against God ; for it is not sub- 
ject to the law of God, neither indeed 
can be. 

8. So, then, they that are in the flesh 
cannot please God. 

Gal. v. 19. Now the works of the 
flesh are manifest, which are these, 
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, las- 
civiousness, 

20. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, vari- 
ance, emulations, wrath, strifej sedi- 
tions, heresies, 

21. Envyings, murders, drunken- 
ness, revellings, and such like : of the 
which I tell you before, as I have also 
told you in time past, that they which 
do such things shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

Heb. iii. 12. Take heed, brethren, 
lest there be in any of you an evil heart 
of unbelief, in departing from the living 
God. 

13. But exhort one another daily, 
while it is called To-day; lest any of 
you be hardened through the deceitful- 
ness of sin. 



The Letter. 

4. There were giants in the earth in 
those days ; and also after that, when 
the sons of God came in unto the 
daughters of men, and they bare chil- 
dren to them : the same became mighty 
men, which were of old, men of re- 
nown. 

5. And God saw that the wickedness 
of man was great in the earth, and that 
every imagination of the thoughts of 
his heart was only evil continually. 

6. And it repented the Lord that he 
had made man on the earth, and it 
grieved him at his heart. 



The Spirit. 

Rom. ii. 18. For the math of God 
is revealed from heaven against all un- 
godliness and unrighteousness of men, 
who hold the truth in unrighteous- 
ness; 

19. Because that which may be 
known of God is manifest in them: 
for God hath showed it unto them. 

20. For the invisible things of him 
from the creation of the world are 
clearly seen, being understood by the 
things that are made, even his eternal 
power and Godhead; so that they are 
without excuse : 



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7. And the Lord said, I will destroy 
man whom I have created from the 
face of the earth ; both man and beast, 
and the creeping thing, and the fowls 
of the air; for it repenteth me that I 
have made them. 

Note. 

The all-wise Jehovah perfectly knew 
the end from the beginning, and was 
not either surprised or disappointed, as 
men are disappointed in the works of 
their hands; therefore when the crea- 
tures he had made good became evil, and 
corrupted themselves, so that he turned 
from doing them good, to destroy them 
utterly, as if he had changed his mind 
and purpose, and repented of what he 
first designed to do, we are not to un- 
derstand, or measure the import of these 
words, by our doings. God speaks after 
the manner of men, because he is about 
to act as if his designs had been frus- 
trated, and therefore it became necessary 
that he should change his mode of pro- 
ceeding. 

Giants cannot be extirpated in the 
usual manner, and by the feeble efforts 
of common warfare. A mighty arm and 
signal measures must be adopted to meet 
and destroy such an enemy ! Therefore 
Jehovah did not summon the wisdom and 
strength of the few righteous that might 
be found, to contend with this powerful 
foe, and put down the progress of evil ; 
but he takes the work into his own 
hands; "I will destroy man whom I 
have created," &c. 



21. Because that, when they knew 
God, they glorified him not as God, 
neither were thankful ; but became vain 
in their imaginations, and their foolish 
heart was darkened. 

22. Professing themselves to bo 
wise, they became fools, 

23. And changed the glory of the 
uncorruptible God into an image made 
like to corruptible man, and to birds, 
and four-footed beasts, and creeping 
things. 

25. Who changed the truth of God 
into a lie, and worshipped and served 
the creature more than the Creator, 
who is blessed for ever. Amen. 

29. Being filled with all unrighteous- 
ness, fornication, wickedness, covet- 
ousness, maliciousness; full of envy, 
murder, debate, deceit, malignity : whis- 
perers, 

30. Backbiters, haters of God, de- 
spiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of 
evil things, disobedient to parents, 

31. Without understanding, cove- 
nant-breakers, without natural affec- 
tion, implacable, unmerciful. 

32. Who, knowing the judgment of 
God, they which commit such things 
are worthy of death, not only do the 
same, but have pleasure in them that 
do them. 

Ezk. xviii. 4. Behold, all souls are 
mine ; as the soul of the father, so also 
the soul of the son is mine: the soul 
that sinneth, it shall die. 

Rom. vi. 23. For the wages of sin is 
death; but the gift of God is eternal 
life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Mal. iv. 1. For, behold, the day 
cometh that shall burn as an oven ; and 
all the proud, yea, and all that do 
wickedly, shall be stubble: and the 
day that cometh shall burn them up, 
saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall 
leave them neither root nor branch. 



The Letter. 

8. But Noah found grace in the eyes 
of the Lord. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xlii. 1. Behold my servant, whom 
I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul 



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9. These are the generations of 
Noah : Noah was a just man,' and per- 
fect in his generations, and Noah 
walked with God. 

10. And Noah begat three sons, 
Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 



Note. 
In this state of universal guilt and 
condemnation, when all flesh had cor- 
rupted their way, and were about to 
be swept into one general destruction, 
not a soul of the whole human family 
would have been left alive, had it not 
been for Noah. Of this Noah it had 
been predicted that he should " comfort 
us concerning our work and toil of our 
hands, because of the ground which the 
Lord had cursed." For when God had 
rejected the work of our hands, as 
worthless, because both us and our work 
were under the curse, Jesus, by remov- 
ing that curse, and establishing a bless- 
ing, made us and our work also to be 
accepted for his sake ; so that we might 
" cease from our own works" and rest in 
his perfect righteousness. Noah signi- 
fies rest, as we !have seen in the last 
chapter; and in all this work of the 
typical Noah, we see exhibited the Re- 
deemer of his people and his great sal- 
vation. 

Noah is never mentioned apart from 
his three sons; for they were to share 
in all that concerned him, for his sake. 
In like manner Jesus and his people are 
ever one and the same ; head and mem- 
bers of the same mystical body — toge- 



delighteth ; I have put my spirit upon 
him ; he shall bring forth judgment unto 
the Gentiles. 

4. He shall not fail, nor be discou- 
raged, till he have set judgment in the 
earth. 

21. The Lord is well pleased for his 
righteousness sake; he will magnify 
the law and make it honorable. 

Ps. lxxxix. 19. Then thou spakest 
in vision to thy Holy One, and saidst, 
I have laid help upon one that is mighty ; 
I have exalted one chosen out of the 
people. 

20. I have found David my servant ; 
with my holy oil have I anointed him. 

Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
hath blessed us with all spiritual bless- 
ings in heavenly places in Christ. 

4. According as he hath chosen us 
in him before the foundation of the 
world, that' we should be holy and 
without blame before him in love. 

5. Having predestinated us unto the 
adoption of children by Jesus Christ 
to himself, according to the good plea- 
sure of his will. 

ii. 7. That in the ages to come he 
might show the exceeding riches of his 
grace in his kindness towards us, 
through Christ Jesus. 



ther united in life and in death, and in 
resurrection to life eternal. 



The Letter. 

11. The earth also was corrupt be- 
fore God; and the earth was rilled with 
violence. 

12. And God looked upon the earth, 
and behold, it was corrupt; for all 
flesh had corrupted his way upon the 
earth. 

13. And God said unto Noah, The 
end of all flesh is come before me ; for 
the earth is filled with violence through 
them: and behold, I will destroy them 
with the earth. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. ii. 8. Ask of me, and I shall give 
thee the heathen for thine inheritance, 
and the uttermost parts of the earth for 
thy possession. 

9. Thou shalt break them with a rod 
of iron ; thou shalt dash them in pieces 
like a potter's vessel. 

10. Be wise now therefore, O ye 
kings ; be instructed, ye judges of the 
earth. 

11. Serve the Lord with fear, and 
rejoice with trembling. 



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Note. 

God makes known to Noah his pur- 
pose to destroy the wicked. So " the 
Father loveth the Son, and " showeth him 
all things that himself doeth." 

In this, allusion is made to the eternal 
covenant of peace, which was between 
them both, and in which provision was 
made for the preservation of the elect 
and chosen seed, by the redemption of 
Christ. 

As this provision is made for the elect, 
so also we see in this destruction of the 
wicked the recognition of that sentence 
of God, " I will visit the iniquity of the 
fathers upon the children unto the third 
and fourth generation of them that hate 
me," &c. For the curse first pronounced 
upont he serpent, descends through Cain 
to his latest posterity. These are first 
destroyed by water, as the righteous are 
saved " so as by water ;" they are next 
to be destroyed by fire — to which they 
" are reserved." 2 Pet. iii. To this last 
condemnation they are sealed by the 
same witness which condemned the 
world under the preaching of Noah. 
It was the spirit of truth and the 
word of the truth of the gospel in both 
cases ; for the Spirit of Christ preached 
in Noah, because the gospel must be 
preached to them who are now dead 
and in the prison of the grave, that they 
might be judged according to men, in 
the flesh, whether they are quickened or 
made alive to God by that preaching, 
or whether they are condemned by it to 
the second death 



12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, 
and ye perish from the way, when his 
wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed 
are all they that put their trust in him. 

Rom. ii. 2. But we are sure that the 
judgment of God is according to truth 
against them which commit such things. 

3. And thinkest thou this, O man, 
that judgest them which do such things, 
and doest the same, that thou shalt 
escape the judgment of God ? 

4. Or despiseth thou the riches of 
his goodness, and forbearance, and 
long-suffering; not knowing that the 
goodness of God leadeth thee to re- 
pentance ? 

5. But, after thy hardness and im- 
penitent heart, treasures up unto thy- 
self wrath against the day of wrath, and 
revelation of the righteous judgment of 
God; 

6. Who will render to every man 
according to his deeds : 

7. To them who, by patient continu- 
ance in well-doing, seek for glory, and 
honor, and immortality, eternal life; 

8. But unto them that are conten- 
tious, and do not obey the truth, but 
obey unrighteousness, indignation and 
wrath. 

9. Tribulation and anguish, upon 
every soul of man that doeth evil; of 
the Jew first, and also of the Gen- 
tile: 

10. But glory, honor, and peace, to 
every man that worketh good; to the 
Jew first, and also to the Gentile : 

1 1 . For there is no respect of persons 
with God. 

12. For as many as have sinned 
without law, shall also perish without 
law; and as many as have sinned in the 
law, shall be judged by the law; 

13. For not the hearers of the law 
are just before God, but the doers of 
the law shall be justified. 

Job xxxiii. 24. Then he is gracious 
unto him, and saith, Deliver him from 
going down to the pit : I have found a 
ransom. 



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The Letter. 

14. Make thee an ark of gopher-wood : 
rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and 
shalt pitch it within and without with 
pitch. 

Note, 

That everlasting purpose of grace in 
Christ Jesus, in which and by which 
was for ever secured the chosen and 
elect seed, when ruin and the curse 
swept from the earth the world of the 
ungodly, was signified by this ark of 
gopher-wood. This same covenant was 
afterwards revealed more fully and 
clearly to Abraham, and later still to 
David. 

The language is — "make thee an ark," 
&c, intimating that it was for him and 
by him that this plan of grace was to be 
accomplished and devised. It was to 
be for the glory of his grace, the honor 
of his name, and to display his power, 
that this covenant was devised, or pur- 
posed ; and it was also to be wholly ac- 
complished and carried out by the Re- 
deemer himself. For this purpose he 
was constituted the mediator and the 
messenger of the covenant. He was to 
stay the stroke of justice from his offend- 
ing people, and make reconciliation for 
iniquity. It was to be a covenant of 
peace, by which God might be just and 
justify the ungodly through faith. He 
was to be the messenger of the cove- 
nant; to go forth and declare the mind 
and will of God to men, as a prophet ; 
also, to bear the iniquity of his people, 
and, by the sacrifice of himself, make a 
complete atonement for their sins, as a 
priest ; and lastly, he was to reign over 
them as king for ever. 

The ark was made of gopher-wood 
because it was resinous, and noxious in- 
sects would not destroy it : it was to be 
pitched within and without, to prevent 
the possibility of injury from the flood. 



The Spirit. 

5. Although my house he not so with 
God; yet he hath made with me an 
everlasting covenant, ordered in all 
things, and sure: for this is all my sal- 
vation, and all my desire, although he 
make it not to grow. 

Ps. lxxxix. 27. Also I will make him 
my first-born, higher than the kings of 
the earth. 

28. My mercy will I keep for him for 
evermore, and my covenant shall stand 
fast with him. 

29. His seed also will I make to en- 
dure for ever, and his throne as the days 
of heaven. 

30. If his children forsake my law, 
and walk not in my judgments ; 

31. If they break my statutes, and 
keep not my commandments ; 

32. Then will I visit their transgres- 
sion with the rod, and their iniquity 
with stripes. 

33. Nevertheless, my loving kind- 
ness will I not utterly take from him, 
nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 

34. My covenant will I not break, 
nor alter the thing that is gone out of 
my lips. 

Zech. vi. 12. And speak unto him, 
saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of 
hosts, saying, Behold the man whose 
name is The BRANCH ; and he shall 
grow up out of his place, and he shall 
build the temple of the Lord : 

13. Even he shall build the temple 
of the Lord; and he shall bear the 
glory, and shall sit and rule upon his 
throne ; and he shall be a priest upon 
his throne: and the counsel of peace 
shall be between them both. 

Eph. i. 9. Having made known unto 
us the mystery of his will, according to 
his good pleasure, which he has pur- 
posed in himself: 

10. That in the dispensation of the 
fulness of time, he might gather toge- 
ther in one, all things in Christ, both 
which are in heaven and which are on 
the earth; even in him. 



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The Letter. 

15. And this is the fashion which 
thou shalt make it of: The length of 
the ark shall be three hundred cubits, 
the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the 
height of it thirty cubits. 

Note. 
Every part of the ark was according 
to a special fashion, plan, or purpose; 
particularly the measure of its extent 
But no less definite and particular are 
all the appointments of the covenant of 
grace. If Jesus would make known its 
extent — how many it embraced — he says, 
" as many as thou hast given hi?n." And 
lest this should be misunderstood, he 
adds — " no man can come unto me ex- 
cept it were given him of my Father ;" 
"no man cometh unto the Father but by 
me." " All that the Father giveth me 
shall come to me ; and him that cometh 
unto me I will in no wise cast out." 
Again, he represents the manner and 
extent of the covenant by the figure of 
a human body, and says, by the unity of 
the faith, the members of this body will 
be brought together, unto a perfect man, 
— an entire and complete body, having 
every joint supply its place until it grow 
to the " measure of the stature of the 
fulness of Christ." This is the entire ex- 
tent, and nothing can be added to or 
taken from it, without marring the sym- 
metry of the body which is said to be 
"complete, wanting nothing." For this 
reason, when the angel is represented as 
measuring the holy city, which is an- 
other figure of the church of Christ, it 
was found to be "the measure of a 
man." 



The Spirit 

John xvii. 2. As thou hast given him 
power over all flesh, that he should 
give eternal life to as many as thou 
hast given him. 

3. And this is life eternal, that they 
might know thee the only true God, 
and Jesus Christ whom thou hast 
sent. 

12. While I was with them in the 
world, I kept them in thy name; those 
that thou gavest me, I have kept, and 
none of them is lost but the son of 
perdition ; that the scripture might be 
fulfilled. 

Eph. iv. 13. Till we all come in the 
unity of the faith, and of the know- 
ledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect 
man, unto the measure of the stature of 
the fulness of Christ. 

John vi. 39. And this is the Father's 
will which hath sent me, that of all 
which he hath given me, I should lose 
nothing, but should raise it up again at 
the last day. 

40. And this is the will of him that 
sent me, that every one which seeth 
the Son, and believeth on him, may 
have everlasting life : and I will raise 
him up at the last day. 

64. But there are some of you that 
believe not. For Jesus knew from the 
beginning who they were that believed 
not, and who should betray him. 

65. And he said, Therefore said I 
unto you, that no man can come unto 
me, except it were given unto him of 
my Father. 

x. 26. But ye believe not, because ye 
are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 

27. My sheep hear my voice, and I 
know them, and they follow me : 

28. And I give unto them eternal 
life; and they shall never perish, nei- 
ther shall any pluck them out of my 
hand. 

29. My Father, which gave them me, 
is greater than all; and none is able to 
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The Letter. 

16. A window shalt thou make to 
the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish 
it above ; and the door of the ark shalt 
thou set in the side thereof: with 
lower, second, and third stories shalt 
thou make it. 

Note. 

The windou; for light — the door, for 
the way of access — and the three stories, 
by which room is made for the inmates 
of the ark. The window is made above, 
because all its light is from heaven ; — 
not reflected from earth, but immediate- 
ly from above. The door is set in the 
side, that it might be easy of access, and 
not out of reach, or high, that they cannot 
attain to it; but brought nigh, and 
suited to the infirmities of the maimed, 
and halt, and blind; and such as have 
no helper. It is the door of the sheep, 
whereby they go in and out and find 
pasture. 

And there are three stories or apart- 
ments to the ark, in which the several 
parts of its affairs may be conducted. So 
we are taught that the church are chosen 
or elected by the Father, saved by the 
blood of Jesus Christ, and sanctified by 
the Spirit. And again, by another apostle 
— that they are" " sanctified or set apart 
by God the Father, preserved in Jesus 
Christ, and called" by the Spirit. For 
there are three that bear record to the 
truth, and surety of the covenant in hea- 
ven: the Father, the "Word, and the 
Holy Ghost; and there are three that 
bear witness to it upon earth : the spirit, 
the water, and the blood ; the spirit, that 
quickens or regenerates ; the blood, that 
speaks peace within, and the word, 
which cleanses and purifies without. By 
these witnesses, testimony is borne to 
the truth of the record, witness, or 
pledge from above. 



The Spirit. 

19. The sun shall be no more thy 
light by day; neither for brightness 
shall the moon give light unto thee : 
but the Lord shall be unto thee an 
everlasting light, and thy God thy 
glory. 

Isa. lx. 2. For behold darkness shall 
cover the earth, and gross darkness the 
people ; but the Lord shall arise upon 
thee, and his glory shall be seen upon 
thee. 

Ps. xxvii. 1. The Lord is my light 
and my salvation ; whom shall I fear 1 
the Lord is the strength of my life ; of 
whom shall I be afraid ? 

John x. 1. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, He that entereth not by the door 
into the sheepfold, but climbeth up 
some other way, the same is a thief and 
a robber. 

2. But he that entereth in by the 
door is the shepherd of the sheep. 

3. To him the porter openeth ; and 
the sheep hear his voice : and he calleth 
his own sheep by name, and leadeth 
them out. 

7. Then said Jesus unto them again, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the 
door of the sheep. 

8. All that ever came before me are 
thieves and robbers: but the sheep did 
not hear them. 

9. I am the door : by me if any man 
enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go 
in and out, and find pasture. 

Heb. x. 19. Having therefore bold- 
ness to enter into the holiest by the 
blood of Jesus, 

20. By a new and living way, which 
he hath consecrated through the veil, 
that is to say, his flesh. 

21. Let us draw nigh in full avow- 
ance of faith, &c. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the 
foreknowledge of God the Father, 
through the sanctification of the Spi- 
rit, unto obedience and sprinkling of 
the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace 
unto you, and peace be multiplied. 

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The Letter. 

17. And behold, I, even I, do bring a 
flood of waters upon the earth, to de- 
stroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of 
life, from under heaven: and every 
thing that is in the earth shall die. 

18. But with thee will I establish 
my covenant: and thou shalt come 
into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and 
thy wife, and thy sons' wives, with thee. 

Note. 

The curse of the law is upon all flesh, 
and will be executed upon all who are 
not delivered from it through the re- 
demption which is to in^Christ. By refer- 
ence to the 19th of Rev., we perceive 
that the execution of wrath upon the un- 
godly, as well as salvation for the right- 
eous, is committed to the Son. This is 
according to his own words — "The 
Father judgeth no man, but has com- 
mitted all judgment to the Son." 

We also perceive that it is by the 
"sharp sivord" which goeth out of his 
mouth that he will slay the wicked; 
and by the same sword he saves the 
righteous : for this sword is the word of 
God — a preached gospel, which, is "a 
savour of life unto life in them that 
believe, and of death unto death in them 
that perish." For this reason the word 
of God is called also the " rod of his 
strength." By it he rules both righteous 
and wicked — but to the one it is made 
spirit and life, while to the other it is a 
rod of iron, by which he dashes them to 
pieces as a potter's vessel. 



and brother of James, to them that 
are sanctified by God the Father, 
and preserved in Jesus Christ, and 
called. 

1 John v. 7. For there are three 
that bear record in heaven, the Father, 
the Word, and the Holy Ghost : and 
these three are one. 

8. And there are three that bear 
witness on earth, the spirit, and the 
water, and the blood : and these three 
am-ee in one. 



The Spirit. 

Detjt. xxxii. 39. See now that I, 
even I, am he, and there is no god 
with me: I kill, and I make alive; I 
wound, and I heal : neither is there any 
that can deliver out of my hand. 

40. For I lift up my hand to heaven, 
and say, I live for ever. 

41. If I whet my glittering sword, 
and mine hand take hold on judg- 
ment, I will render vengeance to mine 
enemies, and will reward them that 
hate me. 

Rev. xix. 11. And I saw heaven 
opened, and behold, a white horse ; and 
he that sat upon him was called Faith- 
ful and True, and in righteousness he 
doth judge and make war. 

12. His eyes were as a flame of fire, 
and on his head were many crowns ; and 
he had a name written, that no man 
knew, but he himself. 

13. And he was clothed with a ves- 
ture dipped in blood : and his name is 
called The Word of God. 

14. And the armies which were in 
heaven followed him upon white 
horses, clothed in fine linen, white and 
clean. 

15. And out of his mouth goeth a 
sharp sword, that with it he should 
smite the nations: and he shall rule 
them with a rod of iron : and he tread- 
eth the wine-press of the fierceness and 
wrath of Almighty God. 

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All that were embraced in the ark 
were safe from the flood ; so all that are 
in Christ and the covenant of grace are 
secure from condemnation : and upon 
them the second death hath no power. 
For they " are saved in the Lord with 
an everlasting salvation." 



The Letter. 

19. And of every living thing of all 
flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring 
into the ark, to keep them alive with 
thee ; they shall be male and female. 

20. Of fowls after their kind, and of 
cattle after their kind, of every creeping 
thing of the earth after his kind ; two 
of every sort shall come unto thee, to 
keep them alive. 

21. And take thou unto thee of all 
food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather 
it to thee ; and it shall be for food for 
thee, and for them. 

Note. 

There is a sense in which Christ is the 
saviour of all men. For had he not died 
— had he not become the mediator of 
the new and everlasting covenant, not 
a creature upon the earth would have 
been suffered to live, after sin had en- 
tered. His mediatorial reign, and aton- 
ing sacrifice, has stept in between the 
offenders and the stroke of justice, to 
procure a reprieve for all, and special 
blessings for his own household. The 
wicked are saved by the covenant, just 
as the beasts were saved in the ark — to 
be used in the kingdom of Christ as 
instruments of his will, in subserviency 
to the interests of his people. "When 
Noah and his sons came out of the ark, 
these beasts were used for sacrifice and 
for food ; and have been thus used from 
that time. 

Again, it will be seen from the 89th 
Ps., that God has laid up a rod in the 
covenant, to chastise his children when 
they forsake his law, and walk not in 
his testimonies. This brings to view 
another purpose for which God uses the 
wicked, and for which they were ap- 
pointed and preserved. It is to serve as 
a rod in his hand, as in Isa. x. 5. 



on his thigh a name written, KING OF 
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 

Rev. xx. 15. And whosoever was. 
not found written in the book of life- 
was cast into the lake of fire. 



The Spirit. 

1 Tim. iv. 10. * * the living God, 
who is the Saviour of all men, especially 
of those that believe. 

Prov. xvi. 4. The Lord hath made 
all things for himself: yea, even the- 
wicked for the day of evil. 

Ps. cxlv. 9. The Lord is good to all : 
and his tender mercies are over all his 
works. 

10. All thy works shall praise thee, 
O Lord; and thy saints shall bless 
thee. 

15. The eyes of all wait upon thee; 
and thou givest them their meat in due 
season. 

16. Thou openest thine hand, and 
satisfiest the desire of every living 
thing. 

2 Kings xix. 28. Because thy rage 
against me and thy tumult is come up 
into mine ears, therefore I will put my 
hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy 
lips, and I will turn thee back by the 
way by which thou earnest. 

Isa. x. 5. O Assyrian, the rod of 
mine anger, and the staff in their hand 
is mine indignation. 

6. I will send him against a hypocri- 
tical nation, and against the people of my 
wrath will I give him a charge, to take 
the spoil, and to take the prey, and to 
tread them down like the mire of the 
streets. 

7. Howbeit he meaneth not so, nei- 
ther doth his heart think so ; but it is 
in his heait to destroy and cut off na- 
tions not a few. 

12. Wherefore it shall come to pass, 
that when the Lord hath performed his 
whole work upon mount Zion and on 
Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the 



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The clean and unclean beasts in the 
ark may also have reference to the Jews 
and Gentiles, as ultimately constituting 
the church, but as long divided by cere- 
monial partition walls. 



The Letter. 

22. Thus did Noah ; according to all 
that God commanded him, so did he. 

Note. 

In his mediatorial work upon earth, 
the Son of God is in subjection to the 
Father ; accomplishes his will as a ser- 
vant or messenger, and is obedient to 
all that was to be done in accomplishing 
the purposes of the covenant. 

It was for this reason, for this work, 
that he took upon him the form of a ser- 
vant, and was made in the likeness of 
man, that he might become obedient 
unto death ; for it was only through 
death that he could destroy him that 
had the power of death, that is the 
devil. 

For this voluntary subjection of the 
Son of God to the office and work of 
the messenger of the covenant, he re- 
ceived a name that is above every 
name — a throne and a kingdom which 
ruleth over all. 



stout heart of the king of Assyria, and 
the glory of his high looks. 

13. For he saith, By the strength of 
my hand I have done it, and by my 
wisdom ; for I am prudent : and I have 
removed the bounds of the people, and 
have robbed their treasures, and I have 
put down the inhabitants like a valiant 



The Spirit. 

John xvii. 4. I have glorified thee on 
the earth: I have finished the work 
which thou gavest me to do. 

vi. 38. For I came down from hea- 
ven, not to do mine own will, but the 
will of him that sent me. 

39. And this is the Father's will 
which hath sent me, that of all which 
he hath given me I should lose nothing, 
but should raise it up again at the last 
day. 

40. And this is the will of him that 
sent me, that every one which seeth the 
Son, and believeth on him, may have 
everlasting life : and I will raise him up 
at the last day. 

19. Then answered Jesus, and said 
unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, The Son can do nothing of him- 
self but what he seeth the Father do : 
for what things soever he doeth, these 
also doeth the Son likewise. 

20. For the Father ioveth the Son, 
and showeth him all things that him- 
self doeth: and he will show him 
greater works than these, that ye may 
marvel. 

v. 30. I can of mine own self do no- 
thing: as I hear, I judge: and my judg- 
ment is just; because I seek not mine 
own will, but the will of the Father 
which hath sent me. 

iv. 34. Jesus saith unto them, My 
meat is to do the will of him that sent 
me, and to finish his work. 



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CHAPTER VI. 



The Letter. 

1. And the Lord said unto Noah, 
Come thou and all thy house into the 
ark : for thee have I seen righteous be- 
fore me in this generation. 

2. Of every clean beast thou shalt 
take to thee by sevens, the male and 
his female ; and of beasts that are not 
clean by two, the male and his female. 

3. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, 
the male and the female ; to keep seed 
alive upon the face of all the earth. 

4. For yet seven days, and I will 
cause it to rain upon the earth forty 
days and forty nights : and every living 
substance that I have made will I de- 
stroy from off the face of the earth. 

5. And Noah did according unto all 
that the Lord commanded him. 

6. And Noah was six hundred years 
old when the flood of waters was upon 
the earth. 

7. And Noah went in, and Ms sons, 
and his wife, and his sons' wives, with 
him, into the ark, because of the 
waters of the flood. 

8. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that 
are not clean, and of fowls, and of 
everything that creepeth upon the 
earth, 

9. There went in two and two unto 
Noah into the ark, the male and the fe- 
male, as God had commanded Noah. 

Note. 

The "long suffering of God" had 
waited the appointed time; the ark is 
ready and the day has come, when 
judgment is to be executed upon the 
wicked — the acceptable year of the Lord 
and the day of vengeance of my God ; 
for the great work which is dimly sha- 
dowed forth by this figure, is wonder- 
fully and mysteriously combined of both 
these characters — a day of redemption 
and a day of vengeance. 

The church of God, head and mem- 
bers of one mystical body, are eternally 
secured and perfected for ever, by the 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xlii. 6. I the Lord have called 
thee in righteousness, and will hold thy 
hand, and will keep thee, and give thee 
for a covenant of the people, for a light 
of the Gentiles ; 

7. To open the blind eyes, to bring 
out the prisoners from the prison, and 
them that sit -in darkness out of the 
prison-house. 

8. I am the Lord : that is my name : 
and my glory will I not give to another, 
neither my praise to graven images. 

9. Behold, the former things are 
come to pass, and new things do I de- 
clare : before they spring forth I tell 
you of them. 

Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are de- 
termined upon thy people and upon thy 
holy city, to finish the transgression, 
and to make an end of sins, and to 
make reconciliation for iniquity, and 
to bring in everlasting righteousness, 
and to seal up the vision and prophecy, 
and to anoint the Most Holy. 

25. Know therefore and understand, 
that from the going forth of the com- 
mandment to restore and to build Jeru- 
salem unto the Messiah the Prince shall 
be seven weeks, and threescore and two 
weeks : the street shall be built again, 
and the wall, even in troublous times. 

26. And after threescore and two 
weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but 
not for himself: and the people of the 
Prince that shall come shall destroy the 
city and the sanctuary; and the end 
thereof shall be with a flood, and unto 
the end of the war desolations are 
determined. 

27. And he shall confirm the covenant 
with many for one week : and in the 
midst of the week he shall cause the 
sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and 
for the overspreading of abominations, 
he shall make it desolate, even until 
the consummation, and that determined 
shall be poured upon the desolate. 



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same act which treads down the wicked 
as grapes in the wine-press, or straw is 
trodden down in the dung-hill. 

It appears that there were seven days 
which intervened between the coming 
of Noah's household into the ark and 
the descending of the rain. Perhaps the 
meaning is intended to be this — that se- 
ven days elapsed after they began to en- 
ter. Yet it is afterwards said, they 
entered on the self same day, or all at 
once. Both of these are true in a sense. 
As considered in Christ and the purpose 
of God, the church were saved even 
from everlasting — head and members of 
one body; bat as developed in time, 
there were seven ages of the world to 
elapse, before the last stone would be 
laid upon the building. 



The Letter. 

10. And it came to pass, after seven 
days, that the waters of the flood were 
upon the earth. 

11. In the six hundredth year of 
Noah's life, in the second month, the 
seventeenth day of the month, the same 
day were all the fountains of the great 
deep broken up, and the windows of 
heaven were opened. 

12. And the rain was upon the earth 
forty days and forty nights. 

Note. 

It may, at first view, be thought that 
Noah, safely secured in the ark from the 
waters of the flood, can have no analogy 
with the sufferings of Christ in bearing 
the curse for his people. But the ob- 
jection only proves what is evident in 
all types, that no one natural object 
or event can fully represent spiritual 
things. 

The waters of the flood beat upon the 
ark, though it was borne up above 
them ; and so also the Son of God was 
sustained by the power of the Father, 
according to promise, while the proud 
waters went over his soul. But the full 
sense of his words, when he says, " the 



Isa. lxiii. 4. For the day of ven- 
geance is in my heart, and the year of 
my redeemed is come. 

5. And I looked, and there was none 
to help ; and I wondered that there was 
none to uphold: therefore mine own 
arm brought salvation unto me; and 
my fury, it upheld me. 

6. And I will tread down the people 
in mine anger, and make them drunk 
in my fury, and I will bring down their 
strength to the earth. 

7. I will mention the loving-kind- 
nesses of the Lord and the praises of 
the Lord, according to all that the Lord 
hath bestowed on us, and the great 
goodness toward the house of Israel, 
which he hath bestowed on them ac- 
cording to his mercies, and according to 
the multitude of his loving-kindnesses. 



The Spirit. 

John xii. 23. And Jesus answered 
them saying, The hour is come that 
the Son of man should be glorified. 

27. Now is my soul troubled ; and 
what shall I say? Father, save me 
from this hour : but for this cause came 
I unto this hour. 

31. Now is the judgment of this 
world: now shall the prince of this 
world be cast out. 

32. And I, if I be lifted up from the 
earth, will draw all men unto me. 

33. (This he said, signifying what 
death he should die.) 

Ps. lxix. 1. Save me, O God ; for the 
waters are come in unto my soul. 

2. I sink in deep mire, where there is 
no standing : I am come into deep wa- 
ters, where the floods overflow me. 

xlii. 7. Deep calleth unto deep at the 
noise of thy water-spouts: all thy 
waves and thy billows are gone over 
me. 

lxxv. 3. The earth and all the inha- 
bitants thereof are dissolved : I bear up 
the pillars of it. Selah. 

2 Sam. xxii. 8. Then the earth shook 
and trembled: the foundations of hea- 



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pains of hell got hold upon me" is to be 
found in other representations of this 
same great event. 

The rain continued to fall and the 
•waters to accumulate, during forty days 
and forty nights; the exact time of the 
giving of the law, for which full satis- 
faction was demanded. 



The Letter. 

13. In the self-same day entered 
Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Ja- 
pheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's 
wife, and the three wives of his sons 
with them, into the ark : 

14. They, and every beast after his 
kind, and all the cattle after their kind, 
and every creeping thing that creepeth 
upon the earth after his kind, and every 
fowl after his kind, every bird of every 
sort. 

1 5. And they went in unto Noah into 
the ark, two and two of all flesh, where- 
in is the breath of life. 

16. And they that went in, went in 
male and female of all flesh, as God 
had commanded him: and the Lord 
shut him in. 

Note. 
By this figure of Noah and his house- 
hold in the ark, while the waters of the 
flood fell upon the earth forty days and 
forty nights, is represented Jesus Christ 
as the Head of his body the church, 
suffering for their sins, the just for the 
unjust, being put to death in the flesh, 
but quickened, or ever living in the Spi- 
rit. This same "spirit of life" had for 
a hundred and twenty years preached 
to the world of the ungodly, while the 
long suffering of God had waited during 
the building of the ark, " in which eight 
souls were saved so as by water" In like 
manner the Spn of man had, during three 
years, preached to the unbelieving Jews 



ven moved and shook, because he was 
wroth. 

9. There went up a smoke out of 
his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth 
devoured : coals were kindled by it. 

10. He bowed the heavens also, and 
came down ; and darkness was under 
his feet. 

14. The Lord thundered from hea- 
ven, and the Most High uttered his 
voice. 

15. And he sent out arrows, and 
scattered them; lightning, and discom- 
fited them. 



The Spirit. 

Rom. vi. 5. For if we have been 
planted together in the likeness of his 
death, we shall be also in the likeness of 
Ms resurrection : 

6. Knowing this, that our old man is 
crucified with him, that the body of sin 
might be destroyed, that henceforth we 
should not serve sin. 

7. For he that is dead is freed from 
sin. 

8. Now, if we be dead with Christ, 
we believe that we shall also live with 
him. 

9. Knowing that Christ, being raised 
from the dead, dieth no more ; death 
hath no more dominion over him. 

vii. 4. Wherefore, my brethren, ye 
also are become dead to the law by the 
body of Christ ; that ye should be mar- 
ried to another, even to him who is 
raised from the dead, that we should 
bring forth fruit unto God. 

1 Pet. iii. 18. For Christ also hath 
once suffered for sins, the just for the 
unjust, that he might bring us to God, 
being put to death in the flesh, but 
quickened by the Spirit : 

19. By which also he went and 
preached unto the spirits in prison ; 

20. Which sometime were disobe- 
dient, when once the long suffering of 
God waited in the days of Noah, while 
the ark was a preparing, wherein few, 



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in the streets of Jerusalem, while he pre- 
pared the ark of salvation for his people ; 
and at the close of that testimony he 
suffered the ignominious death of the 
cross, by which he redeemed from the 
curse of the law all that the Father had 
given hint, and, in that same testimony 
and death, sealed the eternal condemna- 
tion of all that believed not on his 
name. 

The 3d chap, of 1 Pet. declares this 
figure of the salvation of Noah and his 
household in the ark to be like that of 
baptism, in which ordinance is repre- 
sented the death, burial, and resurrec- 
tion to life, of the Lord Jesus Christ, as 
also declared by Paul in the 6th and 7th 
chapters of Romans. 

The representative character of the 
death of Christ is plainly insisted on in 
many passages. Paul says, I am cruci- 
fied with Christ, &o. ; also that believers 
are circumcised with him in putting off 
the body of the sins of the flesh, &o. 



that is, eight souls, were saved by 
water. 

21. The like figure whereunto, even 
baptism, doth also now save us (not 
the putting away of the filth of the 
flesh, but the answer of a good con- 
science toward God), by the resurrec- 
tion of Jesus Christ : 

22. Who is gone into heaven, and is 
on the right hand of God ; angels, and 
authorities, and powers, being made 
subject unto him. 

Col. ii. 1 0. And ye are complete in 
him, which is the head of all principality 
and power. 

11. In whom also ye are circum- 
cised with the circumcision made with- 
out hands, in putting off the body of 
the sins of the flesh by the circumcision 
of Christ. 

12. Buried with him in baptism, 
wherein also ye are risen with him 
through the faith of the operation of 
God, who hath raised him from the 
dead. 

13. And you, being dead in your 
sins and the uncircumcision of your 
flesh, hath he quickened together with 
him, having forgiven you all trespasses. 



Tlie Letter. 

17. And the flood was forty days 
upon the earth: and the waters in- 
creased, and bare up the ark, and it was 
lift up above the earth. 

18. And the waters prevailed, and 
were increased greatly upon the earth : 
and the ark went upon the face of the 
waters. 

19. And the waters prevailed exceed- 
ingly upon the earth ; and all the high 
hills that were u/fder the whole heaven 
were covered. 

20. Fifteen qubits upward did the 
waters prevail: and the mountains 
were covered. 

Note. 
What a mystery in the cross of Christ, 



The Spirit 

Matt. v. 17. Think not that I am 
come to destroy the law, or the pro- 
phets ; I am not come to destroy, but 
to fulfil. 

18. For verily, I say unto you, Till 
heaven and earth pass, one jot or one 
tittle shall in no wise pass from the 
law till all be fulfilled. 

Is a xlii. 21. The Lord is well 
pleased for his righteousness' sake, he 
will magnify the law, and make it ho- 
norable. 

John iii. 14. And as Moses lifted 
up the serpent in the wilderness, even 
so must the Son of man be lifted 
up: 

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even in the figurative representation of 
it ? That which was death to the world 
was life to the inmates of the ark ! The 
waters that overwhelmed and covered 
them forever, raised up and saved Noah 
and his household. The divine Ee- 
deemer could not sink; for the quick- 
ening power of the " Spirit of life" was 
in him, and bore him above the earth 
and the power of the curse. He could 
not be holden by death, either the death 
of the body or the second death, the 
"pains of hell." 

Had the ark been of human invention 
and human execution, it would have 
shared the fate of all that was upon the 
face of the earth. Had Noah in all this 
transaction been carrying out his own 
devices, he and they would have pe- 
rished together. But the ark was of 
divine origin ; it was the work of God ; 
and Noah was the type of him who is 
himself "the resurrection aad the life ;" 
who, though put to death in the flesh, 
is alive and lives forevermore ! It was 
through the eternal Spirit that he of- 
fered himself without spot unto God. 

The waters prevailed fifteen cubits 
above the mountains ! in vain, therefore, 
was salvation hoped for from the hills. 
And, again, had this accumulated mass 
of waters rested upon a mortal tene- 
ment, a fabric of human invention, it 
would have crushed it to atoms, as all 
that upon the earth was crushed. But 
behold the solution of that divine mys- 
tery contained in the 10th verse of Isa. 
41st chapter. The depths of the sea 
were made a way for the ransomed to 
pass over ! the accumulated mass of his 
people's sins, laid upon the head of the 
great sacrifice, was the way for their re- 
demption ! 



The Letter. 

21. And all flesh died that moved 
upon the earth, both of fowl, and of 
cattle, and of beast, and of every creep- 
ing thing that creepeth upon the earth, 
and every man : 

22. All in whose nostrils was the 



should not perish, but have eternal 
life. 

xii. 32. And I, if I be lifted up 
from the earth, will draw all men unto 
me. 

33. (This he said, signifying what 
death he should die.) 

Gal. iii. 10. For as many as are of 
the works of the law, are under the 
curse : for it is written, Cursed is every 
one that continueth not in all things 
winch are written in the book of the 
law to do them. 

11. But that no man is justified by 
the law in the sight of God, it is 
evident : for, The just shall live by 
faith. 

12. And the law is not of faith : but, 
The man that doeth them shall live in 
them. 

13. Christ hath redeemed us from 
the curse of the law, being made a 
curse for us : for it is written, Cursed 
is every one that hangeth on a 
tree. 

Jonah ii. 5. The waters compassed 
me about, even to the soul : the depth 
closed me round about, the weeds were 
wrapped about my head. 

6. I went down to the bottoms of 
the mountains ; the earth with her bars 
ivas about me for ever : yet hast thou 
brought me up my life from corruption, 
O Lord my God. 

Isa. Ii. 10. Art thou not it which 
hath dried the sea, the waters of the 
great deep ; that hath made the depths 
of the sea a way for the ransomed to 
pass over? 



The Spirit. 

Rev. vi. 14. And the heaven de- 
parted as a scroll when it is rolled to- 
gether ; and every mountain and island 
were moved out of then places. 

15. And the kings of the earth, and 
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breath of life, of all that was on the dry 
land, died. 

23. And every living substance was 
destroyed which was upon the face of 
the ground, both man, and cattle, and 
the creeping things, and the fowl of the 
heaven ; and they were destroyed from 
the earth ; and Noah only remained 
alive, and they that were with him in the 
ark. 

24. And the waters prevailed upon 
the earth a hundred and fifty clays. 

Note. 
Nothing can be more significant than 
this figure of the great and vital truth, 
that all out of Christ will perish ! Not 
only sinners of mankind, but principali- 
ties, and powers, and spiritual wicked- 
ness in high places, will be judged and 
utterly spoiled in the death of the cross. 
It was the appointed way to bruise the 
serpent's head ; to destroy him that had 
the power of death ; for till he was 
taken out of the way the ransomed could 
not be delivered from the bonds of death 
and the grave. The serpent had fed 
upon the dust of the saints, till it was 
purchased and ransomed from his hand 
and power; and though it waits for 
" the adoption even the redemption of the 
body" yet this is also made sure by the 
triumph of the cross ! 

The days of long suffering to the old 
world had been a hundred and twenty 
years ; the waters prevailed upon the 
earth a hundred and fifty days before 
they began to abate. 



the chief captains, and the mighty men, 
and every bond-man, and every free- 
man, hid themselves in the dens and in 
the rocks of the mountains ; 

16. And said to the mountains and 
rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the 
face of him that sitteth on the throne, 
and from the wrath of the Lamb : 

17. For the great day of his wrath is 
come ; and who shall be able to stand ? 

xx. 15. And whosoever was not 
found written in the book of life was 
cast into the lake of fire. 

Zech. ix. 7. Awake, O sword, 
against my Shepherd, and against the 
\ man that is my fellow, saith the Lord 
j of hosts : smite the Shepherd, and the 
I sheep shall be scattered : and I will turn 
i mine hand upon the little ones. 

8. And it shall come to pass, that in 
! all the land, saith the Lord, tw T o parts 
\ therein shall be cut off and die : but the 
! third shall be left therein. 

John xvii. 12. * * Those whom 
i thou hast given me I have kept, and 
' none of them is lost but the son of 
' perdition. 

Col. ii. 15. And having spoiled 
! principalities and powers, he made a 
show of them openly, triumphing over 
them in it. 

Acts iv. 1 2. Neither is there salva- 
tion in any other : for there is none 
other name under heaven given among 
men, whereby we must be saved. 

Heb. x. 28. He that despised Mo- 
ses' law, died without mercy under two 
or three witnesses. 

29. Of how much sorer punishment, 
suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, 
who hath trodden under foot the Son 
of God, and hath counted the blood of 
the covenant, wherewith he was sanc- 
tified, an unholy thing, and hath done 
despite unto the Spirit of grace I 



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CHAPTER VII. 



The Letter. 

1. And God remembered Noah, and 
every living thing-, and all the cattle 
that was with him in .the ark : and God 
made a wind to pass over the earth, 
and the waters assuaged : 

2. The fountains also of the deep, 
and the windows of heaven were 
stopped, and the rain from heaven was ' 
restrained ; 

3. And the waters returned from off! 
the earth continually : and after the end 
of the hundred and fifty days the wa 
ters were abated. 

Note. 
" It was because God remembered Noah 
and the living things in the ark, that the ; 
flood of great waters was restrained. 

Much more is it for the righteousness' 
sake of his well beloved Son, that he i 
remembers his redeemed family and ! 
blesses them with the blessings of his 
grace ; and also that he restrains his in- 
dignation, that it burns not continually 
against the workers of iniquity. 

When the antitypical Noah entered 
the ark to endure the flood of waters, 
"God shut him in," there to remain a 
prisoner of justice until all was accora- ! 
plished and the entire debt discharged, | 
for which he had become the surety of 
the covenant. When, therefore, this j 
had been done, it was but an act of jus- 
tice to his Well Beloved, that the Father 
should remember the pledge which he j 
had given : " thou wilt not leave my 
soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy 
Holy One to see corruption." 

As the Son of God, Jesus had power 
to lay down his life, and power to take 
it again ; but this was not the divine 
arrangement. The Father was to bear 
witness of him, by the resurrection of the 
dead, by which he was declared to be 
the Son of God with power. 



The Spirit. 

Acts ii. 23. Him, being delivered 
by the determinate counsel and fore- 
knowledge of God, ye have taken, and 
by wicked hands have crucified and 
slain : 

24. Whom God hath raised up, ha- 
ving loosed the pains of death : because 
it was not possible that he should be 
holden of it. 

25. For David speaketh concerning 
him, I foresaw the Lord always before 
my face ; for he is on my right hand, 
that I should not be moved : 

26. Therefore did my heart rejoice, 
and my tongue was glad; moreover, 
also, my flesh shall rest in hope : 

27. Because thou wilt not leave my 
soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy 
Holy One to see corruption. 

30. Therefore being a prophet, and 
knowing that God had sworn with an 
oath to him, that of the fruit of his 
loins, according to the flesh, he would 
raise up Christ to sit on his throne. 

31. He seeing this before, spake of 
the resurrection of Christ, that his soul 
was not left in hell, neither his flesh 
did see corruption. 

32. This Jesus hath God raised up, 
whereof we all are witnesses. 

36. Therefore let all the house of 
Israel know assuredly, that God hath 
made that same Jesus whom ye have 
crucified, both Lord and Christ. 

Isa. xliii. 1. But now thus saith the 
Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and 
he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear 
not : for I have redeemed thee, I have 
called thee by thy name : thou art mine. 

2. When thou passest through the 
waters, I will be with thee ; and through 
the rivers, they shall not overflow thee : 
when thou walkest through the fire, 
thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall 
the flame kindle upon thee. 



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The Letter. 

4. And the ark rested in the seventh 
month, on the seventeenth day of the 
month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 

5. And the waters decreased continu- 
ally, until the tenth month : in the tenth 
month, on the first day of the month, 
were the tops of the mountains seen. 

Note. 
When Jesus had finished the work of 
redemption he entered into his rest. 
All had been accomplished, and it was 
all " very good" by the testimony of him 
who had chosen and appointed him to 
do his will. Of this rest he had spoken 
when he said, "My Father worketh 
hitherto, and I work." Or, in other 
words, my Father worketh till his work 
was finished and he rested, or ceased ; 
and I also must work until my work is 
finished. It was in the seventh month 
that the ark rested; and so, also, had 
Jesus for six thousand ages or eras of the 
great work of redemption, wrought out 
its various parts, and appointed its dif- 
ferent affairs, and then upon the seventh 
he entered into rest. This points us to 
the true Sabbath, or gospel rest, into 
which the redeemed of the Lord enter 
by faith, and "cease from their own 
works as God did from his." This Sab- 
bath has no end ; its sun goes down no 
inore; it is one eternal day without 
night! Let the redeemed then beware 
how they pollute the Lord's Sabbath by 
their own useless and carnal deeds of 
self-justification. They are " saved in 
the Lord with an everlasting salvation ;" 
even as Noah's household rested with 
him. 



The Letter. 

6. And it came to pass at the end of 
forty days, that Noah opened the win- 
dow of the ark which he had made : 



The Spirit. 

Heb. x. 12. But this man, after he 
had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever 
sat down on the right hand of God : 

13. From henceforth expecting till 
his enemies be made his foot-stool. 

14. For by one offering he hath per- 
fected for ever them that are sanctified. 

iv. 3. For we which have believed 
do enter into rest, as he said, As I have 
sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter 
into my rest : although the works were 
finished from the foundation of the 
world. 

4. For he spake in a certain place of 
the seventh day on this wise, and God 
did rest the seventh day from all his 
works. 

5. And in this place again, if they 
shall enter into my rest. 

10. For he that is entered into his 
rest, he also hath ceased from his own 
works, as God did from his. 

Acts iv. 30. The God of our fa- 
thers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew 
and hanged on a tree : 

31. Him hath God exalted with his 
right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, 
for to give repentance to Israel, and 
forgiveness of sins. 

Isa. ii. 2. And it shall come to pass 
in the last days, that the mountain of 
the Lord's house shall be established 
in the top of the mountains, and shall 
be exalted above the hills ; and all na- 
tions shall flow unto it. 

3. And many people shall go and 
say, Come ye, and let us go up to the 
mountain of the Lord, to the house of 
the God of Jacob; and he will teach 
us of his ways, and we will walk in 
his paths: for out of Zion shall go 
forth the law, and the word of the 
Lord from Jerusalem. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. cxviii. 19. Open to me the gates 
of righteousness : I will go into them 
and I will praise the Lord. 



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7. And he sent forth a raven, which 
went forth to and fro, until the waters 
were dried up from off the earth. 

8. Also he sent forth a dove from 
him, to see if the waters were abated 
from off the face of the ground. 

Note. 

Noah did not wait for his coming out 
of the ark to ascertain if the waters were 
dried, but sent forth a raven and a dove, 
to prove the state of things upon the 
earth. In like manner Jesus did not 
wait for the final accomplishment of his 
great wfcrk, the actual sacrifice of him- 
self for the sins of his people, before he 
was permitted to prove and see the be- 
nefits which were to result from it to 
the earth. 

The raven and the dove had both en- 
tered the ark with Noah, and now he 
uses both in making the test which he 
desired. So also both the spirit of evil, 
the spirit of antichrist, and the spirit of 
truth, the law of the spirit of life, had 
been in the world from the beginning. 
The spirit of evil had brought forth fruit 
unto death, and the wages had been 
reaped, at least typically; and would 
be fully realized in the last day. The 
spirit of truth had also brought forth 
fruit unto life ; it had never been with- 
out witness in the earth; it was the 
Spirit which preached in Noah to 
" those who were sometimes disobedi- 
ent." For " the gospel must be preached 
to those who are dead," that they also, 
as well as those that were alive when 
Jesus was manifest in the flesh, may be 
judged by it; and that the same effect 
might be wrought by both its quicken- 
ing and its condemning power. 



20. This gate of the Lord, into which 
the righteous shall enter. 

21. I will praise thee : for thou hast 
heard me, and art become my salvation. 

22. The stone which the builders re- 
fused is become the head stone of the 
corner. 

23. This is the Lord's doing; it is 
marvellous in our eyes. 

24. This is the day which the Lord 
hath made, we will rejoice and be glad 
in it. 

25. Save now, I beseech thee, O 
Lord : O Lord, I beseech thee, send 
now prosperity. 

26. Blessed be he that cometh in the 
name of the Lord; we have blessed 
you out of the house of the Lord. 

cxxxii. 8. Arise, O Lord, into thy 
rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. 

9. Let thy priests be clothed with 
righteousness ; and let thy saints shout 
for joy. 

13. For' the Lord hath chosen Zion; 
he hath desired it for his habitation. 

14. This is my rest for ever: here 
will I dwell ; for I have desired it. 

1 John iv. 1. Beloved, believe not 
every spirit, but try the spirits whether 
they are of God : because many false 
prophets are gone out into the world. 

2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of 
God : Every spirit that confessed that 
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of 
God. 

3. And every spirit that confesseth 
not that Jesus Christ is come in the 
flesh, is not of God. And this is that 
spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have 
heard that it should come ; and even 
now already is it in the world. 

19. They went out from us, but they 
were not of us ; for if they had been' of 
us, they would no doubt have continued 
with us : but they went out, that they 
might be made manifest that they were 
not all of us. 



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The Letter. 

9. But the dove found no rest for the 
sole of her foot, and she returned unto 
him into the ark ; for the waters were 
oh the face of the whole earth. Then 
he put forth his hand, and took her, 
and pulled her in unto him into the 
ark. 

10. And he stayed yet other seven 
days, and again he sent forth the dove 
out of the ark ; 

11. And the dove came in to him in 
the evening, and lo, in her mouth was 
an olive-leaf plucked off. So Noah 
knew that the waters were abated from 
off the earth. 

Kote. 

There was no dwelling place, or rest 
for the Holy Spirit upon earth, while 
the curse was upon it, and the waters of 
sin were not removed. He was a so- 
journer and stranger in it, as were Abra- 
ham and Isaac in the promised land; 
but Jacob finally took up his abode 
in that same land. The Spirit is the 
glorifier of Jesus, and his office is to tes- 
tify of him ; therefore where Jesus is not 
received, and so long as his blood is not 
applied to take away sin, the heavenly 
dove returns to the Prince of Peace. 

But the olive-leaf at length is brought 
in; the testimony of peace on earth and 
good will to men. It is said of Jesus in 
his mediatorial office : " He shall not 
fail nor be discouraged till he have set 
judgment in the earth." 

It may be well here to correct an er- 
roneous construction which is put upon 
the passage in 1 Pet., where he speaks 
of Christ's preaching to the spirits in 
prison, which is pressed into the service 
of a universal salvation, or a deliverance 
from the prison of hell. We have alrea- 
dy described the meaning and design of 
this passage in Pet., and also the manner 
in which the Spirit of Christ testified to 
the old world : we would only add, that 
from this part of the figure, which* speaks 
of the sending out the Spirit from the 
ark, it is very evident that Spirit did 
not quicken or make alive and bring to 



The Spirit. 

John xv. 18. If the world hate you, 
ye know that it hated me before it 
hated you. 

19. If ye were of the world, the 
world would love his own : but be- 
cause ye are not of the world, but I 
have chosen you out of the world, 
therefore the world hateth you. 

20. Remember the word that I said 
unto you, The servant is not greater 
than his lord. If they have persecuted 
me, they will also persecute * you : if 
they have kept my saying, they will 
keep yours also. 

21. But all these things will they do 
unto you for my name's sake, because 
they know not him that sent me. 

22. If I had not come and spoken 
unto them, they had not had sin : but 
now they have no cloak for their sin. 

'23. He that hateth me, hateth my 
Father also. 

xvii. 25. O righteous Father, the 
world hath not known thee : but I 
have known thee, and these have known 
that thou hast sent me. 

26. And I have declared unto them 
thy name, and will declare it : that the 
love wherewith thou hast loved me, 
may be in them, and I in them. 

Luke ii. 14. Glory to God in the 
highest, and on earth peace, good will 
toward men. 

Is a. xxxii. 14. Because the palaces 
shall be forsaken ; the multitude of the 
city shall be left ; the forts and towers 
shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild 
asses, a pasture of flocks ; 

15. Until the Spirit be poured upon 
us from on high, and the wilderness be 
a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be 
counted for a forest. 

16. Then judgment shall dwell in 
the wilderness, and righteousness re- 
main in the fruitful field. 

17. And the work of righteousness 
shall be peace ; and the effect of right- 
eousness, quietness and assurance for 
ever. 

18. And my people shall dwell in a 



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the ark, or even to their former state, any 
of those who had perished in the flood! 



The Letter. 

12. And he stayed yet other seven 
days, and sent forth the dove ; which 
returned not again unto hirrFany more. 

Note. 

All the great events of the work of the 
redemption of Christ are measured by 
sevens. This number implies the com- 
pleteness of it — the beginning and the 
end : the work itself and the rest which 
followed. 

This last sending forth of the dove re- 
presents what Jesus calls " the promise 
of the Father" — the gift of the Spirit to 
abide with the church for ever ; to dwell 
with them and be in them, as a sancti- 
fier and comforter ; to take of the things 
of Jesus and show them to his people, 
thus leading them into all truth. 

He is also to convince, or reprove, of 
6in, of righteousness, and of judgment. 
He first opens the eyes of the sinner to 
his guilt and danger, then leads him to 
understand and receive the righteous- 
ness of God which is by faith ; and last- 
ly, to triumph over all enemies in the 
victory of the great Captain of salva- 
tion. 

The promise of the Father was not 
actually given until after the resurrec- 
tion, or the coming forth from the dead, 
nor even until the day of Pentecost; 
but the order of the event is of no con- 
sequence, so long as the great principle 
is recognised, that it is sent or given as 
the fruit of the atonement, and as a 
sealing testimony of its acceptance as a 
full and complete satisfaction. 



peaceable habitation, and in sure dwell- 
ings, and in quiet resting-places. 



The Spirit. 

John xiv. 15. If ye love me, keep my 
commandments : 

1 6. And I will pray the Father, and 
he shall give you another Comforter, 
that he may abide with you for 
ever ; 

17. Even the Spirit of truth; whom 
the world cannot receive, because it 
seeth him. not, neither knoweth him: 
but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with 
you, and shall be in you. 

Luke xxiv. 47. And that repentance 
and remission of sins should be preach- 
ed in his name among all nations, be- 
ginning at Jerusalem. 

48. And ye are witnesses of these 
things. 

49. And, behold, I send the promise 
of my Father upon you : but tarry ye 
in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be en- 
dued with power from on high. 

Ps. lxviii. 18. Thou hast ascended 
on high, thou hast led captivity captive. 
thou hast received gifts for men, even 
the rebellious, also that the Lord God 
might dwell among them. 

Rom. viii. 9. But ye are not in the 
flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the 
Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if 
any man have not the Spirit of Christ, 
he is none of his. 

10. And if Christ be in you, the body 
is dead because of sin : but the Spirit 
is life because of righteousness. 

1 1 . But if the Spirit of him that raised 
up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, 
he that raised up Christ from the dead 
shall also quicken your mortal bodies 
by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 

12. Therefore, brethren, we are 
debtors, not to the flesh, to live after 
the flesh. 

John xvi. 13. Howbeit, when he, 
the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide 
you into all truth : for he shall not speak 
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The Letter. 

13. And it came to pass in the 
six hundredth and first year, in the 
first month, the first day of the month, 
the waters were dried up from off the 
earth ; and Noah removed the covering 
of the ark, and looked, and behold, the 
face of the ground was dry. 

14. And in the second month, on the 
seven and twentieth day of the month, 
was the earth dried. 

Kote. 

The first heaven and the first earth 
nad typically passed away, and the in- 
mates of the ark are called to behold a 
new heaven and a new earth. 

The condemnation of the first testa 
ment had been removed, and the new 
testament, sealed and sanctified by the 
blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without 
blemish, brings in a better hope, estab- 
lished upon better promises. 

The removal of the veil of unbelief 
which had so long covered the people, 
and kept them in gross darkness, was 
the first evidence given to Zion that the 
ransom price of her deliverer had been 
accepted in her bthalf : and that the re- 
buke of his people was taken away. 
These new-covenant blessings were all 
the result of the gift of Christ; for in 
Christ Jesus the church are blessed with 
all spiritual blessings. " He who with- 
held not his own Son, but freely gave 
him up for us all, how will he not with 
him freely give us ail things ?" 

It was in the fulness of time that God 
«ent his Son into the world as the mes- 
senger of the covenant; yet does he 
keep in his own hands " the times and 
seasons" of his manifestations; onlygiv 
ing it to be understood that they are al- 
ways when least expected; and often in 
the darkest hour, when his church is 
saying. "The Lord hath forgotten me; 
my God hath forsaken me." 



hear, that shall he speak : and he will 
show you things to come. 



The Spirit. 

Rom. viii. 1. There is, therefore, 
now no condemnation to them which 
are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after 
the flesh, but after the Spirit. 

2. For the law of the Spirit of life in 
Christ Jesus hath made me free from 
the law of sin and death. 

Rev. xxii. 3. And there shall be no 
more curse : but the throne of God and 
of the Lamb shall be in it ; and his ser- 
vants shall serve him : 

4. And they shall see his face ; and 
his name shall be in their foreheads. 

5. And there shall be no night there ; 
and they ne#d no candle, neither light of 
the sun ; for the Lord God giveth them 
light : and they shall reign for ever and 
ever. 

6. And he said unto me, These say- 
ings are faithful and true. And the 
Lord God of the holy prophets sent 
his angel to show unto his servants 
the things which must shortly be 
done. 

xxi. 1 . And I saw a new heaven and 
a new earth; for the first heaven and 
the first earth were passed away ; and 
there was no more sea. 

2. And I, John, saw the holy city, 
New Jerusalem, coining down from God 
out of heaven, prepared as a bride 
adorned for her husband. 

Isa. xxv. 6. And in this mountain 
shall the Lord of hosts make unto all 
people a feast of fat things, a feast of 
wines on the lees ; of fat things full of 
marrow, of wines on the lees well re- 
fined. 

7. And he will destroy in this moun- 
tain the face of the covering cast over 
all people, and the veil thai is spread 
over all nations. 

8. He will swallow up death in vic- 
tory; and the Lord God will wipe 
away tears from off all faces; ajtd the 



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The Letter. 

15. And God spake unto Noah, say- 
ing, 

16. Go forth of the ark, thou, and 
thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' 
wives with thee. 

17. Bring forth with thee every living 
thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both 
of fowl, and of cattle, and of every 
creeping thing that creepeth upon the 
earth ; that they may breed abundantly 
in the earth, and be fruitful, and multi- 
ply upon the earth. 

18. And Noah went forth, and his 
sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives 
with him. 

1 9. Every beast, every creeping thing, 
and every fowl, and whatsoever creep- 
eth upon the earth, after their kinds, 
went forth out of the ark. 

Note. 

The witness of the Spirit having been 
given to testify to the fact that Jesus 
had taken away sin by the sacrifice of 
himself; that he had borne the curse in 
his own body, and made reconciliation 
for iniquity; that the debt for which 
he had become surety, had been paid, 
even to the uttermost farthing; the pri- 
son doors are opened and the prisoner 
set at liberty. 

If any one objects to the fact that the 
ark is thus made to have a double mean- 
ing; that it is first represented as the 
covenant of grace, and then the prison of 
the tomb, we would call their attention 
to the fact, that all contracts hold the 
contracting parties as legally bound un- 
til the conditions or stipulations are ful- 
filled. Jesus was bound by his covenant 
oath to do all that he had promised in 
the covenant; till done, the covenant 
itself held him, as debtor or prisoner : 
but as soon as all was fulfilled on his 



rebuke of his people shall be taken 
away from off all the earth: for the 
Lord hath spoken it. 



The Spirit. 

1 Cor. xv. 20. But now is Christ 
risen from the dead, and become the 
first-fruits of them that slept. 

21. For since by man came death, 
by man came also the resurrection of 
the dead. 

22. For as in Adam all die, even so 
in Christ shall all be made alive. 

23. But every man in his own order: 
Christ the* first-fruits; afterward they 
that are Christ's at his coming. 

Acts ii. 31. He, seeing this be- 
fore, spake of the resurrection of 
Christ, that his soul was not left in 
hell, neither his flesh did see corrup- 
tion. 

32. This Jesus hath God raised up, 
whereof we all are witnesses. 

1 Thess. iv. 14. For if we believe 
that Jesus died and rose again, even so 
them also which sleep in Jesus will God 
bring with him. 

John xi. 25. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, The hour is coming, and 
now is, when the dead shall hear the 
voice of the Son of God : and they that 
hear shall live. 

26. For as the Father hath life in 
himself, so hath he given to the Son to 
have life in himself; 

27. And hath given him authority to 
execute judgment also, because he is 
the Son of man. 

28. Marvel not at this : for the hour 
is coming, in the which all that are in 
the graves shall hear his voice, 

29. And shall come forth; they that 
have done good unto the resurrection 
of life ; and they that have done evil 
unto the resurrection of damnation. 

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part, the Father -was equally bound by- 
oath to set him at liberty. 

In this coming forth from the ark 
there are two things intimated: the 
first resurrection, or that of Christ and 
those that are Christ's at his coming; 
and also the resurrection of the " unjust" 
to be judged in the last day. 



The Letter. 

20. And Noah builded an altar unto 
the Lord, and took of every clean 
beast, and of every clean fowl, and of- 
fered burnt-offerings on the altar. 

21. And the Lord smelled a sweet 
savor ; and the Lord said in his heart, 
I will not again curse the ground any 
more for man's sake ; for the imagina- 
tion of man's heart is evil from his 
youth : neither will I again smite any 
more everything living, as I have 
done. 

22. While the earth remaineth, seed- 
time and harvest, and cold and heat, 
and summer and winter, and day and 
night, shall not cease. 

Note. 

There yet remains one important part 
of the work of redemption to be brought 
to view. We have seen in the flood of 
great waters, an exhibition of the suffer- 
ings of Christ, in giving "his soul an of- 
fering for sin." But the new testament 
can only be sealed with the blood of the 
testator. This part of the figure of the 
atoning sacrifice could not be presented 
by the one type of the ark. 

In the burnt offering made by Noah 
ia presented this vital and all-important 
part of the atonement. Even under the 
first testament, the patterns of things in 
the heavens were purified with blood ; 
much more must the heavenly things 
themselves be sanctified with better sa- 



be a resurrection of the dead, both of 
the just and unjust. 

Phil. iii. 9. And be found in him, 
not having mine own righteousness, 
which is of the law, but that which is 
through the faith of Christ, the righte- 
ousness which is of God by faith : 

10. That I may know him, and the 
power of his resurrection, and the fel- 
lowship of his sufferings, being made 
conformable unto his death ; 

11. If by any means I might attain 
unto the resurrection of the dead. 



The Spirit. 

Heb. ix. 7. In whom we have re- 
demption through his blood, the for- 
giveness of sins, according to the riches 
of his grace ; 

22. And almost all things are by the 
law purged with blood; and without 
shedding of blood is no remission. 

23. It was therefore necessary that 
the patterns of things in the heavens 
should be purified with these ; but the 
heavenly things themselves with better 
sacrifices than these. 

13. For if the blood of bulls and of 
goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprink- 
ling the unclean, sanctifieth to the pu- 
rifying of the flesh : 

14. How much more shall the blood 
of Christ, who through the eternal Spi- 
rit offered himself without spot to God, 
purge your conscience from dead works 
to serve the living God. 

Eph. v. 2. * * As Christ also hath 
loved us and given himself for us, an 
offering and a sacrifice to God of a 
sweet-smelling savor. 

Lev. xvii. 11. For the life of the 
flesh is in the blood ; and I have given 
it to you upon the altar, to make an 
atonement for your souls ; for it is the 
blood that maketh an atonement for the 
soul. 

Isa. Hv. 9. For this is as the waters 
of Noah unto me : for as I have sworn 



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orifices and better blood. Under the 
law, blood was given upon the altar to 
make atonement for the soul ; hence the 
law, " Thou shalt not eat the flesh with 
the life thereof which is the blood 
thereof." ■ 

When God smelled the sweet savor 
of this sacrifice, he said in his heart, I 
will no more curse the ground for man's 
sake. And after giving this strong ex- 
pression of his divine satisfaction in this 
blood of atonement, he pronounces the 
blessing which was to be its reward. 
In the changes of seasons upon the earth, 
in their order and duration, he pledges 
the future prosperity and fruitfulness of 
his vineyard, the Garden which his own 
hand would plant. 



The Letter. 

1. And God blessed Noah and his 
sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, 
and multiply, and replenish the earth. 

2. And the fear of you, and the 
dread of you, shall be upon every beast 
of the earth, and upon every fowl of 
the air, upon all that moveth upon the 
earth, and upon all the fishes of the 
sea ; into your hand are they deli- 
vered. 

Note. 

This language is similar to that used 
by God to Adam, and is appropriate to 
all the various types of Christ and the 
church. They have a united dominion, 
and their vocation is to be fruitful in the 
earth. All nations shall serve them ; 
and even principalities and powers, and 
the rulers of the darkness of this world 
shall be in subjection to them, and be 
made to subserve their welfare. 

The Father has promised that Jesus 
should see his seed — the travail of his 
soul, and be satisfied; and now that the 
curse is removed from the earth, the 
waters of the sea, in their blighting pro- 
perties, removed from the vineyard of 
the Lord, it will become like a well-iva- 
tered garden. The wilderness and the 



that the waters of Noah should no 
more go over the earth; so have I 
sworn that I would not be wroth with 
thee, nor rebuke thee. 

10. For the mountains shall depart, 
and the hills be removed ; but my kind- 
ness shall not depart from thee, neither 
shall the covenant of my peace be re- 
moved, saith the Lord that hath mercy 
on thee. 

Jer. xxxiii. 20. Thus saith the 
Lord ; If ye can break my covenant of 
the day, and my covenant of the night, 
and that there should not be day and 
night in their season ; 

21. Then may also my covenant be 
broken with David my servant, that he 
should not have a son to reign upon his 
throne; and with the Levites the 
priests, my ministers. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. xxxii. 1. Blessed is he whose 
transgression is forgiven, whose sin is 
covered. 

2. Blessed is the man unto whom 
the Lord im^uteth not iniquity, and in 
whose spirit there is no guile. 

xxvii. 6. He shall cause them that 
come of Jacob to take root : Israel shall 
blossom and bud, and fill the face of 
the world with fruit. 

Jer. xxxiii. 9. And it shall be to 
me a name of joy, a praise, and an ho- 
nor, before all the nations of the earth, 
which shall hear all the good that I do 
unto them: and they shall fear and 
tremble for all the goodness and for all 
the prosperity that I procure unto it. 

xxx. 19. And out of them shall pro- 
ceed thanksgiving and the voice of them 
that make merry : and I will multiply 
them, and they shall not be few : I will 
also glorify them, and they shall not be 
small. 

Dan. vii. 12. As concerning the 
rest of the beasts, they had their domi- 
nion taken away ; yet their lives were 
prolonged for a season and time. 



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solitary place will be glad for them, and 
the desert will rejoice and blossom as 
the rose. 

The great increase and prosperity of 
Zion which followed the death of Christ 
is always a conspicuous part of every 
typical representation of his kingdom. 
It was the reward of his sufferings ; the 
joy that was set before him, in enduring 
the cross and despising the shame. 



The Letter. 

3. Every moving thing that liveth 
shall be meat for you; even as the 
green herb have I given you all things : 

4. But flesh with the life thereof 
which is the blood thereof, shall ye not 
eat. 

N0TK. 

The mortal body of man is compared 
with the green herb ; all flesh is grass, 
and all the goodliness thereof as the flow- 
er of the field; "the grass withereth 
and the flower fadeth, but the word of 
the Lord shall abide for ever." Both 
the flesh and its similitude, the grass of 
the field, are of % the earth, have their 
origin in the dust and unto dust will 
they return. 

But man is composed of two natures, 
flesh and spirit, soul and body. Until 
now, no provision had been made for 
sustaining the immortal nature, but man 
had been fed only with the green berb, 
that which perishes and passes away. 
After the curse has been removed, he is 
told that flesh shall be given him for 
meat, together with the green herb. 
Only it should not be eaten with the 
blood thereof, which is the life thereof. 

This last divine appointment typi- 
cally represents the same truth which 
Jesus taught in the 6th chapter of John ; 



13. I saw in the night visions, and 
behold, one like the Son of man came 
with the clouds of heaven, and came to 
the Ancient of days, and they brought 
him near before him. 

14. And there was given him domi- 
nion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all 
people, nations, and languages, should 
serve him : his dominion is an everlast- 
ing dominion, which shall not pass 
away, and his kingdom, that which shall 
not be destroyed. 

27. And the kingdom and dominion, 
and the greatness of the kingdom under 
the whole heaven, shall be given to the 
people of the saints of the Most High, 
whose kingdom is an everlasting king- 
dom, and all dominions shall serve and 
obey him. 



The Spirit 

John vi. 51. I am the living bread 
which came down from heaven : if any 
man eat of this bread, he shall live for 
ever : and the bread that I will give is 
my flesh, which I will give for the life 
of the world. 

52. The Jews therefore strove among 
themselves, saying, How can this man 
give us his flesh to eat ? 

53. Then Jesus said unto them, Ve- 
rily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye 
eat the flesh of the Son of man, and 
drink his blood, ye have no life in 
you. 

54. Whoso eateth my flesh, and 
drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; 
and I will raise him up at the last day. 

55. For my flesh is meat indeed, and 
my blood is drink indeed. 

56. He that eateth my flesh, and 
drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and 
I in him. 

57. As the living Father hath sent 
me, and I live by the Father: so he 
that eateth me, even he shall live 
by me. 

58. This is that bread which came 
down from heaven : not as your fathers 
did eat manna, and are dead : he that 



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and also by the ordinance of the supper. 
That the spiritual or new nature of man 
is to be nourished and sustained by faith 
in the Son of God, in the atonement he 
has made, and the perfect righteousness 
he has wrought out. It also teaches 
that Jesus could not become meat or 
food for the soul of the believer until he 
had been made a sacrifice ; his blood 
must be shed and his body broken for 
them before it could be made their meat 
and their drink. Hence the recognizing, 
of this truth, or discernment by faith of 
the all-sufficiency of this sacrifice for sin, 
and the application of his blood to the 
conscience, is made the test of eating 
worthily or properly ; and if this is not 
done, — if the Lord's body is not discern- 
ed as sacrificed, then the person who eats 
of the bread and wine, or symbols of it, is 
guilty of the body and blood of Christ, 
according to the 17 th chapter of Lev. 



eateth of this bread shall live for 
ever. 

Lev. xvii. 1 1 . For the life of the flesh 
is in the blood : and I have given it to 
you upon the altar, to make an atone- 
ment for your souls : for it is the blood 
that maketh an atonement for the 
soul. 

12. Therefore I said unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, No soul of you shall eat 
blood, neither shall any stranger that 
sojourneth among you eat blood. 

Matt. xxvi. 26. And as they were 
eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed 
it, and brake it, and gave it to the dis- 
ciples, and said, Take, eat ; this is my 
body. 

27. And he took the cup and gave 
thanks, and gave it to them, saying, 
Drink ye all of it : 

28. For this is my blood of the new 
testament, which is shed for many for 
the remission of sins. 

29. But I say unto you, I will not 
drink henceforth of this fruit of the 
vine, until that day when I drink it new 
with you in my Father's kingdom. 



The Letter. 

5. And surely your blood of your 
lives will I require : at the hand of 
every beast will I require it, and at the 
hand of man; at the hand of every 
man's brother will I require the life of 

man. 

ISTote. 
By these words it appears that God 
commits the responsibility of shedding 
human blood into the hands of man, and 
the blood of the beast into the hand 
of the beast. The life of the soul or spi- 
ritual life is only sustained by the body 
and blood of Christ. It is first drawn or 
derived from this source after being 
taken away by the first murderer. It 
is also fed and nourished by it through 
faith. But this life and the preservation 
of it are wholly in the hands of Jesus 
himself; for since its destruction in the 
first Adam it has been committed to the 
second Adam, who is a "quickening spi- 



The Spirit. 

Num. xxxv. 11. Then ye shall ap- 
point you cities to be cities of refuge 
for you ; that the slayer may flee thi- 
ther, which killeth any person at una- 
wares. 

15. These six cities shall be a refuge, 
both for the children of Israel, and for 
the stranger, and for the sojourner 
among them : that every one that 
killeth any person unawares may flee 
thither. 

16. And if he smite him with an in- 
strument of iron, so that he die, he is a 
murderer ; the murderer shall surely be 
put to death. 

19. The revenger of blood himself 
shall slay the murderer ; when he meet- 
eth him, he shall slay him. 

20. But if he thrust him of hatred, or 
hurl at him by laying of wait, that he 
die ; 



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rit," and is " able to keep that which is 
committed to him ;" it is hid with him 
in God, and the " wicked one toucheth 
him not." 

But to man is committed the life of 
man, and of him will be . required his 
blood. In this subject and the distinc- 
tion here made, we see the difference 
between manslaughter and murder. 
Murder, in the Scripture sense, always 
has respect to the image of Christ in the 
soul ; the eternal life which is manifest 
in the soul of his people, by which they 
are renewed in his image. Therefore 
murder is in all cases aimed at this life 
and this image, and may be committed 
without shedding blood, as we see by the 
words, " he that hateth his brother is a 
murderer." It is hatred against the 
image of God in man ; and in the man 
Christ Jesus it was the sin against the 
Holy Ghost, which was in him without 
measure ; for he was the brightness of 
the Father's glory and the express image 
of his person. 



The Jjetter. 

6. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by 
man shall his blood be shed : for in the 
image of God made he man. 

Note. 
This short passage is replete with 
deep meaning. It combines a solemn 
divine decree with the prophetic annun- 
ciation of the incarnation of the Son of 
God, and the necessity of his becoming 
man, in order to be the " avenger of 
blood." It shows why the divine Re- 
deemer must be " made a little lower 
than the angels" for the suffering of 
death, "that through death he might 



21. Or in enmity smite him with his 
hand, that he die : he that smote him 
shall surely be put to death ; for he is 
a murderer : the revenger of blood 
shall slay the murderer, when he meet- 
eth him. 

25. And the congregation shall deli- 
ver the slayer out of the hand of the re- 
venger of blood, and the congregation 
shall restore him to the city of his re- 
fuge, whither he was fled : and he shall 
abide in it unto the death of the high 
priest, which was anointed with the 
holy oil. 

38. Ye have heard that it hath been 
said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for 
a tooth : 

39. But I say unto you, That ye re- 
sist not evil : but whosoever shall smite 
thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the 
other also. 

43. Ye have heard that it hath been 
said, thou shalt love thy neighbor, and 
hate thine enemy : 

44. But I say unto you, Love your 
enemies, bless them that curse you, do 
good to them that hate you, and pray 
for them which despitefully use you, 
and persecute you : 

45. That ye may be the children of 
your Father which is in heaven : for 
he maketh his sun to rise on the evil 
and on the good, and sendeth rain on 
the just and on the unjust. 



The Spirit. 

1 John iii. 15. Whosoever hateth 
his brother, is a murderer ; and ye know 
that no murderer hath eternal life abi- 
ding in him. 

Num. xxxv. 31. Moreover, ye shall 
take no satisfaction for the life of a 
murderer, which is guilty of death ; but 
he shall be surely put to death, 

32. And ye shall take no satisfaction 
for him that is fled to the city of his 
refuge, that he should come again to 
dwell in the land, until the death of the 
priest. 

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destroy death, and him that had the 
power of death, that is the devil." 

Satan was the first murderer ; he had 
with one stroke levelled with the dust 
the whole human family. God had, in 
the beginning, set up Adam as " a figure 
of him that was to come ;" who is " the 
brightness of the Father's glory and the 
express image of his persoyi" This image 
Satan hated and resolved to destroy ; 
and for this deed he was cast down from 
his excellency, from his "first estate," 
and bound in chains of darkness to the 
judgment of the great day. Xo human 
arm could reach this Leviathan serpent ; 
none but " he who made him could make 
his sword approach unto him." There- 
fore did the man Christ Jesus become 
the avenger of blood. 

"When the Son of God was first typi- 
cally brought into the world, as the 
First Born of the Father and placed 
upon the throne as Heir of all things, and 
King of Zion ; it was in the garden of 
Eden and in the person of Adam, made 
in the image and likeness of God, yet 
also in the form of man. Satan, who 
hated this image, refused to render sub- 
mission to it, but plotted to destroy both 
the king and his subjects. 

Again, this typical representation was 
actually accomplished in the death of 
the " seed of the woman," when, in the 
fulness of time, this arch murderer was 
permitted to " bruise His heel" who, at 
the same time, bruised the head of this 
old serpent, the devil, destroying him 
and his works. 

Thus was also executed the sentence 
pronounced by God in this 6th verse of 
Gen. ix. 

In this subject, thus explained, we 
think may also be found the meaning of 
Christ in Matt, xii., where he describes 
the sin which can never be forgiven ei- 
ther in this world or the world to come. 

Many spoke against and acted against 
him as the Son of man, really thinking 
him to be nothing more, as witness Saul 
of Tarsus. But those who saw and hated 
in him the image and glory of God, and 
that Spirit with which he was anointed 
without measure, were guilty of murder 
in the scripture sense before they actu- 



wherein we are; for blood it defileth 
the land : and the land cannot be 
cleansed of the blood that is shed 
therein, but by the blood of him that 
shed it. 

Matt. xii. 31. Wherefore I say 
unto you, All manner of sin and blas- 
phemy shall be forgiven unto men : but 
the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 
shall not be forgiven unto men. 

32. And whosoever speaketh a word 
against the Son of man, it shall be for- 
given him: but whosoever speaketh 
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be 
forgiven him, neither in this world, nei- 
ther in the world to come. 

1 John iii. 20. If a man say, I love 
God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar. 
For he that loveth not his brother, 
whom he hath seen, how can he love 
God, whom he hath not seen ? 

10. In this the children of God are 
manifest, and the children of the devil : 
whosoever doeth not righteousness is 
not of God, neither he that loveth not 
his brother. 

13. Marvel not, my brethren, if the 
world hate you. 

14. We know that we have passed 
from death unto life, because we love 
the brethren. He that loveth not his 
brother, abideth in death. 

Heb. i. 3. Who being the bright- 
ness of Ms glory, and the express image 
of his person, and upholding all things 
by the word of his power, when he had 
by himself purged our sins, sat down 
on the right hand of the Majesty on 
high; 

4. Being made so much better than 
the angels, as he hath by inheritance 
obtained a more excellent name than 
they. 

5. For unto which of the angels said 
he at any time, Thou art my Son, this 
day have I begotten thee ? And again, 
I will be to him a Father, and he shall 
be to me a son ? 

6. And again, when he bringeth in 
the first begotten into the world, he 



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ally crucified him ; indeed we know- 
that some who were actors in putting 
him to death were saved by his blood, 
which could not have been had they 
partaken of the sin described. 

In both testaments, therefore, there is 
a sin for which no sati.sfaction shall be 
taken ; and in the light of this subject 
this sin is hatred to the Son of God, 
the man Christ Jesus, because he is "the 
brightness of the Father's glory and the 
express image of his person," 



saith, And let all the angels of God 
worship him. 

9. Thou hast loved righteousness, 
and hated iniquity ; therefore God, even 
thy God, hath anointed thee with the 
oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

ii. 5. For unto the angels hath he 
not put in subjection the world to come 
whereof we speak. 

6. But one in a certain place testi- 
fied, saying, What is man, that thou 
art mindful of him ? or the son of man, 
that thou visitest him ? 

7. Thou madest him a little lower 
than the angels ; thou crownedst him 
with glory and honor, and didst set him 
over the works of thy hands: 

8. Thou hast put all things in sub- 
jection under his feet. For in that he 
put all in subjection under him, he left 
nothing that is not put under him. But 
now we see not yet all things put un- 
der him, &c. 

Col. i. 15. Who is the image of 
the invisible God, the first-born of every 
creature. 



The Letter. 

7. And you, be ye fruitful, and mul- 
tiply; bring forth abundantly in the 
earth, and multiply therein. 

Note. 

The church derives all herfruitfulness 
from her new-covenant relation to Christ, 
her head and husband. 

In the 7th chapter of Eom. this senti- 
ment is presented. The church is exhi 
bited as first wedded to the law; but 
Jesus became her bondsman, and as- 
sumed her place under the curse of that 
covenant, and bore that curse in his own 
body, by which she became dead to the 
law, having in her surety suffered its 
penalty, so that it could have no further 
claim upon her, and she is free to be 
married to another, even to " him who is 
raised from the dead, that her fruit may 
be unto God." 4 

Again Jesus says, I am the vine, ye 
are the branches, abide in me and I in 
you. Ye cannot bear fruit of yourself 



The Spirit. 

Ps. Ixxii. 16. There shall be a hand- 
ful of corn in the earth upon the top of 
the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall 
shake like Lebanon : and they of the city 
shall flourish like grass of the earth. 

Jer. xxx. 19. And out of them shall 
proceed thanksgiving and the voice of 
them that make merry : and I will mul- 
tiply them, and they shall not be few: 
I will also glorify them, and they shall 
not be small. 

20. Their children also shall be as 
aforetime, and their congregation shall 
be established before me, and I will 
punish all that oppress them. 

21. And their nobles shall be of 
themselves, and their governor shall 
proceed from the midst of them ; and I 
will cause him to draw near, and he 
shall approach unto me : for who is this 
that engaged his heart to approach unto 
me ? saith the Lord. 



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except ye abide in the vine, (fee. So 
also the church as members of his body, 
having nourishment ministered and knit 
together, increaseth with the increase of 
God. 

In view of all the various figures 
which illustrate the vital union between 
Christ and his people, and their depend- 
ance upon him, through that union, for 
life ; well may he say, " I am the bread 
of life." "Except ye eat the flesh and 
drink the blood of the Son of man ye 
have no life in you." 



The Letter. 

8. And God spake unto Noah, and 
to his sons with him, saying, 

9. And I, behold, I establish my co- 
venant with you, and with your seed 
after you ; 

10. And with every living creature 
that is with you, of the fowl, of the 
cattle, and of every beast of the earth 
with you ; from all that go out of the 
ark, to every beast of the earth. 

1 1 . And I will establish my covenant 
with you : neither shall all flesh be cut 
off any more by the waters of a flood : 
neither shall there any more be a flood 
to destroy the earth. 

Xote. 

The covenant which God established 
with Xoah and his sons is absolute and 
unconditional; it is the covenant of 
promise and not of works; the new co- 
venant and not the old. 

Whenever this covenant is brought to 
view, under whatever typical relations, 
whether of Noah, of Abraham, Isaac, 
and Jacob, David, or of Israel them- 
selves, it is always spoken of as God's 
covenant. " I will establish my covenant 
with you," etc., to distinguish it from the 
law, or covenant of works. It is God's 
covenant because it recognises no o'.her 



22. And ye shall be my people, and 
I will be your God. 

Num. xxiii. 10. Who can count the 
dust of Jacob, and the number of the 
fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the 
death of the righteous, and let my last 
end be like his. 

Rev. vii. 9. After this I beheld, and 
lo, a great multitude, which no man 
could number, of all nations, and kin- 
dreds, and people, and tongues, stood 
before the throne, and before the Lamb, 
clothed with white robes, and palms in 
their hands; 

10. And cried with a loud voice, 
saying, Salvation to our God which 
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the 
Lamb. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lxxxix. 3. I have made a cove- 
nant with my chosen, I have sworn 
unto David my servant. 

4. Thy seed will I establish for ever, 
and build up thy throne to all genera- 
tions. Selah. 

5. And the heavens shall praise thy 
wonders, O Lord : thy faithfulness also 
in the congregation of the saints. 

2 Pet. iii. 5. Ye also, as lively 
stones, are built up a spiritual house, a 
holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual 
sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus 
Christ. 

6. Wherefore also it is conlained in 
the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a 
chief corner-stone, elect, precious : and 
he that believeth on him shall not be 
confounded. 

Isa. xliv. 3. For I will pour water 
upon him that is thirsty, and floods 
upon the dry ground ; I will pour my 
Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing 
upon thine offspring. 

4. And they shall spring up as 
among the grass, as willows by the wa- 
ter-courses. 

5. One shall say, I am the Lord's ; 
and another shall call himself by the 
name of Jacob ; and another shall sub- 



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party or condition but his own sove- 
reign will, and the persons of the God- 
head ; and is given to his people by 
promise. 

It is virtually a revelation of the 
"counsel of his own will," his purpose 
of grace in Christ Jesus. It is first de- 
clared in the case of Noah and his sons ; 
then to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, next 
to David, and lastly to the whole house 
of Israel. It is confirmed by oath, 
sanctified with the blood of Christ, and 
sealed with the name or pledge of the 
Three in One and One in Three. 

It is sometimes so expressed as to ap- 
pear as if this covenant was made with 
men, as in the case of Abraham and 
David. But this arises from the fact of 
these persons being types of Christ, and 
the Father speaks of them as identified 
with the Son. 



scribe with his" hand unto the Lord, 
and surname himself by the name of 
Israel. 

Jer. xxxiii. 31. Behold, the days 
come, saith the Lord, that I will make 
a new covenant with the house of Is- 
rael, and with the house of Judah : 

32. Not according to the covenant 
that I made with their fathers, in the 
day that I took them by the hand to 
brmg them out of the land of Egypt ; 
which my covenant they brake, although 
I was a husband unto them, saith the 
Lord: 

33. But this shall be the covenant 
that I will make with the house of Is- 
rael ; After those days, saith the Lord, 
I will put my law in their inward parts, 
and write it in their hearts ; and will 
be their God, and they shall be my 
people. 

34. And they shall teach no more 
every man his neighbor, and every man 
his brother, saying, Know the Lord: 
for they shall all know me, from the 
least of them unto the greatest of them, 
saith the Lord : for I will forgive their 
iniquity, and I will remember their sin 
no more. 

35. Thus saith the Lord, which gi- 
veth the sun for a light by day, and the 
ordinances of the moon and of the stars 
for a light by night, which divideth the 
sea when the waves thereof roar ; The 
Lord of hosts is his name : 

36. If those ordinances depart from 
before me, saith the Lord, then the seed 
of Israel also shall cease from being a 
nation before me for ever. 

37. Thus saith the Lord ; If heaven 
above can be measured, and the foun- 
dations of the earth searched out be- 
neath, I will also cast off all the seed of 
Israel for all that they have done, saith 
the Lord. 



The Letter. 

12. And God said, this is the token 
of the covenant which I make between 
me and you and every living creature 



The Spirit. 

Mark xvi. 15. And he said unto 
them, Go ye into all the world, and 
preach the gospel to every creature. 



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that is with you, for perpetual genera- 
tions. 

13. I do set my bow in the clouds, 
and it shall be for a token of a cove- 
nant between me and the earth. 

14. And it shall come to pass, when 
I bring 1 a cloud over the earth, that the 
bow shall be seen in the cloud : 

15. And I will remember my cove- 
nant which is between me and you, and 
every living creature of all flesh ; and 
the waters shall no more become a 
flood to destroy all flesh. 

16. And the bow shall be in the 
cloud ; and I will look upon it, that I 
may remember the everlasting cove- 
nant between God and every living 
creature of all flesh that is upon the 
earth. 

17. And God said unto Noah, This 
is the token of the covenant which I 
have established between me and all 
flesh that is upon the earth. 



Note. 
The new and everlasting covenant 
has now been typically reveakd or pro- 
mised and established with Noah and 
his sons, and of course with the earth, 
for these now constituted the whole of 
the nations, kindred, and tongues, out 
of which God would " take a people for 
his praise." This covenant has also 
been sanctified by the blood of the sa- 
crifice of sweet-smelling savor ; and 
now it is to be sealed and signed as a 
title-deed to the church, throughout all 
generations ; no document being valid 
unless the signature of the contracting 
parties is placed to it. 

For this reason, when Jesus sent the 
proclamation of the gospel to all na- 
tions, he appointed the ordinance of 
baptism, administered in the name of 
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, 
to be this seal or pledge of the triune 
Jehovah, that the new covenant was 
established for ever as the sun and as 
the moon, a "faithful witness in hea- 
ven." 

Here, then, is the bow in the cloud; 
the beauty and expressiveness of which 
are seen only by analyzing the figure. 



16. He that believe th and is bap- 
tized, shall be saved ; but he that be- 
lieveth not shall be damned. 

Matt, xxviii. 19. Go ye, therefore, 
and teach all nations, baptizing them 
in the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost ; 

20. Teaching them to observe all 
things whatsoever I have commanded 
you : and lo, I am with you always, 
even unto the end of the world. Amen. 

1 Pet. iii. 20. Which sometimes 
were disobedient, when once the long- 
suffering of God waited in the days of 
Noah, while the ark was a preparing, 
wherein few, that is, eight souls, were 
saved by water. 

21. The like figure where unto, even 
baptism, doth also now save us (not 
the putting away of the filth of the 
flesh, but the answer of a good con- 
science toward God), by the resurrec- 
tion of Jesus Christ : 

1 John v. 5. Who is he that over- 
cometh the world, but he that believeth 
that Jesus is the Son of God ] 

7. For there are three that bear re- 
cord in heaven, the Father, the Word, 
and the Holy Ghost : and these three 
are one. 

8. And there are three that bear 
witness in earth, the spirit, and the 
water, and the blood : and these three 
agree in one. 

Ezk. i. 26. And above the firma- 
ment that was over their heads was the 
likeness of a throne, as the appearance 
of a sapphire stone : and upon the like- 
ness of the throne was the likeness as 
the appearance of a man above upon 
it. 

27. And I saw as the color of am- 
ber, as the appearance of fire round 
about within it, from the appearance of 
his loins even upward ; and from the 
appearance of his loins even downward, 
I saw as it were the appearance of fire, 
and it had brightness round about, 

28. As the appearance of the bow 
that is in the cloud in the day of rain, 
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The "bow is an arc of a circle, intimating 
that, on earth, we know only in part the 
great things which are laid up in that 
covenant for the heirs of promise. It is 
composed of three primitive colors, from 
which all others are derived and com- 
pounded — to show that from the three 
that bear record in heaven all blessings 
are derived, which come to us through 
different mediums. 

This bow is placed " in the cloud," or 
in the " store-house " of the waters of 
heaven, which fertilize and refresh 
the earth, or Zion, the church of God, 
where are deposited the provisions 
of his grace, and out of which they are 
dispersed to the ends of the earth. It is 
always in times of special refreshing 
from the Lord, when he pours water 
upon him that is thirsty and floods upon 
the dry ground, that the ordinance of 
baptism, or the bow of the covenant, is 
seen; and it is always a witness that 
it stands sure for ever — that the curse 
has been taken away and peaee estab- 
lished by the blood of the cross, the 
death, burial, and resurrection of the 
Lord Jesus Christ, of which baptism is 
an emblem. 



ness round about. This was the ap- 
pearance of the likeness of the glory of 
the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell 
upon my" face, and I heard a voice of 
one that spake. 

Ps. lxv. 9. Thou visitest the earth, 
and waterest it : thou greatly enrichest 
it with the river of God, which is full 
of water: thou preparest them corn, 
when thou hast so provided for it. 

1 0. Thou waterest the ridges thereof 
abundantly : thou settlest the furrows 
thereof: thoumakest it soft with show- 
ers : thou blessest the springing there- 
of. 

11. Thou crownes 1 - the year with 
thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fat- 
ness. 

12. They drop upon the pastures of 
the wilderness : and the little hills re- 
joice on every side. 

13. The pastures are clothed with 
flocks; the valleys also are covered 
over with corn ; they shout for joy, they 
also sing. 



The Letter. 

18. And the sons of Noah, that went 
forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, 
and Japheth : and Ham is the father of 
Canaan. 

19. These are the three sons of 
Noah: and of them was the whole 
earth overspread. 

Note. 

These three sons of Noah were the 
literal fathers of the whole human fa- 
mily after the flood ; yet, as being em- 
braced in the ark, united with Christ in 
his death and now in his resurrection 
from the dead, they are typically the 
witnesses of these things, and the first he- 
ralds of the gospel, or the apostles. But, 
as they have a twofold reference, the 
analogy, as it regards the number, is not 
carried out, as in the twelve sons of Ja- 
cob. 

The earth was overspread and peopled 



The Spirit. 

Acts xvii. 26. And hath made of 
one blood all nations of men for to 
dwell on the face of the earth, and hath 
determined the times before appointed, 
and the bounds of their habitation ; 

27. That they should seek the Lord, 
if haply they might feel after him, and 
find him, though he be not far from 
every one of us : 

28. For in him we live, and move, 
and have our being ; as certain also of 
your own poets have said, For we are 
also his offspring. 

xv. 34. Then Peter opened Ms 
mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive 
that God is no respecter of persons : 

35. But in every nation, he that 
feareth him, and worketh righteousness, 
is accepted with him. 

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by these three men, so the kingdom of 
Christ was established and built up and 
extended by the apostles, and through 
them will finally fill the whole world. 

Among the family of Christ, the cho- 
sen apostles, there was a devil ; so 
among these three there was one of the 
accursed seed. This mixture is seen in 
every community and even in every 
household. It is the will of the Master 
that they should grow together till the 
harvest, when they will be separated as 
chaff from the wheat. 



the children of Israel, preaching peace 
by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) : 

14. Simeon hath declared how God 
at the first did visit the Gentiles, to 
take out of them a people for his 
name. 

15. And to this agree the words of 
the prophets ; as it is written, 

16. After this I will return, and will 
build again the tabernacle of David 
which is fallen down ; and I will build 
again the ruins thereof, and I will set 
it up: 

17. That the residue of men might 
seek after the Lord, and all the Gen- 
tiles, upon whom my name is called, 
saith the Lord, who doeth all these 
things. 



The Letter. 

20. And Noah began to be a hus- 
bandman, and he planted a vineyard : 

21. And he drank of the wine, and 
was drunken ; and he was uncovered 
within his tent. 

22. And Ham, the father of Canaan, 
saw the nakedness of his father, and 
told his two brethren without. 

23. And Shem and Japheth took a 
garment, and laid it upon both their 
shoulders, and went backward, and co- 
vered the nakedness of their father: 
and their faces were backward, and they 
saw not their father's nakedness. 

Note. 

In speaking of the waters of the flood 
beating upon the ark, the question arose, 
how such a figure, which represented Je- 
sus as safely secured from their rage, 
could illustrate his language where he 
says, " The waters have come in unto my 
soul ?" 

That the most important part of this 
typical exhibition of the sufferings of 
the divine Redeemer, — the giving his 
soul an offering for sin, or the pains of 
the second death, — might be brought to 
view, another type is requisite. In 
"that day" when he "punished levia- 
than, the crooked serpent," — when he 
trod him down as grapes are trodden in 



The Spirit. 
Isa. xxvii. 1. In that day the Lord 
with his sore and great and strong 
sword shall punish leviathan, the 
piercing serpent, even leviathan, that 
crooked serpent ; and he shall slay the 
dragon that is in the sea. 

2. In that day sing ye unto her, A 
vineyard of red wine. 

3. I the Lord do keep it ; I will wa- 
ter it every moment : lest any hurt it, 
I will keep it night and day. 

lxiii. 1. Who is this that cometh 
from Edom, with dyed garments from 
Bozrah % this that is glorious in his ap- 
parel, travelling in the greatness of his 
strength? I that speak in righteousness, 
mighty to save. 

Lam. iii. 13. He hath caused the 
arrows of his quiver to enter into my 
reins. 

14. I was a derision to all my peo- 
ple ; and their song all the day. 

15. He hath filled with bitterness, 
he hath made me drunken with worm- 
wood. 

i. 12. Is it nothing to you, all ye 
that pass by? behold, and see if there 
be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, 
which is done unto me, wherewith the 
Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his 
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the -wine-press, till his garments were 
red with blood, Jesus is represented as 
planting " a vineyard of ? ed wine? which 
he keeps night and day lest any hurt it, 
— so precious in his sight is the church 
which he purchased with his own 
blood! 

But this mighty conflict was not en- 
dured even by the Son of God without 
" tasting " of all the bitterness of that 
death he was in the act of destroying: 
he drank of the cup, even to the dregs ! 
he was made "drunken with wormwood /" 
he is himself trodden as in a wine-press, 
— pressed under the load of his peoples' 
sins, as a cart full of sheaves ! " The 
yoke of my transgressions is bound by his 
hand; they are wreathed and come up 
upon my neck : he hath made my strength 
to fall ; the Lord hath delivered me into 
their hands, from whom I am not able to 
rise /" 

Is not this the language of the " man 
of sorrows," as it is described in the 53d 
of Isa. ? when it "pleased the Father to 
bruise him, to put him to grief" 

This analogy (though clearly estab- 
lished as any in the scriptures) is ob- 
jected to by some on the ground that the 
sinful acts of men cannot be typical of 
Christ. This, as a principle, is undeniable. 
But where is the proof that this act of 
Noah was sinful ? How does it appear 
that he was aware of the intoxicating 
effects of wine? Is there anything in 
scripture that even indirectly condemns 
him for drinking it? And where is there 
a sinful act recorded, which is not con- 
demned, and which, in some way, does 
not meet a just retribution? Again, 
was the prophetic declaration of Noah, 
pronounced upon waking from his 
wine, the ebullition of profane anger 
and guilty debauchery, or, was it the 
immediate inspiration of the Spirit of 
God, moving upon him as upon all the 
holy men of old, who spake the things 
which are revealed ? Does his prophecy 
bear the test, which is given to try the 
prophets of God and those of Baal ? Did 
his words come to pass ? 

The act of Canaan exhibits the con- 
duct of those who scoffed and derided 
the Saviour upon the cross ; while that 



13. From above hath he sent fire 
into my bones, and it prevaileth against 
them: he hath spread a net for my feet, 
he hath turned me back : he hath made 
me desolate and faint all the day. 

14. The yoke of my transgressions 
is bound by his hand : they are wreath- 
ed, and come up upon my neck: he 
hath made my strength to fall, the Lord 
hath delivered me into their hands, 
from whom I am not able to rise up. 

15. The Lord hath trodden under 
foot all my mighty men in the midst of 
me : he hath called an assembly against 
me to crush my young men : the Lord 
hath trodden the virgin, the daughter 
of Judah, as in a wine-press. 

Isa. li. 20. Thy sons have fainted, 
they lie at the head of all the streets, 
as a wild bull in a net : they are full of 
the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy 
God. 

21. Therefore hear now this, thou af- 
flicted, and drunken, but not with wine : 

22. Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, 
and thy God that pleadeth the cause of 
his people, Behold, I have taken out 
of thy hand the cup of trembling, even 
the dregs of the cup of my fury ; thou 
shalt no more drink it again : 

23. But I will put it into the hand of 
them that afflict thee ; which have said 
to thy soul, Bow down, that we may 
go over : and thou hast laid thy body 
as the ground, and as the street, to 
them that went over. 

Matt. xx. 22. But Jesus answered 
and sajd, Ye know not what ye ask. 
Are ye able to drink of the cup that I 
shall drink of, and to be baptized with 
the baptism that I am baptized with ? 
They say unto him, We are able. 

23. And he saith unto them, Ye 
shall drink indeed of my cup, and be 
baptized with the baptism that I am 
baptized with : but, to sit on my right 
hand, and on my left, is not mine to 
give, but it shall be given to them for 
whom it is prepared of my Father. 

xxvi. 38. Then saith he unto them, 
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of Shem and Japheth shows the disposi- 
tion and conduct of his true disciples 
upon the same occasion. 



The Letter. 

24. And Noah awoke from his wine, 
and knew what his younger son had 
done unto him. 

25. And he said, Cursed be Canaan : 
a servant of servants shall he be unto 
his brethren. 

Note. 

The decree of God in 20th of Ex. 5, 
is virtually recognised in the history of 
the seed of the serpent, from the period 
of the curse to the present time. These 
have ever made np a part of the king- 
dom of the divine Redeemer, but they 
are made the " servant of servants to their 
brethren." 

The relationship expressed by the 
word brother is of two kinds — that of 
the flesh, and that of the spirit, God 
has made of one blood all the nations 
that dwell on the face of the earth ; and 
in this sense they are the "offspring" of 
God; but not in the sense in which he 
recognises his own children — those who 
are begotten of him. Christ tells the 
Jews that if God were their Father they 
would believe in him ; for this is the 
unfailing evidence of such a relation- 
ship. He then tells them they were of 
their father the devil, and his works they 
would do. Yet this people blindly 
imagined themselves the special favor- 
ites of heaven. 2s"o doubt that Canaan 
also, who had been an inmate of the 
ark, and miraculously preserved, a wit- 
ness of all the great events of that day, 
presumed that lie was also a part of the 
chosen family. And so he was, for the 
time and purpose prescribed ; as Judas 
was of the family of Christ. And truly 
was he a servant to his brethren ! for he 
was the instrument of executing that 
divine decree, by which the whole 
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unto death : tarry ye here, and watch 
with me. 

39. And he went a little further, and 
fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O 
my Father, if it be possible, let this cup 
pass from me : nevertheless, not as I 
will, but as thou wilt. 



The Spirit. 

Prov. xxx. 11. There is a genera- 
tion that curseth their father, and doth 
not bless their mother. 

12. There is a generation that are 
pure in their own eyes, and yet is not 
washed from their filthiness. 

13. There is a generation, O how 
lofty are their eyes ! and their eyelids 
are lifted up. 

14. There is a generation, whose 
teeth are as swords, and their jaw- 
teeth as knives, to devour the poor 
from off the earth, and the needy from 
among men. 

Ex. xx. 5. * * For I the Lord 
thy God am a jealous God, visiting the 
iniquity of the fathers upon the children 
unto the third and fourth generation of 
them that hate me ; 

6. And showing mercy unto thou- 
sands of them that love me, and keep 
my commandments. 

Job xxiv. 13. They are of those 
that rebel against the light ; they know- 
not the ways thereof, nor abide in the 
paths thereof. 

* % *. * * 

16. In the dark they dig through 
houses, ich ich they had marked for 
themselves in the day-time: they know 
not the light. 

17. For the morning is to them even 
as the shadow of death : if one know 
them, they are in the terrors of the sha- 
dow of death. 

18. He is swift as the waters; their 
portion is cursed in the earth : he 
beholdeth not the way of the vine- 
yards. 

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household of God were everlastingly 
saved! 

After the Son of God had for three 
days suffered his foes to triumph in his 
death, he also aicoke, to seal the ever- 
lasting destiny of both friends and ene- 
mies ; to assign to the one blessing, and 
honor, and glory, and eternal life;— 4;o 
the other shame and everlasting con- 
temp . 



The Letter. 

26. And he said, Blessed be the 
Lord God of Sheni ; and Canaan shall 
be his servant. 

27. God shall enlarge Japheth, and 
he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; 
and Canaan shall be his servant. 

28. And Noah lived after the flood 
three hundred and fifty years. 

29. And all the days of Noah were 
nine hundred and fifty years : and he 
died. 

Note. 

This prophetic sentence of Noah, both 
the curse and the blessing, has been ful- 
ly accomplished in the subsequent his- 
tory of the world. The earth has been 
divided to the nations; the sons of 
Adam, and through him the sons of 
Noah, have received their inheritance 
as the Most High has appointed it; se- 
parating them according to his purpose, 
but always according to the number of 
the children of Israel ; or in subservien 
cy to the one great purpose of his grace 
toward the "whole house of Israel" — his 
elect people. 

From Shem were to descend God's 
typical people, the Jews, and also the 
Messiah, according to the flesh. Japheth 



snow-waters : so doth the grave those 
which have sinned. 
* * * * * 

24. They are exalted for a little 
while, but are gone and brought low ; 
they are taken out of the way as all 
other, and cut off as the tops of the ears 
of corn. 

Jude 12. These are spots in yonr 
feasts of charity, when they feast with 
you, feeding themselves without fear : 
clouds they are without water, carried 
about of winds; trees whose fruit 
withereth, without fruit, twice dead, 
plucked up by the roots ; 

13. Raging waves of the sea, foam- 
ing out their own shame ; wandering 
stars, to whom is reserved the black- 
ness of darkness for ever. 



The Spirit. 

Luke i. 50. And his mercy is on 
them that fear him, from generation to 
generation. 

51. He hath showed strength with 
his arm ; he hath scattered the proud in 
the imagination of their hearts. 

52. He hath put down the mighty 
from their seats, and exalted them of 
low degree. 

53. He hath filled the hungry with 
good things, and the rich he hath sent 
empty away. 

54. He hath holpen his servant 
Israel, in remembrance of his mercy ; 

55. As he spake to our fathers, to 
Abraham, and to his seed, for ever. 

Deut. xxxii. 6. Do ye thus requite 
the Lord, O foolish people and unwise 1 
is not he thy father that hath bought 
thee ? hath he not made thee, and estab- 
lished thee ? 

7. Remember the days of old, consi- 
der the years of many generations : ask 
thy father, and he will show thee ; thy 
elders, and they will tell thee. 

8. When the Most High divided to 
the nations their inheritance, when he 
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was to be the father of the Gentiles, 
whom God would visit in the last days, 
to " take out from them a people for his 
praise," who were to dwell in the teuts 
of Shem, or enter into possession of all 
the root and fatness of the true olive- 
tree, — so that the word of Jesus might 
be fulfilled: "Other sheep I have, who 
are not of this fold; them also I must 
bring, that there may be one foM and 
one Shepherd." 

The third nation, or the descendants 
of Ham, were to comprise the heathen. 
"We have seen that a part of these were, 
first of all, sentenced to their portion. 
But some of the descendants of Ham are 
mentioned among those who should be 
chosen and blessed ; for out of every kin- 
dred, nation, and tongue, were the re- 
deemed multitude gathered that sur- 
round the throne. But to all the na- 
tions of the redeemed, Canaan was to be 
a servant 



bounds of the people according to the 
number of the children of Israel : 

9. For the Lord's portion is his 
people ; Jacob is the lot of his inherit- 
ance. 

10. He found him in a desert land, 
and in the waste howling wilderness ; 
he led him about, he instructed him, he 
kept him as the apple of his eye. 

Ps. i. 3. And he shall be like a tree 
planted by the rivers of water, that 
hrmgeth forth his fruit in his season ; 
his leaf also shall not wither ; and what- 
soever he doeth shall prosper. 

4. The ungodly are not so ; but are 
like the chaff which the wind driveth 
away. 

5. Therefore the ungodly shall not 
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in 
the congregation of the righteous. 

6. For the Lord knoweth the way of 
the righteous : but the way of the un- 
godly shall perish, 

ii. 6. Yet have I set my King upon 
my holy hill of Zion. 

7. I will declare the decree : the 
Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my 
Son ; this day have I begotten thee. 

8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee 
the heathen for thine inheritance, and 
the uttermost parts of the earth for thy 
possession. 

9. Thou shalt break them with a rod 
of iron ; thou shalt dash them in pieces 
like a potter's vessel. 



CHAPTER IX, 



The Letter. 

1. Now these are the generations of 
the sons of Noah ; Shem, Ham and Ja- 
pheth : and unto them were sons born 
after the flood. 

2. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and 
Magog, and Madai, and Javan. and Tu- 
bal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 



5. By these were the isles of the 
Gentiles divided in their lands; every 



r fhe Spirit. 

Japheth. 

Rom. xi. 24. For if thou wert cut 
out of the olive-tree which is wild by 
nature, and wert graffed contrary to na- 
ture into a good olive-tree ; how much 
more shall these, which be the natural 
branches, be graffed into their own 
olive-tree 1 

25. For I would not, brethren, that 
ye should be ignorant of this mystery 
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one after his tongue, after their families, 
in their nations. 

6. And the sons of Ham ; Cush,and 
Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 

?f* * * * * 

15. And Canaan begat Sidon his 
first-born, and Heth. 

* * * * * 

19. And the border of the Canaan- 
ites was from Sidon, as thou comest to 
Gerar, unto Gaza ; as thou goest unto 
Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and 
Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 

21. Unto Shem also, the father of 
all the children of Eber, the brother of 
Japheth the elder, even to him were 
children born. 

25. And unto Eber were born two 
sons : the name of one was Peleg, for 
in his days was the earth divided ; and 
his brother's name was Joktan. 

* * % % * 

30. And their dwelling was from 
Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, a 
mount of the east. 

Bote. 

In this genealogy, the children of pro- 
mise and the children of the curse alone 
are traced. It is noticeable that the 
order of precedence is reversed. It has 
liitherto been Shem, Ham and Japheth ; 
it is now Japheth, Ham and Shem. A 
striking confirmation of this are the 
words of Christ, in alluding to the call- 
ing of the Gentiles — " They shall come 
from the east and from the west, from the 
north and the south, and sit down with 
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, in the king- 
dom of God, and the children of the 
kingdom shall be cast out. So the first 
shall be last and the last first." Again, 
as if to insist upon this same fact, Shem 
is not only said to be the father of all 
the children of Eber, but also the brother 
of Japheth ; as if there existed a special 
relationship between these two, different 
from that between them and Ham. 

Among the descendants of Ham is 
Nimrod, the "mighty hunter before the 
Lord"— typically the mighty -hunter of 



conceits), that blindness in part Is 
happened to Israel, until the fulness 
of the Gentiles be come in. 

Isa. xlix. 6. I will also give thee 
for a light to the Gentiles, that thou 
mayst be my salvation to the ends of 
the earth. 

Ham. 

Ge$. xv. 18. In that same day the 
Lord made a covenant with Abraham, 
saying, Unto thy seed have I given this 
land, from the river of Egypt unto the 
great river, the river Euphrates : 

19. The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, 
and the Kadmonites, 

20. And the Hittites, and the Periz- 
zites, and the Rephaims, 

21. And the Amorites, and the Ca- 
naanites, and the Girgashites, and the 
Jebusites. 

Ex. xxiii. 28. And I will send hor- 
nets before thee, which shall drive out 
the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hit- 
tite from before thee. 

xv. 14. The people shall hear, and 
be afraid : sorrow shall take hold on the 
inhabitants of Palestina. 

15. Then the dukes of Edom shall 
be amazed ; the mighty men of Moab, 
trembling shall take hold upon them; 
all the inhabitants of Canaan shall 
melt away. 

Shem. 

Acts ii. 25. Ye are the children of 
the prophets, and of the covenant which 
God made with our fathers, saying un- 
to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all 
the kindreds of the earth be blessed. 

26. Unto you first, God having raised 
up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless 
you, in turning away every one of you 
from his iniquities. 

Rom. xi. 27. For this is my cove- 
nant unto them, when I shall take away 
their sins. 

31. Even so have these also now not 
believed, that through your mercy they 
also may obtain mercy. 

32. For God hath concluded them 



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the Lord, and of his anointed! For he 
is the beginning or foundation of Baby- 
lon, the mother of harlots, and the mys- 
tery of iniquity, which of course identi- 
fies this hunter with Antichrist, tkemcm 
of sin, the son of perdition, and with all 
the types of this same " wicked," which 
are but one. 

Tyre and Sidon, the sea-ports of Baby- 
lon and marts of her trade with the na- 
tions of the world, were cities of Canaan; 
of course cursed cities, and the denun- 
ciations upon them by the prophet 
Ezekiel are remarkably similar to those 
pronouneed upon Babylon in the 17th 
and 18th chapters of Rev. Ko person 
can read those of Ezk., especially the 
27th ch., without a conyiction that more 
than mere literal facts and literal things 
are there described. 

"W"e shall hereafter speak particularly 
of the mystical import of the 27th of 
Ezk., but would here say that under the 
figure of cities founded upon the seas, 
made great by the waters, and by the 
merchandise of their ships and ship- 
masters, their riches and trade, is evi- 
dently intended the unholy and bloody 
traffic of mystical Babylon and her 
ports, with the kings and merchants 
of the earth — the great men and crafts- 
men who have traded with her and 
have drunk of the wine of her abomina- 
tions. All that gives the idea of barter 
of payment for value received, belongs 
not to the free city — the "Jerusalem 
above" — which is the mother of all the 
churches of Christ that live by faith 
and not by works. 

Zion is also compared with a ship 
and her goods with merchandise ; as in 
Prov. xxxi. But her riches and com- 
merce are of another character. She 
bringeth her goods from a fa* country, 
and they are bought "without money 
or price." To her there is "no more 
sea" but " the glorious Lord is a place 
of broad rivers and streams, where shall 
go no galley with oars ; neither shall 
gallant ship pass thereon." 

That the same similitude of a woman 
should represent both the church of 
Christ and the synagogue of Satan is 
no marvel; for it has ever been the ob- 



all in unbelief, that he might have 
mercy upon all. 

Rev. xvii. 3. So he carried me 
away in the spirit into the wilderness : 
and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet- 
colored beast, full of names of blas- 
phemy, having seven heads and ten 
horns. 

4. And the woman was arrayed in 
purple . and scarlet color, and decked 
with gold and precious stones and 
pearls, having a golden cup in her hand 
full of abominations and fillhiness of 
her fornication : 

5. And upon her forehead was a 
name written, mystery, Babylon the 
Great, the mother of harlots and 
abominations of the earth. 

6. And I saw the woman drunken 
with the blood of the saints, and with 
the blood of the martyrs of Jesus : and 
when I saw her, I wondered with great 
admiration. 

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11. And the merchants of the earth 
shall weep and mourn over her; for no 
man buyeth their merchandise any 
more : 

14. And the fruits that thy soul 
lusted after are departed from thee, 
and all things which were dainty and 
goodly are departed from thee, and 
thou shalt find them no more at all. 

15. The merchants of these things 
which w T ere made rich by her, shall 
stand afar off, for the fear of her tor- 
ment, weeping and wailing, 

16. iind saying, Alas, alas! that 
great city, that was clothed in fine linen, 
and purple, and scarlet, and decked 
with gold, and precious stones, and 
pearls ! 

Ezk. xxvi. 1. The word of the 
Lord came again unto me, saying, 

2. Now, thou son of man, take up a 
lamentation for Tyrus ; 

3. And say unto Tyrus, O thou that 
art situate at the entry of the sea, 
ichich art a merchant of the people for 
many isles, Thus saith the Lord God, 



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jeet of tlie " mystery of iniquity " t& de- 
ceive the nations by assuming the name 
and place of the true and nndefiled one. 
But the "virtuous woman," whose 
"price is far above rubies," is easily 
distinguished from the Mother of Har- 
lots [ 

If this description of Tyre is carefully 
analyzed, and the mystical import of all 
is. examined, especially of the artieles 
used in her traffic,, and the different na- 
tions which have contributed each, there 
will be found a fund of instruction. All 
nations, Israel among the rest, are the 
merchants employed to enrich this queen 
city !' Their wheat and honey y and ml 
and balm, were ruthlessly bartered for 
her tinsel ornaments 1 

But rejoice, ye heavens L for she shall 
fall in the midst of the seas! — the seas 
that have made her great ; there shall 
she be east as a millstone, to rise no 
more I 



O Tyrns, thou hast said, I am of per- 
fect beauty. 

4. Thy borders are in the midst of 
the seas, thy builders have perfected 
thy oeauty. 

Rev. xviii. 13. Javan, Tubal, and 
Meshech, they were thy merchants; 
they traded the persons of men and 
vessel's of brass in thy market* 

17. Judah ? and the land of IsraeL 
they were thy merchants : they traded, 
in thy market, wheat of Minnith, and 

Panag, and honey, and oil, and balm. 

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25. The ships of Tarshish did sing 
of thee in the market ; and thou wast 
replenished, and made very glorious in 
the midst of the seas. 

26\ Thy rowers have brought thee 
into great waters : the east wind hath 
broken thee in the midst of the seas. 

27. Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy 
merchandise, thy mariners,and thy pilots, 
thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy 
merchandise, and all thy men of war* 
that are in thee, and in all thy company 
! which is in the midst of thee, shall fall 
! into the midst of the seas in the day of 
thy ruin. 



CHAPTER X. 



The Letter. 

I. And the whole earth was of one 
Language, and of one speech. 
Note. 

This was the state of things literally, 
when the one family of ]S"oah eame from 
the Ark to replenish the earth and sub- 
due it. It also typically represents the 
state of the gospel church of Christ, 
when first gathered in Jerusalem by the 
preaching of the Apostles and the agen- 
cy of the Holy Spirit, which bore testi- 
mony to the word. They were all of 
one mind and continued steadfast in the 
Apostle's doctrine, having one Lord, one 
faith, and one baptism. 

But this state of things did not long 



The Spirit, 

Eph. iv. 1. I therefore, the prisoner 
of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk 
worthy of the vocation wherewith y& 
are called, 

2. With all lowliness and meekness, 
with long suffering, forbearing one an- 
other in love ; 

3. Endeavouring to keep the unity 
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 

4. There is one body, and one Spirit, 
even as ye are called in one hope of 
your calling ; 

5. One Lord, one faith, one bap- 
tism. 

6. One God and Father of all, who 



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continue. False teachers crept in una- 
wares, who perverted the minds of the 
disciples and turned away many from 
the simplicity of the gospel. Instead of 
holding the one true Head, the churches 
were divided with regard to their teach- 
ers, some being for one, and some for 
another. Legal heresies also; the lea- 
ven of the Pharisees operated to intro- 
duce the obsolete rites and ceremonies 
of the law, the rudiments of the worldly 
dispensation, to which they professed to 
be dead with Christ. Having begun in 
the Spirit, they looked to be made per- 
fect by the flesh. 

Again, the spirit of Antichrist, de- 
scribed in the last chapter, was busily at 
work. The man of sin, thwarted in his 
hope of preventing the establishment of 
the kingdom of heaven, set himself to 
work with all deceivableness of unright- 
eousness in them that perish, to build 
up a false religion, a corrupt church, 
which should have just so much of the 
semblance of the true, as to draw away 
unwary souls into the snare. Hence the 
mighty hunter begins to build Babylon 
the capital of his kingdom ! 

The church at Jerusalem, enjoying all 
the benefit of unity in the faith and fel- 
lowship one with another, were very 
naturally disposed to continue in this 
place and strengthen themselves toge- 
ther against the persections of their en- 
emies. But this was not the design of 
God concerning them, and he was 
pleased to disconcert their plans and 
scatter them abroad. 



is above all, and through all, and in 
you all. 

Phil. ii. 1. If there be therefore any 
consolation in Christ, if any comfort of 
love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if 
any bowels and mercies, 

2. Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like- 
minded, having the same love, being of 
one accord, of one mind. 

3. Let nothing be done through strife 
or vain-glory ; but in lowliness of mind 
let each esteem other better than them- 
selves. 

i. 27. Only let your conversation be 
as it becometh the gospel of Christ; 
that whether I come and see you, or 
else be absent, I may hear of your af- 
fairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, 
with one mind striving together for the 
faith of the gospel ; 

1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful, by whom 
ye were called unto the fellowship of 
his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 

10. Now I beseech you, brethren, by 
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that 
ye all speak the same thing, and that 
there be no divisions among you ; but 
that ye be perfectly joined together in 
the same mind, and in the same judg- 
ment. 

1 1 . For it hath been declared unto 
me of you, my brethren, by them which 
are of the house of Chloe, that there are 
contentions among you. 

12. Now this I say, that every one 
of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of 
Apollos ; and I of Cephas ; and 1 of 
Christ, 

13. Is Christ divided? was Paul cru- 
cified for you 2 or were ye baptized in 
the name of Paul 1 

14. I thank God that I baptized none 
of you but Crispus and Gaius ; 

15. Lest any should say that I had 
baptized in mine own name. 



The Letter. 

2. And it came to pass, as they jour- 
neyed from the east, that they found a 



The Spirit. 

Gal. ii. 1. O foolish Galatians, who 
hath bewitched you, that ye should not 



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plain in the land of Shinar ; and they 
dwelt there. 

3. And they said one to another, Go 
to, let us make brick, and burn them 
thoroughly. And they had brick 
for stone, and slime had they for 
mortar. 

4. And they said, Go to, let us build 
us a city, and a tower, whose top may 
reach unto heaven ; and let us make us 
a name lest w T e be scattered abroad 
upon the face of the whole earth. 

KOTE. 

• It was not likely to be all at once that 
the early disciples of Christ turned 
from the full and clear light of the truth 
to the doctrines of men or the errors of 
the wicked. As they increased in 
numbers, and spread abroad and ex- 
tended, they gradually became corrupt, 
and assimilated with the world, and 
were deceived and led away by the Spi- 
rit of Antichrist. 

The proposition made by the sons of 
Koah in this passage was probably the 
suggestion of Canaan, for it savors of 
the spirit of evil. The motive for build- 
ing was probably two-fold; to save 
themselves by providing against another 
flood (though they had just been told 
to fear none), and to make themselves 
famous as well as strong by building to- 
e/ether, instead of replenishing the whole 
earth, as they had been bidden to do. 

There are two things typified by 
this passage. It has allusion to the con- 
duct of the disciples in continuing at Je- 
rusalem, after being told to go into all 
the earth and preach the gospel to every 
creature. And it also has allusion to 
the beginning of Babel or the wicked 
city. It was upon the sand or plain, 
while Zion is set on a hill. It is built 
by man, and by the will of man ; but 
the Lord builds Jerusalem. It was of 
brick ; Zion is built of lively stones. It 
was cemented by slime ; but Zion is 
kept by the unity of the Spirit ; the mo- 
tive for building Babel was self-aggran- 
dizement ; — to obtain a name and a place 
in the earth ; but Zion is established for 
the glory of God and the honor of his 
name ; therefore he says of the church, 



obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus 
Christ hath been evidently set forth, 
crucified among you ? 

2. This only would I learn of 
you, Received ye the Spirit by the 
works of the law, or by the hearing of 
faith? 

3. Are ye so foolish ? having begun 
in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect 
by the flesh ? 

4. Have ye suffered so many things 
in vain ? if it be yet in vain. 

5. He therefore that ministereth to 
you the Spirit, and worketh miracles 
among you, doeih Tie it by the works of 
the law, or by the hearing of faith ? 

2 Tim. iv. 3. For the time will come, 
when they will not endure sound doc- 
trine; but after their own lusts shall 
they heap to themselves teachers, ha- 
ving itching ears ; 

4. And they shall turn away their 
ears from the truth, and shall be turned 
unto fables. 

Prov. xiv. 11. The house of the 
wicked shall be overthrown: but the 
tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. 

12. There is a way which seemeth 
right unto a man, but the end thereof 
are the ways of death. 

13. Even in laughter the heart is 
sorrowful ; and the end of that mirth is 
heaviness. 

14. The backslider in heart shall be 
filled with his own ways : and a good 
man shall be satisfied from himself. 

1 5. The simple believeth every word : 
but the prudent man looketh well to 
his going. 

iv. 11. I have taught thee in the way 
of wisdom ; I have led thee in right 
paths. 

12. When thou goest, thy steps shall 
not be straitened ; and when thou run- 
nest, thou shalt not stumble. 

13. Take fast hold of instruction; 
let her not go; keep her; for she is 
thy life. 

14. Enter not into the path of the 
wicked, and go not in the way of evil 
men. 



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" Ye are God's husbandly, ye are God's 
building." Carnal wisdom, wicked men, 
and civil power are the instruments used 
by Antichrist in founding and erecting 
Babel, but it has pleased God " by the 
foolishness of preaching" to raise up the 
walls of his spiritual temple ; — it is " not 
by might nor by power, but by my Spi- 
rit saith the Lord." 

The history of the founding of Babel 
may be found, in its spiritual character, 
in the 5th chapter of Zech. 7-12. There 
will be seen the "woman" that, like a 
talent of lead in the midst of the Ephah, 
was borne to the land of Shinar, and 
there " established on its own base." 



The Letter. 

r 5. And the Lord came down to see 
the city and the tower, which the chil- 
dren of men builded. 

6. And the Lord said, Behold, the 
people is one, and they have all one 
language ; and this they begin to do : 
and now nothing will be restrained 
from them, which they have imagined 
to do. 

7. Go to, let us go down, and there 
confound their language, that they may 
not understand one another's speech. 

J^OTE. 

In the truth, unity is the distinguish- 
ing feature which speaks its divine ori- 
gin; but error has a multitude of 
tongues, all strange to each other. 

So the true church is the " only one 
of her mother," " the choice one of her 
that bare her;" while there are "three- 
score queens, and four-score concubines, 
and virgins without number." 

Union is strength ; the church is ter- 
rible to her enemies only when she is 
united in one judgment and one voice. 
She is compared to a company of horses 
in Pharaoh's chariot. All under the 
same guiding reins, pursuing the same 
road, caparisoned alike, and all drawing 
together. 

But such a building as this is not the 
work of the " children of men." It is not 



15. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn 
from it, and pass away. 

***** 

18. But the path of the just is as the 
shining light, that shineth more and 
more unto the perfect day. 

19. The way of the wicked is as 
darkness : they know not at what they 
stumble. 

Gen. ix. 9. He was a mighty hunter 
before the Lord : wherefore it is said, 
Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter be- 
fore the Lord. 

10. And the beginning of his king- 
dom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, 
and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lv. 9. Destroy, O Lord, and 
divide their tongues : for I have seen 
violence and strife in the city. 

10. Day and night they go about it 
upon the walls thereof: mischief also 
and sorrow are in the midst of it. 

11. Wickedness is in the midst 
thereof: deceit and guile depart not 
from her streets. 

Isa. viii. 9. Associate yourselves, O 
ye people, and ye shall be broken in 
pieces ; and give ear, all ye of far coun- 
tries : gird yourselves, and ye shall be 
broken in pieces ; gird yourselves, and 
ye shall be broken in pieces. 

10. Take counsel together, and it 
shall come to naught ; speak the word, 
and it shall not stand: for God is 
with us. 

]-l. For the Lord spake thus to me 
with a strong hand, and instructed' me 
that I should not walk in the way of 
this people, saying, 

12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all 
them to whom this people shall say, A 
confederacy ; neither fear ye their fear, 
nor be afraid. 

13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts him- 
self; and let him be your fear, and let 
him be your dread. 

14. And he shall be for a sanctuary; 
but for a stone of stumbling and for a 



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raised up by might, nor power, but by the 
Spirit of the Lord, and is after the pat- 
tern of the house not made with hands 
eternal in the heavens. 

In the Babel of Antichrist a confusion 
of tongues is wisely ordered, and will 
finally destroy and undermine the Avhole 
building; for its foundation is on the 
sand, and the rain will sweep away the 
refuge of lies. 

Self-exaltation, and a diversity of 
forms, modes, and movements, known 
only to the initiated, are the distinguish- 
ing features of the mystery of iniquity. 
It is the meekness and lowliness of the 
gospel, the simplicity that there is in 
Christ, which give to the doctrine of the 
cross its dignity and power. 



The Letter. 

8. So the Lord scattered them 
abroad from thence upon the face of 
all the earth : and they left off to build 
the city. 

9. Therefore is the name of it called 
Babel : because the Lord did there con- 
found the language of all the earth : 
and from thence did the Lord scatter 
them abroad upon the face of all the 
earth. 

Note. 
The " palace of strangers," the city of 
the terrible nations shall be no city ; " it 
shall never be built." The mouth of the 
Lord has spoken it; and though the 
strong people have been in all ages mar- 
shalling their forces and preparing their 
strength for the completion of their city 
and tower, yet "the fortress of the high 
fort of their walls shall he bring down, 



rock of offence to both the houses of 
Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

15. And many among them shall 
stumble, and fall, and be broken, and 
be snared, and be taken. 

ii. 12. For the day of the Lord of 
hosts shall be upon every one that is 
proud and lofty, and upon every one 
that is lifted up; and he shall be 
brought low : 

13. And upon all the cedars of Le- 
banon, that are high and lifted up, and 
upon all the oaks of Bashan, 

14. And upon all the high moun- 
tains, and upon all the hills, that are 
lifted up, 

15. And upon every high tower, and 
upon every fenced wall. 

Sol. Song, vi. 8. There are three- 
score queens, and fourscore concubines, 
and virgins without number. 

9. My dove, my undefiled is but one ; 
she is the only one of her mother, she 
is the choice one of her that bare her. 
The daughters saw her, and blessed 
her; yea, the queens and the concu- 
bines, and they praised her. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xxv. 1. O Lord, thou art my 
God; I will exalt thee, I will praise 
thy name ; for thou hast done wonder- 
ful things ; thy counsels of old are faith- 
fulness and truth. 

2. For thou hast made of a city a 
heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a pa- 
lace of strangers to be no city ; it shall 
never be built. 

3. Therefore shall the strong people 
glorify thee, the city of the terrible na- 
tions shall fear thee. 

4. For -thou hast been a strength to 
the poor, a strength to the needy in his 
distress, a refuge from the storm, a 
shadow from the heat, when the blast 
of the terrible ones is as a storm 
against the wall. 

5. Thou shalt bring down the noise 



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lay low and bring to the ground, even to 
the dust." They can do little more than 
to make a noise round about the city of 
God, where often, " the blast of the ter- 
rible ones is as a storm against the 
wall." • But these " walls are salvation, 
and her gates strength," and the inmates 
are kept in perfect peace, for they are 
staid on God. 

As Babel is scattered because her 
tongues are divided, so in the building 
of the church, it was the gift of tongues 
that qualified the disciples to preach the 
word to all nations. Yet would they 
have continued contentedly at Jerusa- 
lem, in fellowship one with another, had 
not the divine Master, who had com- 
missioned them to go forth into all the 
world, seen fit to raise up the arm of 
persecution against them. 

Thus the scattering abroad of Anti- 
christ, and the dispersion of the disci- 
ples to build up churches, closes the ty- 
pical history of Noah. The calling of 
Abram commences a new subject, or ra- 
ther a different aspect of the same sub- 
ject; for, as no single type can give a 
full and perfect figure of any part of the 
great work of redemption, it necessarily 
follows that various similitudes are em- 
ployed to express the different aspects 
of the same divine truth. Thus the co- 
venant of grace, in which the chosen 
people of God are saved by the death, 
burial, and resurrection of the Lord Je- 
sus Christ, is first brought to view in the 
Ark and the flood. But this same cove- 
nant as a " counsel of peace" between 
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, 
is more fully developed in the typical 
history of xibraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 



of strangers, as the heat in a dry place ; 
even the heat with the shadow of a 
cloud: the branch of the terrible ones 
shall be brought low. 

ii. 10. For in this mountain shall the 
hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall 
be trodden down under hiin, even as 
straw is trodden down for the dung- 
hill. 

# # # * * 

12. And the fortress of the high fort 
of thy walls shall he bring down, lay 
low, and bring* to the ground, even to 
the dust. 

xxvi. 1. In that day shall this song 
be sung in the land of Judah ; We 
have a strong city ; salvation will God 
appoint for walls and bulwarks. 

2. Open ye the gates, that the right- 
eous nation which keepeth the truth 
may enter in. 

3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect 
peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: 
because he trusteth in thee. 

4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: 
for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting- 
strength : 

5. For he bringeth down them that 
dwell on high ; the lofty city, he layeth 
it low, he layeth it low, even to the 
ground; he bringeth it even to the 
dust. 

ii. 11. The lofty looks of man shall 
be humbled, and the haughtiness of 
men shall be bowed down, and the 
Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 

Acts viii. 1. And Saul was con- 
senting unto his death. And at that 
time there was a; great persecution 
against the church which was at Jeru- 
salem; and they were all scattered 
abroad throughout the regions of Judea 

and Samaria, except the apostles. 

* * * * * 

4. Therefore they that were scat- 
tered abroad went everywhere preach- 
ing the word. 

5. Then Philip went down to the 
city of Samaria, and preached Christ 
unto them. 



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Tie Letter. 

10. Now these are the generations 
of Shem : Shem was a hundred years 
old, and begat Arphaxad two years 
after the flood. 

26. And Terah lived seventy years, 
and begat Abram, Nahor and Haran. 

27. Now these are the generations 
of Terah : Terah begat Abram, Nahor 
and Haran ; and Haran begat Lot. 

28. And Haran died before his father 
Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur 
of the Chaldees. 

29. And Abraham and Nahor took 
them wives: the name of Abram's 
wife ivas Sarai; and the name of Na. 
hor's wife Milcah, the daughter of Ha- 
ran, the father of Milcah, and the father 
of Iscah. 

30. But Sarai was barren ; she had 
no child. 

31. And Terah took Abram his son, 
and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, 
and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son 
Abram's wife ; and they went forth with 
them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go 
into the land of Canaan : and they came 
unto Haran, and dwelt there. 

32. And the days of Terah were two 
hundred and five years: and Terah 
died in Haran. 

KOTE. 

From the persons here mentioned, we 
may infer the meaning and intention of 
the history they introduce. Terah, sig- 
nifying breath or spirit, is the progeni- 
tor of Abram, Nahor and Haran. Abram, 
signifying high father, adopts the son of 
Haran, who dies before they leave their 
country. Lot, which means hidden, se- 
cret, is the name of this son. Abram 
takes a wife in his own country, called 
Sarai, or princess ; and Nahor marries 
Milcah, the daughter of Haran and sis- 
ter of Lot. It subsequently appears 
that Sarai was also the daughter of Te- 
rah, but not of the same mother with 
Abram ; yet was she both his sister and 
his wife. The family are then in all its 
branches related to each other. 



Terah took Abram and his wife Sa- 
rai, and Lot, whom he had adopted, and 
they go out from Ur of the Chaldees, 
toward Canaan ; but dwell together for 
a time in Haran, a mountainous coun- 
try. 

These preliminaries in the history of 
this remarkable family, who are to bear 
so conspicuous a part in all the subse- 
quent events of scripture, naturally lead 
us to inquire after any connection which 
may exist between the origin, and the 
future lives and movements of these per- 
sons. 

All that alludes to the Lord Jesus 
Christ is mysterious, whether it be his 
divine origin, or his assumption of a hu- 
man form. In Abram he is typically 
represented as sojourning with men, as 
the Father of a chosen and special peo- 
ple. 

We are also told he came forth from 
the glory which he had with the Father 
before the world was ; and that- from 
the beginning, — from all time, he has 
been one with his people — whether as 
his wife, — the members of his mystical 
body, — his sister — or children of the 
Father and the gift of the Father to 
him, — or as his adopted .sows; — Christ 
and his people, in one and all of these 
relations, have constituted one fami- 

His goings forth also have ever been 
for one object, — that they might go into 
the land of Canaan ; — might inherit the 
gifts and blessings of grace and glory 
provided for them in the purpose of the 
Father, and which he, as messenger of 
the covenant, was to secure for them by 
his own mighty arm; — that very pos- 
session being then in the hands of the 
enemy. 

In this work he was to get to himself 
a great name throughout all the earth; 
because no other arm but his own could 
accomplish it. They also were to be- 
come a great nation, a peculiar people ; 
— but all for his sake, and by means of 
the great deliverance he should accom- 
plish for them through this, his coming 
forth, and the death he should suffer, in 
order that they might enter this pro- 
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CHAPTER XL 



The Letter. 

1. Now the Lord had said unto 
Abram, Get thee out of thy country, 
and from thy kindred, and from thy 
father's house, unto a land that I will 
show thee. 

Note. 

The coming forth of Abram from the 
land of his fathers, was according to a 
previous understanding and appoint- 
ment. 

He came for a special purpose, and 
under the direction of God ; when as 
yet the entire object in view to be 
effected by it was not revealed. It was 
to be showed. 

In like manner, when God first re- 
vealed the promise of Christ, — when he 
first brought into the world his "First 
Born," with the purpose that all things 
should bow down to him and worship 
him — it was not by declaring at once 
definitely and clearly the mystery of his 
will concerning him. This will has, from 
the beginning, been revealed in para- 
bles ; by " dark sayings!' and dim sha- 
dows. But the light of the promise has 
increased till the whole land to which 
Abraham was called, has been fully 
opened to view, in all its length and 
breadth, — or, till the riches of grace, in 
Christ Jesus, have been developed in all 
their fulness. 

Jesus, the only begotten, must leave 
his kindred and his Father's house to 
dwell with men, — the ungodly and 
those that hated and despitefully used 
and persecuted him; he was rich, yet 
for our sakes he must become poor, and 
take upon him the form of a servant — a 
messenger ; though the Son of the High- 
est, and equal with the Father! 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xlii. 6. I the Lord have called 
thee in righteousness, and will hold thy 
hand, and will keep thee and give thee 
for a covenant of the people, for a light 
to lighten the Gentiles, &c. 

xlix. 8. Thus saith the Lord, In an 
acceptable time have I called thee, and 
in a day of salvation I have helped thee : 
and I will preserve thee and give thee 
for a covenant of the people ; to estab- 
lish the earth, to cause to inherit the 
desolate heritages. 

xlviii. 15. I, even I, have spoken, 
yea I have called him ; I have brought 
him near, and he shall make his way 
prosperous. 

John xvi. 28. I am come forth from 
the Father, and am come into the 
world, &c. 

1 John iv. 9. In this was mani- 
fest the love of God towards us, be- 
cause that God sent his only begotten 
Son into the world that we might live 
through him. 

Ps. lxxxix. 19. Tli en thou spakest 
in vision to thy Holy One, and saidst, 
I have laid help upon one that is migh- 
ty ; I have exalted one chosen out of 
the people. 

20. I have found David my ser- 
vant ; with my holy oil have I anointed 
him: 

21. With whom my hand shall be 
established; mine arm also shall 
strengthen him. 

22. The enemy shall not exact upon 
him ; nor the son of wickedness afflict 
him. 

23. And I will beat down his foes 
before his face, and plague them that 
hate him. 

24. But my faithfulness and my 
mercy shall be with him, and in my 
name shall his horn be exalted. 

25. I will set his hand also in the 
sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 



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The Letter. 

2. And I will make of thee a great 
nation, and I will bless thee, and make 
thy name great ; and thou shalt be a 
blessing : 

3. And I will bless them that bless 
thee, and curse him that curseth thee : 
and in thee shall all families of the earth 
be blessed. 

ISOTE. 

All the promises of the covenant of 
grace, being in Christ yea and amen, 
therefore whether he is manifested to 
men in the character \ of the Father, 
the Son, or the Holy Spirit, these pro- 
mises all speak the same thing. They 
embrace the full inheritance of the saints 
in all its length and breadth. 

The words here addressed to Abra- 
ham are virtually the same that in the 
*72d Psalm are spoken of the "King's 
Son," or the Lord Jesus Christ in his 
mediatorial kingdom. 

Abraham was indeed the father of a 
great nation, both literally and typical- 
ly. But as the blessings of the kingdom 
of Christ are here evidently referred to, 
we may infer the fact, that it is the 
antitypical nation, the spiritual Israel, 
and the God and Father of our Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ, that are spoken 
of. The literal Israel, or seed of Abra- 
ham, were in no sense a blessing to the 
world, otherwise than being the natural 
progenitors of Him in whom all the fa- 
milies of the earth are blessed — not the 
Jews only, but also the Gentiles. 

Thus was the gospel preached unto 
Abraham ; because to him was the first 
intimation given that God would justify 
the heathen through faith. It was also 
when Abraham was in uncircumcision 
that this promise was made, that it 
might be sure to all the seed; "not to 
that only which is of the law, but to 
that also which is of the faith of Abra- 
ham, who is the father of us all" (that 
believe). 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xli. 9. Thou whom I have 
taken from the ends of the earth, and 
called thee from the chief men thereof, 
and said unto thee, Thou art my ser- 
vant ; I have chosen thee, and not cast 
thee away. 

10. Fear thou not; for I am with 
thee : be not dismayed : for I am thy 
God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I 
will help thee ; yea, I will uphold thee 
with the right hand of my righteous- 
ness. 

11. Behold, all they that were in- 
censed against thee shall be ashamed 
and confounded : they shall be as no- 
thing ; and they that strive with thee 
shall perish. 

12. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt 
not find them, even them that contended 
with thee : they that war against thee 
shall be as nothing, and as a thing of 
naught. 

13. For I the Lord thy God will 
hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, 
Fear not ; I will help thee. 

Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
hath blessed us with all spiritual bless- 
ings in heavenly places in Christ, ac- 
cording as he hath chosen us in him 
before the foundation of the world. 

Ps. lxxii. 16. There shall be a 
handful of corn in the earth upon the 
top of the mountains : the fruit thereof 
shall shake like Lebanon : and they of 
the city shall flourish like grass of the 
earth. 

17. His name shall endure for ever, 
his name shall be continued as long 
as the sun ; and men shall be blessed 
in him: all nations shall call him 
blessed. 

18. Blessed be the Lord God, the 
God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous 
things. 

19. And blessed be his glorious name 
for ever ; and let the whole earth be 
filled with his glory. Amen, and 
Amen. 

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The Letter. 

4. So Abram departed, as the Lord 
had spoken unto him, and Lot went with 
him : and Abram was seventy and five 
years old when he departed out of 
Haran. 

5. And Abram took Sarai his wife, 
and Lot his brother's son, and all their 
substance that they had gathered, and 
the souls that they had gotten in Ha- 
ran ; and they went forth to go into 
the land of Canaan ; and into the land 
of Canaan they came. 

6. And Abram passed through the 
land unto the place of Sichein, unto the 
plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite 
ivas then in the land. 

Kote. 

The goings forth of the divine Re- 
deemer have been " of old, even from 
everlasting." All the manifestations of 
himself have been for the salvation of 
his people ; whether as the mighty God, 
the everlasting Father, or the Prince of 
Peace ; whether to raise up a chosen 
seed, or to redeem that seed by his 
blood, it has been always in view of 
them, and for the great love wherewith 
he loved them, that he has appeared 
among men. Isor does he ever appear 
alone, but as one with his people, — the 
Head of the church — the Saviour of the 
body. 

In this morning or twilight portion of 
redemption-work, as here typically re- 
presented, Abram's journeyings from 
Haran through the land of Canaan 
unto Sichem and the plain of Moreh, have 
special respect to the first communica- 
tions of God to men, as the High Father, 
or as God Almighty. Sichem signifies 
early in the morning ; and Moreh signi- 
fies spreading out, or increasing. The 
import of the figure then is this : — The 
Almighty God comes forth as the Father 
of the covenant, to give the first intima- 
tion of his purpose of grace in Christ 



the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Ana- 
thema Maran-atha. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lxix. 34. Let the heaven and 
earth praise him, the seas, and every- 
thing that moveth therein. 

35. For God will save Zion, and will 
build the cities of Judah: that they 
may dwell there, and have it in posses- 
sion. 

36. The seed also of his servants 
shall inherit it ; and they that love his 
name shall dwell therein. 

1. 4. He shall call to the heavens 
from above, and to the earth, that he 
may judge his people. 

5. Gather my saints together unto 
me ; those that have made a covenant 
with me by sacrifice. 

6. And the heavens shall declare his 
righteousness : for God is judge liim- 
self. Selah. 

7. Hear, O my people, and I will 
speak; O Israel, and I will testify 
against thee : I am God, even thy 
God. 

lxviii. 7. O God, when thou wentest 
forth before thy people, when thou 
didst march through the wilderness; 
Selah : 

8. The earth shook, the heavens also 
dropped at the presence of God: even 
Sinai itself was moved at the presence 
of God, the God of Israel. 

9. Thou, O God, didst send a plen- 
tiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm 
thine inheritance, when it was weary. 

10. Thy congregation hath dwelt 
therein : thou, O God, hast prepared 
of thy goodness for the poor. 

% * * * * 

32. Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of 
the earth; O sing praises unto the 
Lord ; Selah : 

33. To him that rideth upon the hea- 
vens of heavens, which were of old ; lo, 
he doth send out his voice, and thai a 
mighty voice. 



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Jesus, which shall grow and increase in 
the clearness of its revelations unto the 
perfect day. 



34. Ascribe ye strength unto God : 
his excellency is over Israel, and his 
strength is in the clouds. 

35. O God, thou art terrible out of 
thy holy places : the God of Israel is 
he that giveth strength and power unto 
Ms people. Blessed be God. 

xciii. 2. Thy throne is established 
of old : thou art from everlasting. 



The Letter. 

7. And the Lord appeared unto 
Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I 
give this land : and there buildedhe an 
altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto 
him. 

8. And he removed from thence unto 
a mountain on the east of .Beth-el, and 
pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the 
west, and Hai on the east : and there 
he builded an alter unto the Lord, and 
called upon the name of the Lord. 

9. And Abram journeyed, going on 
still toward the south. 

10. And there was a famine in the 
land:, and Abram went down into 
Egypt to sojourn there ; for the famine 
was grievous in the land. 

11. And it came to pass, when he 
was come near to enter into Egypt, 
that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold 
now, I know that thou art a fair woman 
to look upon : 

12. Therefore it shall come to pass, 
when the Egyptians shall see thee, that 
they shall say, This is his wife : and 
they will kill me, but they will save 
thee alive. 

13. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sis- 
ter : that it may be well with me for 
thy sake; and my soul shall live be- 
cause of thee. 

|Note; 
The promise increases in its fulness 
and clearness. At first it was an inde- 
finite blessing ; now it assumes a more 
distinct form. " Unto thy seed will I give 
this land." Paul in Gal. says, this seed 
is Christ. If so, then the land given is 



The Spirit. 

Deut. xxxiii. 7. Remember the 
days of old, consider the years of many 
generations : ask thy father, and he will 
show thee; thy elders, and they will 
tell thee. 

8. When the Most High divided to 
the nations their inheritance, when he 
separated the sons of Adam, he set the 
bounds of the people according to the 
number of the children of Israel : 

9. For the Lord's portion is his peo- 
ple ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 

2 Sam. vii. 10. Moreover I will ap- 
point a place for my people Israel, and 
will plant them, that they may dwell in 
a place of their own, and move no more ; 
neither shall the children of wicked- 
ness afflict them any more, as before- 
time. 

» 11. And as since the time that I 
commanded judges to be over my people 
Israel, and have caused thee to rest 
from all thine enemies. Also the Lord 
telleth thee, that he will make thee a 
house. 

12. And when thy days be fulfilled, 
and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I 
will set up thy seed after thee, which 
shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I 
will establish his kingdom. 

13. He shall build a house for my 
name ; and I will stablish the throne of 
his kingdom for ever. 

14. I will be his father, and he shall 
be my son. If he commit iniquity, I 
will chasten him with the rod of men, 
and with the stripes of the children of 
men. 



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not literal Canaan, but that which Ca- 
naan represents, the " inheritance incor- 
ruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not 
away, which is reserved in heaven" for 
Christ and his people. 

Upon receiving this promise Abram 
sets up an altar, or memorial of it on the 
east of Bethel, because there, in that 
very spot, would this promise be hereaf- 
ter more fully developed. 

Abram then proceeds to Egypt, a 
place which is often mentioned in this 
typical history. Egypt appears to re- 
present the world in distinction from the 
church, or the earth in distinction from 
the heavens, in their mystical sense. 

The true relationship between Christ 
and the church is never understood by 
the world; it is to them a hidden mys- 
tery. For Jesus manifests himself to her 
as he does not to the world ; and in their 
view treats her more as a sister than a 
spouse. 

This act of Abram may also intimate 
that which in the " fulness of time" 
would actually take place in the spirit- 



The Letter. 

14. And it came to pass, that when 
Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyp- 
tians beheld the woman that she was 
very fair. 

15. The princes also of Pharaoh saw 
her, and commended her before Pha- 
raoh : and the woman was taken into 
Pharaoh's house. 

1 6. And he entreated Abram well for 
her sake : and he had sheep, and oxen, 
and he-asses, and men-servants, and 
maid-servants, and she-asses, and ca- 
mels. 

17. And the Lord plagued Pharaoh 
and his house with great plagues be- 
cause of Sarai, Abram's wife. 

18. And Pharaoh called Abram, and 
said, What is this that thou hast done 
unto me ? why didst thou not tell me 
that she was thy wife ? 

19. Why saidst thou, She is my 
sister] so I might have taken her to 

9 



Acts in. 30. Therefore being a pro- 
phet, and knowing that God had sworn 
with an oath to him, that of the fruit of 
his loins, according to the flesh, he 
would raise up Christ to sit on his 
throne. 

Sol. Song iv. 12. A garden en- 
closed is my sister, my spouse ; a spring 
shut up, a fountain sealed. 

Eph. v. 29. For no man ever yet 
hated his own flesh; but' nourisheth 
and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the 
church : 

30. For we are members of his body, 
of his flesh, and of his bones. 

31. For this cause shall a man leave 
his father and mother, and shall be 
joined unto his wife, and they too shall 
be one flesh. 

32. This is a great mystery : but I 
speak concerning Christ and the 
church. 

ual Egypt, where Jesus would redeem 
the church with his blood. 



The Spirit. 

1 John iii. 1. Behold what manner 
of love the Father hath bestowed upon , 
us, that we should be called the son&of 
God ! therefore the world, knoweth us, 
not, because it knew him: not. 

2. Beloved, now are we the- sons of 
God ; and it doth not yet appear what 
we shall be : but we know that, when 
he shall appear, we shall be like him ; 
for we shall see him as he is. 

Ps. xlviii. 2. Beautiful for situa- 
tion, the joy of the whole earth, is 
mount Zion, on the sides of the north, 
the city of the great King. 

3. God is known in her palaces for 
a refuge. 

4. For lo, the kings were assembled, 
they passed by together. 

5. They saw it, and so they mar- 
velled ; they were troubled, and hasted 
away. 



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me to wife : now therefore behold thy 
wife, take her, and go thy way. 

20. And Pharaoh commanded his 
men concerning him : and they sent 
him away, and his wife, and all that he 
had. 

KOTE. 

The external glory of the church un- 
der the first testament, made her an ob- 
ject of admiration and wonder to the 
world. K"o't discerning her spiritual na- 
ture or hidden character, and mistaking 
her outward ceremonies and ^adorn- 
ments for a token of oneness and simili- 
tude with themselves, they claim a right 
to her blessings and privileges as their 
own. But though her Lord and Husband 
does not openly recognise his own ex- 
clusive title and relationship to Zion, yet 
he guards with watchful jealousy against 
the claims and encroachments of " other 
lords." 

If the ungodly put unholy hands 
upon his chosen, they are given to un- 
derstand that she is not to be defiled, 
polluted, or held in bondage with impu- 
nity; that "he who touches her touches 
the apple of his eye." They may boast 
of their power over her, and what they 
might do, either to favor or destroy her ; 
but the language of her sovereign Lord 
is, " Touch not mine anointed, and do my 
prophets no harm." 



6. Fear took hold upon them there, 
and pain, as of a w T oman in travail. 

7. Thou breakest the ships of Tar- 
shish with an east wind. 

8. As we have heard, so have we 
seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in 
the city of our God : God will establish 
it for ever. Selah. 

9. We have thought of thy loving 
kindness, O God, in the midst of thy 
temple. 

10. According to thy name, O God, 
so is thy praise unto the ends of the 
earth ; thy right hand is full of right- 
eousness. 

11. Let mount Zion rejoice, let the 
daughters of Judah be glad, because of 
thy judgments. 

12. Walk about Zion, and go round 
about her : tell the towers thereof. 

Job xxi. 14. Therefore they say 
unto God, Depart from us ; for we de- 
sire not the knowledge of thy ways. 

15. What is the Almighty, that we 
should serve him 1 and what profit 
should we have, if we pray unto 
him ? 

16. Lo, their good is not in their 
hand : the counsel of the wicked is far 
from me. 



CHAPTER XII. 



7*he Letter. 



1. And Abram went up out of 
Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he 
had, and Lot with him, into the south. 

2. And Abram was very rich in cat- 
tle, in silver, and in gold. 

3. And he went on his journeys from 
the south even to Beth-el, unto the 
place where his tent had been at the 
beginning, between Beth-el and Hai ; 

4. Unto the place of the altar, which 
he had made there at the first: and 
there Abram called on the name of the 
Lord. 



The Spirit 



Deut. xxxii. 11. As an eagle stir- 
reth up her nest, fluttereth over her 
young, spreadelh abroad her wings, 
taketh them, beareth them on her 
wings : 

12. So the Lord alone did lead him, 
and there was no strange God with 
him. 

13. Lie made him ride on the high 
places of the earth, that he might eat 
the increase of the fields ; and he made 
him to suck honey out of the rock, and 
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5. And Lot also, which went with 
Abram, had flocks, and herds, and 
tents. 

6. And the land was not able to bear 
them, that they might dwell together : 
for their substance was great, so that 
they could not dwell together. 

Note. 

The two companies that constituted 
the family of Abram, represent the two 
kingdoms of Israel and Judah, which 
were once united, but became divided in 
the reign of Rehoboam. Spiritually 
they are the whole house of Israel, as 
made up of the "good olive" and the 
wild olive ; the natural branches of the 
former being broken off for a season 
from their standing by birth, because 
by the gospel all were alike concluded 
under sin, that the free grace which is 
by promise might come unto all; but 
which were to be again " grafted in" (if 
they abide not in unbelief), to stand by 
faith in all the root and fatness of the 
good olive, with the fulness of the Gen- 
tiles. 

It was to the gospel-day, when the 
house of God should be built of lively 
stones, a spiritual temple, that this pre- 
dictive promise pointed for its fulfil- 
ment. 



The Letter. 

7. And there was a strife between 
the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the 
herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Ca- 
naanite and the Perizzite dwelled then 
in the land. 

8. And Abram said unto Lot, Let 
there be no strife, I pray thee, between 
me and thee, and between my herd- 
men and thy herdmen ; for we be bre- 
thren. 



* * * * * 

15. But Jeshurun waxed fat, and 
kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art 
grown thick, thou art covered with fat- 
ness ; then he forsook God which made 
him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of 
his salvation. 

Josh. xvii. 14. And the children of 
Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, 
Why hast thou given me but one lot 
and one portion to inherit, seeing I am 
a great people, forasmuch as the Lord 
hath blessed me hitherto 1 

15. And Joshua answered them, If 
thou be a great people, then get thee up 
to the w&od-couni?-y, and cut down for 
thyself there in tke land of the Periz- 
zites and of the giants, if mount 
Ephraim be too narrow for thee, 

Isa. xi.. 11, And it shall come to 
pass in that day, that the Lord shall set 
his hand again the second time to re- 
cover the remnant of his people, which 
shall be left, from Assyria, and from 
Egypt, and from Pathros, and from 
Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, 
and from Hamath, and from the islands 
of the sea. 

12. And he shall set up an ensign 
for the nations, and shall assemble the 
outcasts of Israel, and gather together 
the dispersed of Judah from the four 
corners of the earth. 

13. The envy also of Ephraim shall 
depart, and the adversaries of Judah 
shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not 
envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex 
Ephraim. 

The Spirit. 

Jer. xxxi. 10. Hear the word of the 
Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the 
isles afar off, and say, He that scattered 
Israel will gather him, and keep him 
as a shepherd doth his flbck. 

11. For the Lord hath redeemed Ja« 
cob, and ransomed him from the hand 
of him that was stronger than he. 

12, Therefore they shall come and 
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9. Is not the whole land before thee ? 
Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : 
if thou wilt take the left hand, then I 
will go to the right : or if thou depart 
to the right hand, then I will go to 
the left. 

Note. 

The two kingdoms of Ephraim, or 
Israel and Judah, were ever at variance : 
11 Ephraim envied Judah, and Judah 
vexed Ephraim." 

The house of Israel were first placed 
under one covenant of works; but as 
soon as the law of faith was established, 
and the new- covenant order of things 
took place, there was war between 
them, and they were separated from 
each other ; for " these are contrary the 
one from the other," and cannot exist 
together. " But there is hope in thine 
end, saith the Lord, that thy children 
shall come again to their own borders" 
The natural branches shall be gathered 
in to their own olive if they abide not in 
unbelief. So Ramah shall be comforted, 
and all Israel shall be saved." 

But more especially was it the herd- 
men of the two flocks, — those that boast- 
ed on the one hand, that they were 
Moses' disciples and sat in Moses' seat, 
and were teachers of the law and guides 
of the blind, — were at direct variance 
from those who looked and waited for 
" the promise through faith ;" — the 
" law of works " and the law of faith " 
were contrary the one from the other. 



The Letter. 

10. Lot lifted up his eyes, and be- 
held all the plain of Jordan, that it was 
well watered everywhere, before the 
Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, 
even as the garden of the Lord, like the 



flow together to the goodness of the 
Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for 
oil, and for the young of the flock and 
of the herd : and their soul shall be as 
a watered garden ; and they shall not 
sorrow any more at all. 
* * * % * 

15. Thus saith the Lord; A voice 
was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and 
bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for 
her children refused to be comforted for 
her children, because they were not. 

16. Thus saith the Lord; Refrain 
thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes 
from tears : for thy work shall be re- 
warded, saith the Lord ; and they shall 
come again from the land of the enemy. 

17. And there is hope in thine end, 
saith the Lord, that thy children shall 
come again to their own border. 

18. I have surely heard Ephraim be- 
moaning himself thus ; Thou hast chas- 
tised me, and I was chastised, as a bul- 
lock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn 
thou me, and I shall be turned; for 
thou art the Lord my God. 

19. Surely after that I was turned, I 
repented; and after that I was in- 
structed, I smote upon my thigh : I was 
ashamed, yea, even confounded, be- 
cause I did bear the reproach of my 
youth. 

Isa. v. 6. And I will lay it waste ; 
it shall not be pruned nor digged ; but 
there shall come up briars and thorns : 
I will also command the clouds that 
they rain not rain upon it. 

7. For the vineyard of the Lord of 
hosts is the house of Israel, and the 
men of Judah his pleasant plant: and 
he looked for judgment, but behold 
oppression ; for righteousness, but be- 
hold a cry. 



■: The Spirit. 

Isa. v. 1. Now will I sing to my 
well-beloved a song of my beloved 
touching his vineyard. My well-be- 
loved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful 
hill: 



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land of Egypt, as thou comest unto 
Zoar. 

11. Then Lot chose him all the plain 
of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: 
and they separated themselves the one 
from the other. 

12. Abram dwelled in the land of 
Canaan ; and Lot dwelled in the cities 
of the plain, and pitched his tent to- 
ward Sodom. 

13. But the men of Sodom were 
wicked and sinners before the Lord, 
exceedingly. 



The choice of Lot of the well-watered 
plain of Sodom, represents the plantiDg 
of Judah in the fruitful land of Judea ; 
or of the old-covenant people in the hill 
of Zion. 

From the scriptures here quoted, 
there can be no doubt of the fact that 
Sodom, in its fruitfulness, its wicked- 
ness, and its signal overthrow, is intend- 
ed as an example of Jerusalem and her 
old-covenant people; likewise the de- 
struction of the old world by the flood. 
2 Pet. ii. 5, 6. Jehovah says to this peo- 
ple, " You only have I known of all the 
nations of the earth; therefore will I 
punish you for your iniquities." He 
had distinguished them by special pri- 
vileges, and he would visit them with 
special judgments. 

After "hewing" them by the prophets, 
and threatening them with all the curses 
written in the book of the law, he next 
sends to these wicked husbandmen his 
own Son from heaven, saying they will 
surely reverence my Son, but him they 
despitefully used and crucified. And 
then was rilled up the measure of their 
iniquities, for all the righteous blood of 
all the prophets and righteous men — 
from the blood of righteous Abel to the 
blood of Zecharias — was required of 
that generation, and visited upon them. 

We have before seen that the promise 
of God to Abraham, being through 
faith, and not through the law, em- 
braced the whole family of the elect, 
whether, like righteous Lot in Sodom, 
they were the true heirs of promise, or 
hidden ones of God, dwelling in the 



2. And he fenced it, and gathered 
out the stones thereof, and planted it 
with the choicest vine, and built a 
tower in the midst of it, and also made 
a wine-press therein: and he looked 
that it should bring forth grapes, and it 
brought forth wild grapes. 

3. And now, O inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray 
you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 

4. What could have been done more 
to my vineyard, that I have not done in 
it? wherefore, when I looked that it 
should bring forth grapes, brought it 
forth wild gaapes? 

5. And now go to ; I will tell you 
what I will do to my vineyard : I will 
take away the hedge thereof, and it 
shall be eaten up ; and break down the 
wall thereof, and it shall be trodden 
down: 

6. And I will lay it waste : it shall 
not be pruned nor digged ; but there 
shall come up briers and thorns : I will 
also command the clouds that they rain 
no rain upon it. 

7. For the vineyard of the Lord of 
hosts is the house of Israel, and the 
men of Judah his pleasantest plant: 
and he looked for judgment, but be- 
hold oppression ; for righteousness, but 
behold a cry. 

Deut. xxxii. 32. For their vine is of 
the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of 
Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of 
gall, their clusters are bitter : 

33. Their wine is the poison of dra- 
gons, and the cruel venom of asps. 

Isa. i. 2. Hear, O heavens, and give 
ear, O earth : for the Lord hath spoken, 
I have nourished and brought up chil- 
dren, and they have rebelled against 
me. 

3. The ox knoweth his owner, and 
the ass his master's crib: but Israel 
doth not know, my people doth not 

consider. 

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10. Hear the word of the Lord, ye 
rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the 
law of our God, ye people of Gomor- 
rah. 



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midst of a rebellious and gainsaying 
people, — or, whether they yet remained 
in the olive which is wild by nature. 
And, as if to show still more clearly, 
that it is a promise confirmed of God in 
Christ, irrespective of the law, it is re- 
peated after Lot had separated from 
Abram. 



The Letter. 

14. And the Lord said unto Abram, 
after that Lot was separated from him, 
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from 
the place where thou art, northward, 
and southward, and eastward, and west- 
ward: 

15. For all the land which thou 
seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy 
seed for ever. 

16. And I will make thy seed as the 
dust of the earth : so that if a man can 
number the dust of the earth, then shall 
thy seed also be numbered. 

17. Arise, walk through the land in 
the length of it, and in the breadth of 
it ; for I will give it unto thee. 

18. Then Abram removed his tent, 
and came and dwelt in the plain of 
Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built 
there an altar unto the Lord. 

Note. 

The inheritance given to Abram was 
not by the law, but by promise : there- 
fore, in separating from him, Lot placed 
himself under the law, which dealt upon 
quite a different tenure. Lot had chosen 
the cities of the plain because they were 
well watered, and pitched his tent toward 
Sodom. Figuratively, he had chosen 
that fruitful vineyard which the Lord of 
hosts had planted, and from which " he 
looked that it should bring forth grapes ; 
but it brought fortli wild grapes." 

But Abram's portion was not so ; it 
was the gift of God by promise, and not 
to be enjoyed, but waited for. This last 
vision causes Abram to remove to 



11. To what purpose is the multi- 
tude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith 
the Lord : I am full of the burnt-offer- 
ings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts, 
and I delight not in the blood of bul- 
locks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 

Rev. xi. 8. And their dead bodies 
shall lie in the street of the great city, 
which spiritually is called Sodom and 
Egypt, where also our Lord was cruci- 
fied. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lxxxix. 34. My covenant will I 
not break, nor alter the thing that is 
gone out of my lips. 

35. Once have I sworn by my holi- 
ness, that I will not lie unto David. 

36. His seed shall endure for ever, 
and his throne as the sun before me. 

37. It shall be established for ever 
as the moon, and as a faithful witness 
in heaven. Selah. 

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27. Also I will make him my first- 
born, higher than the kings of the 
earth. 

28. My mercy will I keep for him for 
evermore, and my covenant shall stand 
fast with him. 

29. His seed also will I make to en- 
dure for ever, and his throne as the 
days of heaven. 

Num. xxiii. 10. Who can count- the 
dust of Jacob, and the number of the 
fourth part of Israel? Let me die the 
death of the righteous, and let my last 
end be like his ! 

Isa. xlix. 20. The children which 
thou shalt have, after thou hast lost 
the other, shall say again in thine ears, 
The place is too strait for me : give- 
place to me that I may dwell. 

21. Then shalt thou say in thy heart, 
Who hath begotten me these, seeing I 
have lost my children, and am desolate, 
a captive, and removing to and fro ? 
and who hath brought up these ? Be- 
hold, I was left alone; these, where 
had they been ? 



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Marare and Hebron. His " delights are 
already with the sons of men," even "the 
rebellious;" for he sees that God will 
bring them "nigh" and reconcile them 
to himself by the blood of the cross. 
And again he sets up his memorial ; the 
witness of his faith. 



Ps. lxii. 8. He shall have dominion 
also from sea to sea, and from the river 
unto the ends of the earth. 

Eph. ii. 7. That in the ages to 
come, he might show the exceeding 
riches of his grace, in his kindness to- 
wards us through Jesus Christ. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



The Letter. 

1. And it came to pass, in the days 
of Ararapel, king of Shinar; Arioch, 
king of Ellasar ; Chedorlaomer, king of 
Elam ; and Tidal, king of nations ; 

2. That these made war with Bera, 
king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king 
of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, 
and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and 
the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 

3. All these were joined together in 

the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 
* * * * % 

10. And the vale of Siddim was full 
of slime-pits ; and the kings of Sodom 
and Gomorrah fled, and fell there : and 
they that remained fled to the moun- 
tain. 

11. And they took all the goods of 
Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their 
victuals, and went their way. 

12. And they took Lot, Abram's 
brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, 
and his goods, and departed. 

ISote. 

Captivity by the hand of their ene- 
mies was God's usual method of punish- 
ing his people for their sins. 

Jerusalem, the spiritual Sodom, was 
besieged and laid waste, and her princes 
carried captive, many times, by the 
neighboring nations. Yet would God 
remember his covenant with their 
fathers, and repent him of the evil, and 
deliver them from their enemies. But 
the people rebelled more and more, 
though often threatened with a final 
overthrow, which ultimately came upon 
them. 



The Spirit. 

Isa i. 1. The vision of Isaiah, the 
son of Amoz, which he saw concerning 
Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of 
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, 
kings of Judah. 

2. Hear, O heavens ; and give ear, 
O earth : for the Lord hath spoken, I 
have nourished and brought up chil- 
dren, and they have rebelled against me. 

3. The ox knoweth his owner ; and 
the ass his master's crib; but Israel 
doth not know, my people doth not 
consider. 

4. Ah sinful nation, a people laden 
with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, 
children that are corrupters ! they have 
forsaken the Lord, they have provoked 
the Holy One of Israel unto anger, 
they are gone away backward. 

A 5. Why should ye be stricken any 
more. The whole head is sick, and 
the whole heart faint. 

6. From the sole of the foot even 
unto the head there is no soundness in 
it; but wounds, and bruises, and pu- 
trifying sores: they have not been 
closed, neither bound up, neither mol- 
lified with ointment, 

7. Your country is desolate, your 
cities are burned with fire : your land, 
strangers devour it in your presence, 
and it is desolate, as overthrown by 
strangers. 

8. And the daughter of Zion is left 
as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in 
a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged 
city. 



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Thus also God deals with the militant 
church ; visiting them with his chasten- 
ing rod, when they forsake his testimo- 
nies; and if they repent not, he will 
" remove the candlestick out of his place." 
Yet does it remain sure that his loving 
kindness will never be removed from 
the righteous, because " their righteous- 
ness is of me, saith the Lord." They are 
u kept by the power of God, through faith, 
unto salvation." 



The Letter. 

13. And there came one that had 
escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew ; 
for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the 
Amorite, brother of Eschol, and bro- 
ther of Amer : and these were confe- 
derate with Abram. 

14. And when Abram heard that his 
brother was taken captive, he armed 
his trained servants, born in his own 
house, three hundred and eighteen, and 
pursued them unto Dan. 

15. And he divided himself against 
them, he and his servants by night, and 
smote them, and pursued them unto 
Hobah, which is on the left hand of 
Damascus. 

16. And he brought back all the 
goods, and also brought again his bro- 
ther Lot, and his goods, and the women 
also, and the people. 

Note. 

The ears of the Lord are ever open to 
the cry of his people ; and he that keep- 
eth Israel never slumbereth nor sleepeth. 



9. Except the Lord of hosts had left 
unto us a very small remnant, we 
should have been as Sodom, and we 
should have been like unto Gomorrah. 

10. Hear the word of the Lord, ye 
rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the 
law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 

Zech. xiv. 2. For I will gather all 
nations against Jerusalem to battle; 
and the city shall be taken, and the 
houses rifled, and the women ravished ; 
and half of the city shall go forth into 
captivity, and the residue of the people 
shall not be cut off from the city. 

Isa. viii. 15. And many among them 
shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, 
and be snared, and be taken. 

Ezk. vi. 8. Yet will I leave a rem- 
nant, that ye may have some that shall 
escape the sword among the nations, 
when ye shall be scattered through the 
countries. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. lxiii. 9. In all their affliction he 
was afflicted, and the angel of his 
presence saved them: in his love and 
in his pity he redeemed them ; and he 
bare them, and carried them all the 
days of old. 

Ps. cxxiv. 1. If it had not been the 
Lord who was on our side, now may 
Israel say : 

2. If it had not been the Lord who 
was on our side, when men rose up 
against us, 

3. Then they had swallowed us up 
quick, when their wrath was kindled 
against us : 

4. Then the waters had overwhelm- 
ed us, the stream had gone over our 
soul: 

5. Then the proud waters had gone 
over our soul. 

6. Blessed be the Lord, who hath 
not given us as a prey to their teeth. 

7. Our soul is escaped as a bird out 
of the snare of the fowlers : the snare 
is broken, and we are escaped. 



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If Sodom had done wickedly, yet must 
Lot be delivered. 

One of the special blessings of the sal- 
vation of Christ is, that it is bestowed 
upon him that hath no helper — the dis- 
tressed and the destitute. He is a bro- 
ther born for adversity, and he will re- 
deem Israel out of all their distresses. 
He "saves the children of the needy, 
and breaks in pieces the oppressor. " 

We find that Abram makes use, on 
this occasion, of the Amorites among 
whom he dwells. So also it is the me- 
thod of Jesus to use even his enemies to 
bring about benefits to his people. 



The Letter. 

17. And the king of Sodom went out 
to meet him (after the return from the 
daughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the 
kings that were with him), at the valley 
of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. 

18. And Melchizedek king of Salem 
brought forth bread and wine : and he 
was the priest of the most high God. 

19. And he blessed him, and said, 
Blessed be Abram of the most high 
God, possessor of heaven and earth : 

20. And blessed be the most high 
God, which hath delivered thine ene- 
mies into thy hand. And he gave him 
tithes of all. 

Note. 

This victory of Abram and rescue of 
Lot is the first of the kind recorded in 
scripture. In its connexion with this 
typical history it is of high and import- 
ant import. 

From the remarkable manner in 



8. Our help is in the name of the 
Lord, who made heaven and earth. 

Isa. xlix. 25. But thus saith the 
Lord, Even the captives of the mighty 
shall be taken away, and the prey of 
the terrible shall be delivered : for I 
will contend with him that eontendeth 
with thee, and I will save thy children. 

26. And I will feed them that op- 
press thee with their own flesh ; and 
they shall be drunken with their own 
blood, as with sweet wine: and all 
flesh shall know that I the Lord am 
thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the 
mighty One of Jacob. 

Ps. exxvi. 1. When the Lord turned 
again the captivity of Zion, we were 
like them that dream. 

2. Then was our mouth filled with 
laughter, and our tongue with singing : 
then said they among the heathen, 
The Lord hath done great things for 
them. 

3. The Lord hath done great things 
for us ; whereof we are glad. 



The Spirit. 

Heb. vii. 5. And verily they that 
are of the sons of Levi, who receive 
the office of the priesthood, have a 
commandment to take tithes of the peo- 
ple according to the law, that is, of 
their brethren, though they come out 
of the loins of Abraham. 

6. But he whose descent is not count- 
ed from them received tithes of Abra- 
ham, and blessed him that had the pro- 
mises. 

7. And without all contradiction the 
less is blessed of the better. 

8. And here men that die receive 
tithes : but there he receiveih them, of 
whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 

9. And as I may so say, Levi also, 
who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in 
Abraham. 

10. For he was yet in the loins of 
his father, when Melchisedec met him. 



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which this triumph of Abram is celebra- 
ted, we perceive it must have allusion 
to the triumph of Christ over principali- 
ties and powers, whom he spoiled when 
he led captivity captive in the death of 
the cross. 

The king of Sodom (Jerusalem) who 
comes forth to meet and to share the 
spoils with Abram represents the Le- 
vitical priesthood, which became extinct 
at the death of Christ. The appearance 
too of Melchisedee at this special crisis 
bringing forth bread and wine, the em- 
blems of the great sacrifice for sin, by 
which Zion is redeemed from her ene- 
mies, declares the change which is then 
to take place both in the priesthood and 
the covenants. 

And lastly the remarkable blessing 
pronounced by Melchisedee upon Abram 
points out the Son of God as "the Lord, 
th4 Lord mighty in battle" whose throne 
is forever and ever, and the sceptre of 
whose kingdom is a right sceptre. 
" Thou lovest righteousness and hatest 
wickedness; therefore God, thy God, 
hath anointed thee with the oil of glad- 
ness above thy fellows." 



1. For this Melchisedee, king of Sa- 
lem, priest of the most high God, who 
met Abraham returning from the 
slaughter of the kings, and blessed 
him; 

2. To whom also Abraham gave a 
tenth part of all ; first being, by inter- 
pretation, King of righteousness, and 
after that also King of Salem, which is, 
King of peace ; 

***** 

20. And inasmuch as not without 
an oath he was made priest : 

21. (For those priests were made 
without an oath ; but this with an oath, 
by him that said* unto him, The Lord 
sware, and will not repent, Thou art a 
priest for ever after the order of Mel- 
chizedec :) 

22. By so much was Jesus made a 
surety of a better testament. 

Ps. xlv. 1. My heart is inditing a 
good matter: I speak of the things 
which I have made touching the King : 
my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 

2. Thou art fairer than the children 
of men : grace is poured into thy lips : 
therefore God hath blessed thee for 
ever. 

3. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, 
O Most Mighty, with thy glory and thy 
majesty. 

4. And in thy majesty ride prosper- 
ously because of truth and meekness 
and righteousness ; and thy right hand 
shall teach thee terrible things. 

5. Thine arrows are sharp in the 
heart of the King's enemies ; whereby 
the people fall under thee. 

6. Thy throne, O God, is for ever 
and ever : the sceptre of thy kingdom 
is a right sceptre. 



The Letter. 

21. And the king of Sodom said 
unto Abram, Give me the persons, and 
take the goods to thyself. 

22. And Abram said to the king of 



The Spirit. 

Heb. vii. 11. If therefore perfec- 
tion were by the Levitical priesthood 
(for under it the people received the 
law), what further need was there that 



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the Lord, the most high God, the pos- 
sessor of heaven and earth, 

23. That I will not take from a 
thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that 
I will not take anything that is thine, 
lest thou shouldest say, I have made 
Abram rich : 

24. Save only that which the young 
men have eaten, and the portion of the 
men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol. 
and Mamre ; let them take then- por- 
tion. 

1S"ote. 

Thi3 proposal of the king of Sodom, to 
divide the spoil with Abram, shows the 
blindness and self-righteousness of the 
Jews, who, ignorantol God's righteous- 
ness, sought by their own deeds and ob- 
servances to render to him an equiva- 
lent for the benefits they received. 
They presumptuously offer that which 
was already his own, as the possessor of 
heaven and earth. Therefore he says, 
"Bring no more vain oblations, nor think 
with the cattle upon a thousand hills 
and ten thousand rivers of oil ; nay, even 
with the fruit of thine own body, to re- 
deem a single soul, or give to God a 
ransom for it." 

The system of carnal ordinances was 
from this time to be blotted out ; the 
rudiments of the world and the com- 
mandments and doctrines of men had no 
more place ; for Christ in this typical act 
of the sacrifice of himself, had perfected 
forever them that are sanctified : that 
which all the offerings of the Levitical 
priesthood could never do; for if per- 
fection could have been obtained by 
them, then there would have been no 
need of the order of Melchisedec. If 
the rulers of Sodom could have con- 
quered their enemies and delivered the 
people from captivity, then Abram need 
not have come forth and accomplished 
the work. 



der of Melchisedec, and not be called 
after the order of Aaron 1 

2fi Sfi 5j£ Jjc Jj: 

13. For he of whom these things 

are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, 

of which no man gave attendance at the 

altar. 
***** 

5. So also Christ glorified not him- 
self to be made a high priest ; but he 
that said unto him, Thou art my Son, 
to-day have I begotten thee. 

6. As he saith also in another place, 
Thou art a priest for ever after the or- 
der of Melchisedec. 

Col. ii. 14. Blotting out the hand- 
writing of ordinances that was against 
us, which was contrary to us, and took 
it out of the way, nailing it to his 
cross ; 

15. And having spoiled principalities 
and powers, he made a show of them 
openly, triumphing over them in it, 

16. Let no man therefore judge you 
in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a 
holy day, or of the new-moon, or of the 
sabbath-^ays : 

17. Which are a shadow of things 
to come ; but the body is of Christ. 

18. Let no man beguile you of your 
reward in a voluntary humility and 
worshipping of angels, intruding into 
those things which he hath not seen, 
vainly puffed up by his fleshly 
mind, 

19. And not holding the head, from 
which all the body by joints and bands 
having nourishment ministered, and 
knit together, increaseth with the in- 
crease of God. , 

20. Wherefore, if ye be dead with 
Christ from the rudiments of the world, 
why, as though living in the world, are 
ye subject to ordinances, 

21. (Touch not; taste not; handle 
not; 

22. Which all are to perish with the 
using;) after the commandments and 
doctrines of men ? 

23. Which things have indeed a show 
of wisdom in will-worship, and humi- 
lity, and neglecting of the body; not 



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in any honor to the satisfying of the 
flesh. 

Isa. xlv. 13. I have raised him up 
in righteousness, and I will direct all 
his ways : he shall build my city, and 
he shall let go my captives, not for 
price nor reward, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



The Letter. 

1. After these things the word of 
the Lord came unto Abram, in a vision, 
saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy 
shield, and thy exceeding great re- 
ward. 

2. And Abram said, Lord God, what 
wilt thou give me, seeing I go child- 
less, and the steward of my house is 
this Eliezar of Damascus ? 

3. And Abram said, Behold, to me 
thou hast given no seed: and Jo, one 
born in mine house is mine heir. 

Note. 

The path of the righteous, — the way 
east up for the ransomed, — is as the 
6hining light that shineth brighter and 
brighter uuto the perfect day. 

This gradual development is exhibited 
in the typical history of Abram. He is 
first chosen and called of God, then 
takes possession of the inheritance, in 
behalf of his seed, while yet he has no 
son. The full extent of this inheritance 
is next made known ; and now that 
which has been hitherto darkly inti- 
mated, is positively declared, — the gift 
of a son and heir. Abram affirms that 
all is of no avail, so long as this heir is 
withheld. And much more true was it, 
that till the promised Messiah was given 
to Zion, she remained uneomforted and 
unblessed. All of good that the world 
knows or can conceive, is in him ; 
and without him there is nothing but 
barrenness and death, guilt and condem- 
nation. It was not in the power of an- 
gels or men, nor even of Jehovah him- 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lxxxiv. 11. For the Lord God 
is a sun and shield : the Lord will give 
grace and glory: no good thing will 
he withhold from them that walk up- 
rightly. 

12. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the 
man that trusteth in thee. 

lxxxix. 8. O Lord God of hosts, 

who is a strong Lord like unto thee 1 

or to thy faithfulness round about 

thee? 
***** 

16. In thy name shall they rejoice 
all the day : and in thy righteousness 
shall they be exalted. 

17. For thou art the glory of their 
strength; and in thy favor our horn 
shall be exalted. 

18. For the Lord is our defence; 
and the Holy One of Israel is our 

King. 

***** 

2. For I have said, Mercy shall be 
built up for ever : thy faithfulness shalt 
thou establish in the very heavens. 

3. I have made a covenant with my 
chosen, I have sworn unto David my 
servant, 

4. Thy seed will I establish for 
ever, and build up thy throne to all 
generations. Selah. 

***** 
34. My covenant will I not break, 
nor alter the thing that is gone out of 

my lips. 

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self, to do good to a world lying in 
wickedness, except through the gift of 
his only Begotten and dearly Beloved 
Son. 

The patriarch David, though so high- 
ly blessed of God, with distinguished 
promises of good, complains that the 
covenant is void, and the former loving- 
kindnesses of God are gone — so long as 
he did not see the seed in whom all 
these sure mercies were to be established. 



71ie Letter. 

4. And behold, the word of the Lord 
came unto him, saying, This shall not 
be thine heir ; but he that shall come 
forth out of thine own bowels shall be 
thine heir. 

5. And he brought him forth abroad, 
and said, Look now toward heaven, 
and tell the stars, if thou be able to 
number them : and he said unto them, 
so shall thy seed be. 

6. And he believed in the Lord ; and 
he counted it to him for riffhteous- 



Kote. 

Eliezer of Damascus could no more be 
Abram's heir, than Saul could remain 
king of Israel after David had been 
anointed; or, than justification could be 
of the law instead of faith. 

Isaac, the son of Sarah, could alone be 
Abram's heir; and Jesus, the seed of the 
woman, the only Begotten and well be- 
loved of the Father, could alone be the 
" heir of all things." 

Though Isaac was the only son of Sa- 
rah, yet in him were a seed chosen more 
numerous than " the stars of heaven or 
the sands upon the sea-shore." So also 
in Christ were chosen all that innumera- 



thyself ? for ever ? shall thy wrath burn 
like fire ? 

47. Remember how short my time 
is : wherefore hast thou made all men 
in vain ? 

48. What man is he that liveth, and 
shall not see death? shall he deliver 
his soul from the hand of the grave 1 
Selah. 

49. Lord, where are thy former lov- 
ing-kindnesses, which thou swearest 
unto David in thy truth 1 

2 Sam. xxiii. 5. Although my house 
be not so with God, yet he hath made 
with me an everlasting covenant, or- 
dered in all things, and sure : for this is 
all my salvation, and all my desire, al- 
though he make it not to grow. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. cxxxii. 11. The Lord hath 
sworn in truth unto David; he will 
not turn from it : Of the fruit of thy 
body will I set upon thy throne. 

12. If thy children will keep my co- 
venant and my testimony that I shall 
teach them, their children also shall sit 
upon thy throne for evermore. 

Acts ix. 21. And afterward they 
desired a king: and God gave unto 
them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the 
tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty 
years. 

22. And when he had removed him, 
he raised up unto them David to be 
their king : to whom also he gave testi- 
mony, and said, I have found David the 
son of Jesse, a man after mine own 
heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 

23. Of this man's seed hath God, ac- 
cording to his promise, raised unto 
Israel a Saviour, Jesus. 

Ps. cxxxviii. 1. I will praise thee 
with my whole heart : before the gods 
will I sing praise unto thee. 

2. I will worship toward thy holy 
temple, and praise thy name for thy 
loving-kindness and for thy truth : for 



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ble multitude that shall surround the 
throne, to give glory, and honor, and 
blessing, to him who hath redeemed 
them to God by his blood. 

At this time Abraham was " in uncir- 
cumcision;" the promise is designed to 
extend to the Gentile converts, which 
should crowd the gates of Zion in the 
gospel day. 

Abram had other seed, but they had 
no part in the inheritance of Isaac ; so 
there are multitudes who have no part 
nor lot in the blessings of the new cove- 
nant, which are in Christ yea and 
amen, to those only who believe. 



thou hast magnified thy word above all 
thy name. 

* * * * * 

7. Though I walk in the midst of 
trouble, thou wilt revive me : thou shalt 
stretch forth thine hand against the 
wrath of mine enemies, and thy right 
hand shall save me. 

8. The Lord will perfect that which 
concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, 
endureth for ever : forsake not the works 
of thine own hands. 

Rom. iv. 9. Cometh this blessedness 
then upon the circumcision only, or 
upon the uncircumcision also ? For we 
say that faith was reckoned to Abraham 
for righteousness. 

10. How was it then reckoned? 
when he was in circumcision, or in 
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, 
but in uncircumcision. 

* % * % * 

13. For the promise that he should 
be the heir of the world was not to 
Abraham, or to his seed, through the 
law, but through the righteousness of 
faith. 



The Letter. 

7. And he said unto him, I am the 
Lord that brought thee out of Ur of 
the Chaldces, to give thee this land to 
inherit it. 

8. And he said, Lord God, whereby 
shall I know that I shall inherit it ? 

9. And he said unto him, Take me 
a heifer of three years old, and a she- 
goat of three years old, and a ram of 
three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a 
young pigeon. 

10. And he took unto him all these, 
and divided them in the midst, and laid 
each piece one against another : but the 
birds divided he not. 

1 1 . And when the fowls came down 
upon the carcasses, Abram drove them 

away. 

Note. 

From the 34th of Jeremiah, we may 
learn the meaning of this ceremony. It 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xlix. 8. Thus saith the Lord, 
In acceptable time have I heard thee, 
and in a day of salvation have I helped 
thee : and I will preserve thee, and give 
thee for a covenant of the people, to 
establish the earth, to cause to inherit 
the desolate heritages. 

Gal. iii. 12. Christ hath redeemed 
us from the curse of the law, being 
made a curse for us : for it is written, 
Cursed is every one that hangeth on a 
tree: 

* * * . * * 

14. That the blessing of Abraham 
might come on the Gentiles through 
Jesus Christ; that we might receive 
the promise of the Spirit through 
faith. 

15. Brethren, I speak after the man- 
ner of men ; though it be but a man's 



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appears that it was the ancient form of 
making a covenant. The sacrifice was 
divided, and the parts placed on oppo- 
site sides, while the covenanting parties 
passed between them. This was equiva- 
lent to the most solemn oath, and was 
necessary to confirm the compact ; 
called, therefore, an oath for confirma- 
tion. 

It implies a solemn invocation of the 
penalty alluded to in the 20th verse, to 
rest upon themselves if they broke the 
covenant,— that they should be slain 
like beasts, and exposed to be eaten by 
the fowls of the air. God was pleased 
to choose this figure to reveal to Abram's 
faith the eternal compact, or "covenant 
of peace," which was between the Father 
and the Son; — the oa'h by which God, 
who cannot lie, confirmed the promise 
given to Abram. He " sware by himself" 
" because he could swear by no greater." 
The birds were not divided. Possibly 
the beasts had respect to the atoning 
sacrifice, and the birds to the people of 
God who were embraced in the cove- 
nant, though not a covenanting party. 

Abram drove away the fowls from the 
carcasses, to show his faith in the fulfil- 
ment of its promises or conditions. 

In Gal. iii. 17, it is declared that the 
covenant was confirmed of God in Christ, 
fowr hundred and thirty years before the 
giving of the law. The vision here 
granted ' to Abram must therefore be 
intended to represent this confirmation, 
in answer to his question, "How shall I 
know that I shall inherit it?" In Heb. 
vi. 13-19, reference is made to this 
same oath and promise of God. 



covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man 
disannulled or addeth thereto. ' 

16. Now to Abraham and his seed 
were the promises made. He saith 
not, And to seeds, as of many; but 
as of one, And to thy seed, which is 
Christ. 

17. And this I say, That the cove- 
nant, that was confirmed before of God 
in Christ, the law, which was four hun- 
dred and thirty years after, cannot dis- 
annul, that it should make the promise 
of none effect. 

Jer. xxxiv. 18. And I will give the 
men that have transgressed my cove- 
nant, which have not performed the 
words of the covenant which they had 
made before me, when they cut the calf 
in twain, and passed between the parts 
thereof. 

19. The princes of Judah, and the 
princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and 
the priests, and all the people of the 
land, which passed between the parts 
of the calf; 

20. I will even give them into the 
hand of their enemies, and into the hand 
of them that seek their life : and their 
dead bodies shall be for meat unto the 
fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts 
of the earth. 

Heb. ix. 19. For when Moses had 
spoken every precept to all the people 
according to the law, he took the blood 
of calves and of goats, with water, and 
scarlet-wool, and hjssop, and sprinkled 
both the book and all the people, 

20. Saying, This is the blood of the 
testament which God hath enjoined unto 
you. 

21. Moreover, he sprinkled likewise 
with blood both the tabernacle, and all 
the vessels of the ministry. 

22. And almost all things are by the 
law purged with blood ; and without 
shedding of blood is no remission. 



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The Letter. 

12. And when the sun was going 
down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram ; 
and lo, a horror of great darkness fell 
upon him. 

Note. 

In view of the mighty conflict which 
the divine Redeemer was about to en- 
dure in making his soul an offering for 
sin he says, " Fearfulness and trembling 
are come upon me, and horror hath over- 
whelmed me." 

He was about to sleep the sleep of 
death ; yet was it not the pains of tem- 
poral death that the Son of God feared, 
but he must also taste of the second 
death ; he must give his soul an offering 
for sin; must endure all that curse 
which rested upon his people as trans- 
gressors of the law, the full weight of the 
sentence which had been pronounced 
upon them, whose sins he bore in his 
own body upon the tree. 

Many martyrs have suffered for the 
truth's sake, who have rejoiced and tri- 
umphed in the midst of bodily distress ; 
but far different is their case from that 
of the Lamb of God. They were di- 
vinely supported and comforted with 
the consolations of the Holy Spirit; 
they died as the righteous; and "pre- 
cious in the sight of the Lord is the 
death of his saints." But Christ died 
under a curse and not under a blessing ; 
in no other way could he purchase life 
for his people, who must have borne that 
curse in their own persons, had it not 
been laid upon him.! 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lv. 4. My heart is sore pained 
within me: and the terrors of death 
are fallen upon me. 

5. Fearfulness and trembling are 
come upon me, and horror hath over- 
whelmed me. 

xxi. 1. My God, my God, why hast 
thou forsaken me ? why art thou so far 
from helping me, and from the words 
of my roaring ] 

xxii. 11. Be not far from me; for 
trouble is near; for there is none to 
help. 

12. Many bulls have compassed me : 
strong bulls of Bashan have beset me 
round. 

13. They gaped upon me with their 
mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 

14. I am poured out like water, and 

all my bones are out of joint ; my 

heart is like wax ; it is melted in the 

midst of my bowels. 
***** 

20. Deliver my soul from the sword ; 
my darling from the power of the dog. 

21. Save me from the lion's mouth : 
for thou hast heard me from the horns 
of the unicorns. 

lxix. 14. Deliver me out of the mire, 
and let me not sink : let me be deli- 
vered from them that hate me, and out 
of the deep waters. 

15. Let not the water-flood overflow 
me, neither let the deep swallow me 
up, and let not the pit shut her mouth 
upon me. 

Matt. xxvi. 38. Then saith he 
unto them, My soul is exceeding sor- 
rowful, even unto death : tarry ye here, 
and watch with me. 

39. And he went a little further, and 
fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O 
my Father, if it be possible, let this cup 
pass from me ; nevertheless, not as I 
will, but as thou wilt. 

xxvii. 45. Now, from the sixth hour 
there was darkness over all the land 
unto the ninth hour. 

46. And about the ninth hour Jesus 
cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli ,Eli, 



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The Letter. 

13. And he said unto Abram, Know 
of a surety that thy seed shall be a 
stranger in a land that is not theirs, 
and shall serve them ; and they shall 
afflict them four hundred years ; 

14. And also that nation whom they 
shall serve, will I judge : and after- 
ward shall they come out with great 
substance. 

15. And thou shalt go to thy fathers 
in peace; thou shalt be buried in a 
good old age. 

16. But in the fourth generation they 
shall come hither again: for the ini- 
quity of the Amorites is not yet full. 

Note. 

In these words of God to Abram are 
predicted and promised the future bond- 
age of his seed in Egypt, with the hard 
service with which they should be made 
to serve under the iron rule of that 
Pharaoh that "knew not Joseph;" and 
also the great deliverance which, at the 
pet time, God would work out for them 
in bringing them out with " a high 
hand and an outstretched arm," and 
planting them in the good land which 
he had given to Abram. 

But in this literal bondage and deli- 
verance, together with the sure posses 
sion of the promised inheritance, were 
prefigured the greater and better things 
reserved for the true Israel in the gospel 
day; when they should be delivered 
from the bondage of sin and Satan, and 
brought into the glorious liberty of the 
sons of God, and finally into the full in- 
heritance of the saints above : when also 
the prince of this world should be 
judged who had held them in captivity. 

But this was not to be wholly accom- 
plished until the fulness of time should 
come when Abram, Isaac, and Jacob 
should be gathered in Macpelah ; or, 
when the iniquity of the wicked should 
be full and ripe for judgment, and the 
10 



lama sabachthani ? that is to say, My 
God, my God, why hast thou for- 
saken me ? 



The Spirit. 

Ex. iii. 7. And the Lord said, 1 have 
surely seen the affliction of my people 
which are in Egypt, and have heard 
their cry by reason of their taskmas- 
ters ; for I know their sorrows ; 

8. And I am come down to deliver 
them out of the hand of the Egyptians, 
and to bring them up out of that land, 
unto a good land, and a large, unto a 
land flowing with milk and honey ; 
unto the place of the Canaanites, and 
the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the 
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the 
Jebusites. 

xii. 40. Now the sojourning of the 
children of Israel who dwelt in Egypt 
was four hundred and thirty years. 

41. And it came to pass, at the end 
of the four hundred and thirty years, 
even the self-same day it came to pass, 
that all the hosts of the Lord went out 
from the land of Egypt. 

Ps. cv. 36. He smote also all the 
first-born in their land, the chief of all 
their strength. 

37. He brought them forth also with 
silver- and gold : and there was not one 
feeble person among their tribes. 

38. Egypt was glad when they de- 
parted : for the fear of them fell upon 
them. 

***** 

42. For he remembered his holy pro- 
mise, and Abraham his servant. 

43. And he brought forth his people 
with joy, and his chosen with gladness : 

44. And gave them the lands of the 
heathen : and they inherited the labor 
of the people ; 

45. That they might observe his 
statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye 
the Lord. 

lxxviii. 55. He cast out the heathen 
also before them, and divided them an 



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mediatorial kingdom ready to be given 
up to Him who shall reign, " God over all 
blessed forevermore." 

By this solemn confirmation of the oath 
of the covenant, as given to Abraham by 
promise, we are taught, that in the ever- 
lasting counsel of peace, which it re- 
vealed, all things were " well ordered and 
sure;" that the bondage of the elect un- 
der the power of sin and Satan was a 
part of the divine purpose as well as the 
method by which they were to be re- 
deemed from it ; and that all was " con- 
firmed of God in Christ" before it came 
to pass. 



inheritance by line, and made the tribes 
of Israel to dwell in their tents. 

lxxx. 8. Thou hast brought a vine 
out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the 
heathen, and planted it. 

9. Thou preparest room before it, 
and didst cause it to take deep root, 
and it filled the land. 

10. The hills were covered with the 
shadow of it, and the boughs thereof 
were like the goodly cedars. 

11. She sent out her boughs unto 
the sea, and her branches unto the 
river. 

2 Pet. ii. 9. But ye are a chosen 
generation, a royal priesthood, a holy 
nation, a peculiar people ; that ye 
should show forth the praises of him 
who hath called you out of darkness 
into his marvellous light. 

Col. i. 13. Who hath delivered us 
from the power of darkness, and hath 
translated us into the kingdom of his 
dear Son : 

14. In whom we have redemption 
through his blood, even the forgiveness 
of sins. 



The Letter. 

17. And it came to pass, that when 
the sun went down, and it was dark, 
behold a smoking furnace, and a burn- 
ing lamp that passed between those 
pieces. 

18. In that same day the Lord made 
a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto 
thy seed have I given this land, from 
the river of Egypt unto the great river, 
the river Euphrates. 

Note. 

It was in the evening, or close of the 
first dispensation, when its sun went 
down or was extinguished in that dark 
night of Gethsemane, that the smoking 
furnace (the bleeding, burning sacrifice), 
and the burning lamp (the divine altar 
or Eternal Spirit, through which that 
sacrifice was offered), passed between 
the .rent veil of the Redeemer's body, by 



The Spirit. 

Heb. vi. 16. * * An oath for con- 
firmation is to them an end of all strife. 

17. Wherein God, willing more 
abundantly to show unto the heirs of 
promise the immutability of Ms coun- 
sel, confirmed it by an oath ; 

18. That by two immutable things, 
in which it was impossible for God to 
lie, we might have a strong consolation, 
who have fled for refuge to lay hold 
upon the hope set before us in the 
gospel, &c. 

ix. 14. How much more shall the 
blood of Christ, who through the eter- 
nal Spirit offered himself without spot 
to God, purge your conscience from 
dead works to serve the living God. 

15. For this cause he is the Media- 
tor of the New Testament, that by 
means of death for the redemption of 
the transgressors under the first testa- 



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means of which he made his soul an of- 
fering for sin ! 

By the blood of this sacrifice was the 
new covenant or testament sealed and 
ratified, which secured to spiritual Is- 
rael all the riches of grace, in their 
length and breadth. Hence the com- 
mand, " Feed the church of God which he 
hath purchased with his own, blood." By 
the merits of this blood, the infinite 
value of this ransom price, has he re- 
deemed to himself all that the Father 
hath given him. It was "for the joy 
that was set before him" in the posses" 
sion of this seed, that Jesus consented 
and stipulated to endure the cross, de- 
spising the shame ; and the argument 
which is held up to stimulate and con- 
strain this seed to serve and glorify their 
divine Lord, is, that they " are not their 
own, but are bought with a price, even 
the precious blood of Christ as of a 
lamb without spot or blemish." 



ment, they which are called might re- 
ceive the promise of eternal inherit- 
ance. 

Zech. vi. 13. Even he shall build 
the temple of the Lord ; and he shall 
bear the glory, and shall sit and rule 
upon his throne: and he shall be a 
priest upon his throne, and the counsel 
of peace shall be between them both. 

Isa. Ixii. l. For Zion's sake will I 
not hold my peace, and for Jeru- 
salem's sake I will not rest, until 
the righteousness thereof go forth as 
brightness, and the salvation thereof as 
a lamp that burneth. 

xxxi. 9. And he shall pass over to 
his strong hold for fear, and his princes 
shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the 
Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his 
furnace in Jerusalem. 

Jer. xi. 4. Which I commanded 
your fathers in the day that I brought 
them forth out of the land of Egy^t, 
from the iron iurnace, saying, Obey my 
voice, and do them, according to all 
which I command you : so shall ye be 
my people, and I will be your God : 

5. That I may perform the oath 
which I have sworn unto your fathers, 
to give them a land flowing with milk 
and honey, as it is this day. Then an- 
swered I, and said, So be it, O Lord, j 



CHAPTER XVI. 



The Letter. 

1. Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare 
him no children : and she had a hand- 
maid, an Egyptian, whose name was 
Hagar. 

2. And Sarai said unto Abram, Be- 
hold now, the Lord hath restrained me 
from bearing : I pray thee go in unto 
my maid ; it may be that I may obtain 
children by her. And Abram heark- 
ened to the voice of Sarai. 

3. And Sarai, Abram's wife, took 
Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after 
Abram had dwelt ten years in the 



The Spirit. 

Gal. iv. 24. Which things are an 
allegory : for these are the two cove- 
nants; the one from mount Sinai 
which gendereth to bondage ; which is 
Hagar. 

25. For this Hagar is mount Sinai 
in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem 
that now is, and is in bondage with her 
children. 

26. But Jerusalem that is above is 
free, which is the mother of us all. 

27. For it is written, Rejoice thou 
barren that beareth not; break forth 



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land of Canaan, and gave her to her 
husband Abram to be his wife. 

Note. 

The promise had been, as we have 
seen in the last chapter, established by 
oath. Not a doubt could remain of its 
ultimate accomplishment ; yet the vision 
tarried, and Sarah, impatient at the de- 
lay, was content to raise up children by 
the bondwoman, rather than be wholly 
destitute. This exemplifies the charac- 
ter and conduct of the children of the 
first testament. "Ignorant of God's 
righteousness, they went about to estab- 
lish a righteousness of their own," in- 
stead of submitting to the righteousness 
of God. 

The law was given, or "added" to the 
promise, " because of transgressions ;" 
or to make manifest the guilt of trans- 
gression, and the consequent need of a 
justifying righteousness, that should be 
independent of the law, and wholly 
upon another principle, — of grace and 
not of works. 

If Sarah had never tested the value 
of her own inventions, in the matter of 
Hagar; had she never been made to 
feel that Ishmael could not supply the 
place of Isaac, nor Hagar bring forth, in 
her bondage, that which was to be whol- 
ly free, — she would not so fully have 
realized the blessing of the true heir, 
the promised Son, when she received 
him. 



Tfie Letter. 

4. And he went in unto Hagar, and 
she conceived : and when she saw that 
she had conceived, her mistress was 
despised in her eyes. 

5. And Sarai said unto Abram, My 
wrong be upon thee : I have given my 
maid into thy bosom ; and when she 
saw that she had conceived, I was de- 



and cry, thou that travaileth not ; for 
the desolate hath many more children 
than she which hath a husband. 

iii. 19. Wherefore then serveth the 
law % It was added because of trans- 
gressions, till the seed should come to 

whom the promise was made, &c. 
# * * % * 

21. Is the law then against the pro- 
mises of God? God forbid; for if 
there had been a law given, which 
could have given life, verily righteous- 
ness would have been by the law. 

John i. 17. For the law was given 
by Moses, but grace and truth came by 
Jesus Christ. 

Rom. iv. 14. For if they which are 
of the law be heirs, faith is made 
void, and the promise made of none 
effect. 

15. Because the law worketh wrath; 
for where no law is, there is no trans- 
gression. 

16. Therefore it is of faith, that it 
might be by grace ; to the end the pro- 
mise might be sure to all the seed : not 
to that only which is of the law, but to 
that also which is of the faith of Abra- 
ham, who is the father of us all. 

17. (As it is written, I have made 
thee a father of many nations,) before 
him whom he believed, even God, who 
quickeneth the dead, and calleth those 
things which be not, as though they 
were ; 

18. Who against hope believed in 
hope, that he might become the father 
of many nations, according to that 
which was spoken, So shall thy seed 
be. 



The Spirit. 

Detjt. xxvii. 9. And Moses, and the 
priests the Levites, spake unto all 
Israel, saying, Take heed, and hear- 
ken, O Israel; this day thou art 
become the people of the Lord thy 
God. 

10. Thou shalt therefore obey the 
voice of the Lord thy God, and do his 



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spised in her eyes : the Lord judge be- 
tween me and thee. 

Note. 

The covenant which God made with 
Israel at Sinai was mutual and voluntary. 
They readily replied to the requirements 
of Jehovah, "All that the Lord hath said 
we will do." And yet, when made to 
feel the responsibility of entering into 
engagements with the Almighty, who 
cannot look upon sin, and will by no 
means clear the guilty, they murmur, 
and complain that his ways are not 
equal. 

Sarah had her own free will, in what 
Bhe had devised and brought about, and 
yet complains upon the first difficulty 
that flows from her own devices. So 
the people of Israel acted freely in pro- 
mising obedience to the law, even in full 
view of all the terrors of Sinai ; yet they 
broke the covenant, " though I was a 
husband unto them, saith the Lord." 

While Hagar was in subjection to her 
mistress we hear no complaints about 
her; but when she usurped her place, 
there was contention; for "the law 
worketh wrath." 



The Letter. 

6. But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, 

thy maid is in thy hand ; do to her as it 

pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt 

hardly with her, she fled from her face. 

7. And the angel of the Lord found 



commandments and his statutes, which 
I command thee this day. 

xxvi. 16. This day the Lord thy 
God hath commanded thee to do these 
statutes and judgments : thou shalt 
therefore keep and do them with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul. 

17. Thou hast avouched the Lord 
this day to be thy God, and to walk in 
his ways, and to keep his statutes, and 
his commandments, and his judgments, 
and to hearken unto his voice : 

18. And the Lord hath avouched 
thee this day to be his peculiar people, 
as he hath promised thee, and that 
thou shouldest keep all his command- 
ments : 

19. And to make thee high above all 
nations which he hath made, in praise, 
and in name, and in honor ; and that 
thou mayest be a holy people unto the 
Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. 

xxvii. 26. Cursed be he that con- 
firmeth not all the words of this law to 
do them : and all the people shall say, 
Amen. 

Ex. xxiv. 3. And Moses came, and 
told the people all the words of the 
Lord, and all the judgments: and all 
the people answered with one voice, 
and said, All the words which the Lord 
hath said will we do. 

Jer. xxxi. 32. Not according to the 
covenant that I made with their fathers, 
in the day that I took them by the 
hand, to bring them out of the land of 
Egypt (which my covenant they brake, 
although I was a husband unto them, 
saith the Lord) ; 

Ezk. xviii. 25. Yet ye say, The 
way of the Lord is not equal. Hear 
now, O house of Israel, is not my way 
equal ? are not your ways unequal ? 



The Spirit. 

Rom. iii. 27. Where is boasting 
then ? It is excluded. By what law ? 
of works] Nay; but by the law of 
faith. 

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her by a fountain of water in the wil- 
derness, by the fountain in the way to 
Shur. 

8. And ho said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, 
whence earnest thou ? and whither wilt 
thou go? And she said, I flee from 
the face of my mistress Sarai. 

9. And the angel of the Lord said 
unto her, Return to thy mistress, and 
submit thyself under her hands. 

Note. 

When the handmaid assumes the mis- 
tress, or the law usurps the place of the 
promise, their real and opposite nature 
and character are made manifest. If 
righteousness be by the law, then faith 
is made void ; but the weakness and 
unprofitableness of the one, must give 
way to the "better hope." 

After God had proclaimed the Sinai 
covenant, and its total inadequacy to 
effect that which was required was 
made manifest, then he again brings to 
view a better covenant, that should be 
established with Israel, — not according 
to that which he had made with their fa- 
thers, etc., — not of the bondwoman, but 
of the free ; for the law can never make 
the promise of none effect; it must be 
subservient to it ; for the promise is 
" confirmed of God in Christ ;" but the 
law is of works: " He that doeth them, 
shall live in them," and of course is sure 
to fail. 

The promise was confirmed before the 
giving of the law, to show that the in- 
heritance or heirship was to be wholly 
of faith and not of works ; and that the 
law wa3 therefore to be in subjection to 
faith (the old covenant to the new), and 
not, either to usurp its place or be ex- 
cluded from its service : it was to be 
continued a handmaid, until he should 
come to whom the promise was made. 



man is justified by faith without the 
deeds of the law. 

29. Is he the God of the Jews only ? 
is he not also of the Gentiles ? Yes, of 
the Gentiles also : 

30. Seeing it is one God which shall 
justify the circumcision by faith, and 
uncircumcision through faith. 

31. Do we then make void the law 
through faith? God forbid: yea, we 
establish the law. 

# * * * . * 

14. For if they which are of the law 
be heirs, faith is made void, and the pro- 
mise made of none effect. 

15. Because the law worketh wrath : 
for where no law is, there is no trans- 
gression. 

16. Therefore it is of faith, that U 
might be by grace; to the end the 
promise might be sure to all the seed, 
not to that only which is of the law, 
but to that also which is of the faith 
of Abraham, who is the father of us 
all, 

17. (As it is written, I have made 
thee a father of many nations, ) before 
him whom he believed, even God, who 
quickeneth the dead, and calleth those 
things which be not, as though they 
were. 

18. Who against hope believed in 
hope, that he might become the father 
of many nations ; according to that 
which was spoken, so shall thy seed be. 

1 Tim. i. 8. But we know that the 
law is good, if a man use it lawfully ; 

9. Knowing this, that the law is not 
made for a righteous man, but for the 
lawless and disobedient, for the un- 
godly and for sinners, for unholy and 
profane, for murderers of fathers, and 
murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 

10. For whoremongers, for them 
that defile themselves with mankind, 
for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured 
persons, and if there be any other thing 
that is contrary to sound doctrine, 

11. According to the glorious gospel 
of the blessed God which was com- 
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The Spirit. 

10. And the angel of the Lord said 
unto her, I will multiply thy seed ex- 
ceedingly, that it shall not be num- 
bered for multitude. 

11. And the angel of the Lord said 
unto her, Behold, thou art with child, ! 
and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his 
name Ishmael ; because the Lord hath 
heard thy affliction. 

12. And he will be a wild man ; his ! 
hand will be against every man, and 
every man's hand against him ; and 
he shall dwell in the presence of all his 
brethren. 

Note. 

The God of Israel has ever had a con- j 
troversy with those that he once called j 
his old-covenant people. 

They were multiplied and distinguish- 
ed by various privileges as God's peculiar 
people ; but as their advantages, so were 
their transgressions. And as he delight- 
ed in them to build them and to place 
them, so he has turned to destroy and 
scatter them, till they have become a 
byword and a hissing among all peo- 
ple. They dwell in the presence of their 
brethren of other nations, yet without 
being of them ; for they have been mi- 
raculously preserved a distinct people, 
as a standing monument, — a pillar of 
salt, to this day ! 

This character of the children of the 
bondwoman, also indicates the adverse 
features of the two covenants — that they 
are totally dissimilar and distinct from 
each other. 



The Letter. 

Isa. x. 22. For though thy people 
Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a 
remnant of them shall return : the con- 
sumption decreed shall overflow with 
righteousness. 

23. For the Lord God of hosts shall 
make a consumption, even determined, 
in the midst of all the land. 

***** 

17 And the light of Israel shall be 
for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame : 
and it shall burn and devour his thorns 
and his briers in one day ; 

18. And shall consume the glory of 
his forest, and of his fruitful field, both 
soul and body : and they shall be as 
when a standard-bearer fainteth. 

19. And the rest of the trees of his 
forest shall be few 7 , that a child may 
write them. 

Deut. xxviii. 64. And the Lord 
shall scatter thee among all people, 
from the one end of the earth even 
unto the other; and there thou shalt 
serve other gods, widen neither thou 
nor thy fathers have known, even wood 
and stone. 

65. And among these nations shalt 
thou find no ease, neither shall the sole 
of thy foot have rest : but the Lord 
shall give thee there a trembling heart, 
and failing of eyes, and sorrow of 
mind: 

xxxi. 21. And it shall come to pass, 
when many evils and troubles are be- 
fallen them, that this song shall testify 
against them as a witness ; for it shall 
not be forgotten out of the. mouths of 
their seed : for I know 7 their imagina- 
tion which they go about, even now, 
before I have brought them into the 
land which I sware. 

***** 

27. For I know thy rebellion, and 
thy stiff neck : behold, while I am yet 
alive with you this day, ye have been 
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CHAPTER XVII. 



The Letter. 

1 . And when Abram was ninety years 
old and nine, the Lord appeared to 
Abram, and said unto him, I am the 
Almighty God ; walk before me, and 
oe thou perfect. 

2. And I will make my covenant be- 
tween me and thee, and will multiply 
thee exceedingly. 

3. And Abram fell on his face : and 
God talked with him, saying, 

4. As for me, behold, my covenant 
is with thee, and thou shalt be a father 
of many nations. 

5. Neither shall thy name any more 
be called Abram ; but thy name shall 
be Abraham ; for a father of many na- 
tions have I made thee. 

6. And I will make thee exceeding 
fruitful, and I will make nations of thee ; 
and kings shall come out of thee. 

7. And I will establish my covenant 
between me and thee, and thy seed 
after thee, in their generations, for an 
everlasting covenant ; to be a God unto 
thee, and to thy seed after thee. 

8. And I will give unto thee, and to 
thy seed after thee, the land wherein 
thou art a stranger, all the land of Ca- 
naan, for an everlasting possession; 
and I will be their God. 

9. And God said unto Abraham, 
Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, 
thou and thy seed after thee, in their 
generations. 

Note. 

This chapter reveals to Abraham by 
promise, the future glory and fruitfulness 
of the church under the gospel dispen- 
sation, when the blessing of the new and 
everlasting covenant would be sealed to 
the heirs of promise, and they should 
enter into possession of them. 

In the first verse is recognised thena 
ture of these blessings, in causing those 
who received them to walk in newness 
of life. In this is the new covenant 
better than the old ; it is established 
upon better promises ; its chief glory 



The Spirit. 

Isa. lv. 1. Thus saith the Lord f 
Keep ye judgment, and do justice, for 
my salvation is near to come, and my 
righteousness to be revealed. 

2. Blessed is the man that doeth this, 
and the son of man that layeth hold on 
it ; that keepeth the sabbath from pol- 
luting it, and keepeth his hand from 
doing any evil. 

3. Neither let the son of the stran- 
ger, that hath joined himself to the 
Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath 
utterly separated me from his people : 
neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I 
am a dry tree. 

4. For thus saith the Lord unto the 
eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and 
choose the things that please me, and 
take hold of my covenant ; 

5. Even unto them will I give in 
my house and within my walls, a place 
and a name better than of sons and of 
daughters: I will give them an" ever- 
lasting name, that shall not be cut 
off. 

6. Also the sons of the stranger, 
that join themselves to the Lord, to 
serve him, and to love the name of the 
Lord, to be his servants, every one that 
keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, 
and taketh hold of my covenant ; 

7. Even them will I bring to my 
holy mountain, and make them joyful 
in my house of prayer: their burnt- 
offerings and their sacrifices shall be 
accepted upon mine altar ; for my h ouse 
shall be called a house of prayer for 
all people. 

8. The Lord God which gathereth 
the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I 
gather others to him, besides those that 
are gathered unto him. 

lv. 3. Incline your ear and come unto 
me ; hear, and your soul shall live ; and 
I will make an everlasting covenant with 
you, even the sure mercies of David. 

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and excellency is, that it writes the law 
of God upon the heart; puts his fear 
within, and thus keeps the feet of the 
saints from straying from the path of 
his testimonies. 

The children of the new covenant 
are all born again, born of water and 
the Spirit; created anew in Christ 
Jesus, and made partakers of eternal 
life. They live and walk by faith, and 
thus are called the children of Abraham, 
to whom this law of faith was first given 
by promise and sealed with that typical 
rite which represented the new birth, or 
the work of the Holy Spirit upon the 
heart, the Spirit of adoption, whereby 
the heirs of promise or children of the 
covenant cry, Abba, Father. Thus 
Abrara becomes Abraham, the father of 
a multitude, as the representative of the 
Lord Jesus Christ, the " everlasting Fa- 
ther" of his elect and chosen seed. 

By the new and everlasting covenant 
God becomes a Father to his people, or 
the heirs of promise, by two immutable 
and unalienable titles. First, they are 
his children by union with Christ the 
Son : being chosen and embraced in 
him, as members of his mystical body, 
and joint heirs with him of the heavenly 
inheritance ; and, second, they are chil- 
dren because they are " born of God," 
begotten again "of incorruptible seed, 
of the word of God which liveth and 
abideth for ever." Hence we see, that 
in view of this relationship, Abram as a 
type, becomes Abraham, the father of a 
multitude. 



The Letter. 

10. This is my covenant, which ye 
shall keep, between me and you, and 



witness to the people ; for a leader and 
commander to the people. 

5. Behold thou shalt call a nation 
that thou knowest not; and nations 
that know not thee shall run unto thee, 
because of the Lord thy God ; and the 
Holy One of Israel, for he hath glori- 
fied thee. 

6. Seek ye the Lord while he may 
be found, call ye upon him while he is 
near: 

7. Let the wicked forsake his way, 
and the unrighteous man his thoughts : 
and let him return unto the Lord, and 
he will have mercy upon him ; and to 
our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 

8. For my thoughts are not your 
thoughts, neither are your ways my 
ways, saith the Lord. 

9. For as the heavens are higher 
than the earth, so are my ways higher 
than your ways, and my thoughts than 
your thoughts. 

10. For as the rain cometh down, 
and the snow from heaven, andreturn- 
eth not thither, but watereth the earth, 
and maketh it bring forth and bud, that 
it may give seed to the sower, and 
bread to the eater ; 

11. So shall my word be that goeth 
forth out of my mouth : it shall not 
return unto me void, but it shall ac- 
complish that which I please, and it 
shall prosper in the thing whereto I 
sent it. 

12. For ye shall go out with joy, and 
be led forth with peace : the mountains 
and the hills shall break forth before 
you into singing, and all the trees of 
the field shall clap their hands. 

13. Instead of the thorn shall come 
up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier 
shall come up the myrtle tree : and it 
shall be to the Lord for a name, for an 
everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. 



The Spirit. 

Jer. xxxi. 1. At the same time, saith 
the Lord, will I be the God of all the 



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thy seed after thee; Every man-child 
among you shall be circumcised. 

11. And ye shall circumcise the flesh 
of your foreskin; and it shall be a 
token of the covenant betwixt me and 
you. 

12. And he that is eight days old 
shall be circumcised among you, every 
man-child in your generations, he that 
is born in the house, or bought with 
money of any stranger, which is not of 
thy seed. 

13. He that is born in thy house, 
and ho that is bought with thy money, 
must needs be circumcised: and my 
covenant shall be in your flesh for an 
everlasting covenant. 

1 4. And the uncircumcised man-child, 
whose flesh of his foreskin is not cir- 
cumcised, that soul shall be cut off from 
his people; he hath broken my cove- 
nant. 

Note. 
The literal seed of Abraham — the 
Jews, as a nation — were separated, dis- 
tinguished, and made manifest by the 
rite of circumcision, so that he who was 
not circumcised of this nation, whether 
native born or bought with money, was 
cut off from the people as not belonging 
to them. It was an outward sign that 
they were of that people to whom God 
had given his covenant by promise ; 
and when that same people were after- 
wards placed under a law of works, this 
sign would have "profited" them by re- 
cognizing their title to what that cove- 
nant promised, provided they had kept it. 
As Paul says, " Verily circumcision pro- 
fiteth if thou keep the law, but if thou be a 
breaker of the law, thy circumcision is 
made uncircumcision." 

All these things are but a shadow or 
similitude of the better things of the co- 
venant of grace ; which, as we have be- 
fore said, promised all its subjects the 
"circumcision of the heart," the renew- 
ing of the Holy Spirit to make them new 
creatures in Christ; for "except ye be 
born again ye can in no wise enter the 
kingdom of heaven," or be numbered 
with the household of faith — the spirit- 
ual Israel, Whoever, therefore, that 



families of Israel, and they shall be my 
people. 
***** 

33. But this shall be the covenant 
that I will make with the house of Is- 
rael ; After those days, saith the Lord, 
I will put my Law in their inward 
parts, and write it in their hearts ; and 
will be their God, and they shall be my 
people. 

34. And they shall teach no more 
every man his neighbor; and every 
man his brother, saying, Know the 
Lord : for they shall all know me, from 
the least of them unto the greatest of 
them, saith the Lord : for I will forgive 
their iniquity, and I will remember their 
sin no more. 

35. Thus saith the Lord, which giveth 
the sun for a light by day, and the or- 
dinances of the moon and of the stars 
for a light by night, which divideth the 
sea when the waves thereof roar ; The 
Lord of hosts is his name. 

36. If those ordinances depart from 
before me, saith the Lord, then the seed 
of Israel also shall cease from being a 
nation before me for ever. 

37. Thus saith the Lord, If heaven 
above can be measured, and the foun- 
dations of the earth searched out be- 
neath, I will also cast off all the seed of 
Israel, for all that they have done, saith 
the Lord. 

iv. 3. For thus saith the Lord to the 
men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up 
your fallow ground, and sow not among 
thorns. 

4. Circumcise yourselves to the 
Lord, and take away the foreskins of 
your heart, ye men of Judah and inha- 
bitants of Jerusalem; lest my fury 
come forth like fire, and burn that none 
can quench it, because of the evil of 
your doings. 

Rom. ii. 25. For circumcision verily 
profiteth, if thou keep the law ; but if 
thou be a breaker of the law, thy cir- 
cumcision is made uncircumcision. 

26. Therefore, if the uncircumcision 
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shall join themselves to this people, and 
shall be found lacking this token of the 
covenant^ shall be " cut off," they have no 
part or lot in the matter. 

Again, there is another promise in- 
volved in the rite of circumcision, which 
is brought to view in the 11th verse of 
Col. ii., where the whole church of Christ 
are said to be spiritually circumcised or 
delivered from sin by the death of 
Christ ; — so that they are dead with him 
to sin, and to all the ceremonies which 
implied that sin was untaken away. 

It is the circumcision of the heart, or 
the new birth, which constitutes a true 
Israelite — an heir and member of the 
kingdom of heaven. To such the Lord 
says, " Come out from among them, and 
be ye separate, and touch not the unclean 
thing, and I will receive you, and I will 
be a Father to you, and ye shall be my 
sons and daughters, saith the Lord Al- 
mighty." Hence the Apostle Peter, 
speaking to such, says, " Ye are a chosen 
generation, a royal priesthood, a holy 
nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should 
show forth the praises of him who hath 
called you out of darkness into his mar- 
vellous light." 



The Letter. 

15. And God said unto Abraham, 
As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not 
call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall 
her name be. 

16. And I will bless her, and give 
thee a son also of her : yea. I will bless 
her and she shall be a mother of na- 
tions ; kings of people shall be of her. 

Note. 
Another feature in the promise of 



not his uncircumeision be counted for 
circumcision % 

27. And shall not uncircumeision 
which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, 
judge thee, who by the letter and cir- 
cumcision dost transgress the law ? 

28. For he is not a Jew, which is 
one outwardly ; neither is that circum- 
cision which is outward in the flesh : 

29. But he is a Jew which is one 
inwardly ; and circumcision is that of 
the heart, in the spirit and not in the 
letter ; whose praise is not of men, but 
of God. 

Col. ii. 11. In whom also ye are 
circumcised with the circumcision made 
without hands, in putting off the body 
of the sins of the flesh by the circum- 
cision of Christ ; 

12. Buried with him in baptism, 
wherein also ye are risen with him 
through the faith of the operation of 
God, who hath raised him from the 
dead. 

13. And you, being dead in your 
sins and the uncircumeision of your 
flesh, hath he quickened together with 
him, having forgiven you all tres- 



14. Blotting out the hand-writing of 
ordinances that was against us, which 
w T as contrary to us, and took it out of 
the way, nailing it to his cross ; 

Gal. vi. 6. For in Jesus Christ 
neither circumcision availeth anything, 
nor uncircumeision ; but faith which 
worketh by love. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. liv. 1. Sing, O barren, thou 
that didst not bear; break forth into 
singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst 
not travail with child : for more are the 
children of the desolate than the chil- 
dren of the married wife, saith the 
Lord. 

2. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and 
let them stretch forth the curtains of 
thy habitations: spare not, lengthen 
thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; 



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grace is here developed. Hitherto no 
mention has been made of Sarai ; — no in- 
timation that the seed promised should 
be born of her, the "barren" and "de- 
solate," who has so long sat solitary and 
alone, saying, " The Lord hath forgotten 
me, my God hath forsaken me." 

Christ was not to take the nature of 
angels, but the seed of Abraham ; hence 
all the promises made to Abraham con- 
cerning his seed had primary reference 
to Christ. "If ye are Christ's, then are 
ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to 
promise." Again, as if this truth needed 
to be often repeated, as in danger of not 
being understood, it is added, " He saith 
not, and to seeds as of many, but to thy 
seed which is Christ." It is also said, "In 
Isaac shall thy seed be called" because 
though the promises and blessings of the 
covenant are all in Christ, yea, and in 
him amen, — yet they are there treasured 
for his people — for all that are the called 
according so his purpose. 

Sarai now becomes Sarah, the "free 
woman" — " the Jerusalem above, which 
is the mother of us all:" of all the 
churches of Christ in the world; and 
of every individual believer. In giving 
birth to Isaac she gave birth to them all 
in a figure. So when Jesus was born of 
a woman, all his spiritual people were 
born with him. " Behold I make all 
things new," said the Lord in view of the 
change from the barrenness and death 
of the first testament to the fruitfulness, 
and life, and glory of the " ministration 
of the spirit." Even the name of Sarai 
is changed, and the Gospel Zion is dis- 
tinguished from the Jerusalem that is in 
bondage, by being called by the name 
of her Lord and husband, instead of 
bearing the shame of her widow- 
hood. 

Under the law, the church of Christ 
was barren and desolate ; but by the 
death of the cross, in which Jesus, her 
bondsman, suffered in his own body the 
sentence due to her, she became dead to 
her first husband, and free to be " mar- 
ried to another, even to him who is 
raised from the dead, that her fruit 
might be unto God." In like manner 
Sarai, the barren wife of Abram, be- 



3. For thou shalt break forth on the 
right hand and on the left; and thy 
seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and 
make the desolate cities to be inha- 
bited. 

4. Fear not ; for thou shalt not be 
ashamed : neither be thou confounded ; 
for thou shalt not be put to shame : for 
thou shalt forget the shame of thy 
youth, and shall not remember the re- 
proach of thy widowhood any more. 

5. For thy Maker is thy husband; 
the Lord of hosts is his name ; and thy 
Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; 
The God of the whole earth shall he 
be called. 

Gal. iv. 26. But Jerusalem which 
is above is free, which is the mother of 
us all. 

27. For it is written, Rejoice, thou 
barren that bearest not; break forth 
and cry, thou that travailest not : for 
the desolate hath many more children 
than she which hath a husband. 

28. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, 
are the children of promise. 

Is a. xlix. 11. And I will make all 
my mountains away, and my highways 
shall be exalted. 

12. Behold, these shall come from 
far ; and, lo, these from the north and 
from the west; and these from the 
land of Sinim. 

13. Sing, O heavens ; and be joyful, 
O earth ; and break forth into singing, 
O mountains : for the Lord hath com- 
forted his people, and will have mercy 
upon his afflicted. 

***** 

22. Thus saith the Lord God, Be- 
hold, I will lift up my hand to the Gen- 
tiles, and set up my standard to the 
people : and they shall bring thy sons 
in their arms, and thy daughters shall 
be carried upon their shoulders. 

23. And kings shall be thy nursing 
fathers, and their queens thy nursing 
mothers ; they shall bow down to thee 
with their face toward the earth, and 
lick up the dust of thy feet ; and thou 
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comes by the promise Sarah, the mother 

nf nil r«r»pl 



of all Israel. 



The Letter. 

17. Then Abraham fell upon his 
face, and laughed, and said in his 
heart, Shall a child be born unto him 
that is a hundred years old ? and shall 
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear ? 

18. And Abraham said unto God, 
O that Ishmael might live before thee ! 

Note. 

Abraham here is speaking the lan- 
guage of Zion, when she was " yet with- 
out strength" — when she looked with 
sorrow and regret at the prospect of 
losing her children, and could not see 
how others could be raised up to her in 
her weak and desolate condition. Sub- 
sequently, however, when the child of 
promise was actually born, and she had 
proved that nothing was too hard for 
the Lord, she, or at least Abraham, who 
speaks and acts for her, " counted that 
God " (who had given him, when there 
was no hope, and then commanded that 
he should die) " was able also to raise 
him from the dead." 

This plea in behalf of Ishmael, re- 
minds us of the lamentations of Jesus 
over Jerusalem, when she was about to 
be left desolate ; and also of the words 
of the Lord respecting backsliding 
Ephraim: — "How shall I give thee up, 
Ephraim ? How shall I deliver thee, 
Israel? How shall I make thee as 
Admah, and set thee as Zeboim ? My 
heart is turned within me, my repent- 
ings are kindled together." 

The gift of a Saviour when man was 
yet without strength ; yea, when he 
was an enemy by wicked works, — dead 



they shall not be ashamed that wait 
for me. 

xlii. 2. And the Gentiles shall see 
thy righteousness, and all kings thy 
glory: and thou shalt be called by a 
new name, which the mouth of the 
Lord shall name. 

3. Thou shalt also be a crown of 
glory in the hand of the Lord, and a 
royal diadem in the hand of thy God. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xl. 21. Have ye not known? 
have ye not heard? hath it not been 
told you from the beginning ? have ye 
not understood from the foundations of 
the earth? 

22. It is he that sitteth upon the 
circle of the earth, and the inhabitants 
thereof are as grasshoppers; that 
streteheth out the heavens as a cur- 
tain, and spreadeth them out as a tent 
to dwell in : 

23. That bringeth the princes to no- 
thing; he maketh the judges of the 
earth as vanity. 

24. Yea, they shall not be planted : 
yea, they shall not be sown : yea, their 
stock shall not take root in the earth : 
and he shall also blow upon them, and 
they shall wither, and the whirlwind 
shall take them away as stubble. 

25. To whom then will ye liken me, 
or shall I be equal? saith the Holy 
One. 

26. Lift up your eyes on high, and 
behold who hath created these things, 
that bringeth out their host by number : 
he calleth them all by names by the 
greatness of his might, for that he is 
strong in power ; not one faileth. 

27. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and 
speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from 
the Lord, and my judgment is passed 
over from my God ? 

28. Hast thou not known, hast thou 
not heard, that the everlasting God, 
the Lord, the Creator of the ends of 
the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? 



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in trespasses and sins; when all had 
gone out of the way, and none were 
righteous, no not one, — this is indeed 
marvellous in our eyes ! It is high above 
our ways and our thoughts, and be- 
longs wholly to Him with whom all 
things are possible, and who does it for 
his own name's sake. 

Human reason would judge it much 
easier and more suitable for Ishmael to 
be made heir of the promise than to 
raise up one wholly out of the natural 
order of things. So also concluded the 
Jewish people, who, being ignorant of 
God's righteousness, went about to es- 
tablish a righteousness of their own. 
They doubtless thought their own imper- 
fect obedience a safer and better ground 
of confidence than a promise unseen and 
to be waited for ; and which was alto- 
gether resting upon the obedience of 
another. 



The Letter. 

19. And God said, Sarah thy wife 
shall bear thee a son indeed ; and thou 
shalt call his name Isaac: and I will 
establish my covenant with him for an 
everlasting covenant, and with his seed 
after him. 

20. And as for Ishmael, I have heard 
thee : Behold, I have blessed him, and 
will make him fruitful, and will multi- 
ply him exceedingly: twelve princes 
shall be beget, and I will make him a 
great nation. 

21. But my covenant will I establish 
with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto 
thee at this set time in the next year. 



there is no searching of his understand- 
ing. 

29. He giveth power to the faint; 
and to them that have no might he in- 
creaseth strength. 

30. Even the youths shall faint and 
be weary, and the young men shall ut- 
terly fall. 

31. But they that wait upon the Lord 
shall renew their strength ; they shall 
mount up with wings as eagles; they 
shall run, and not be weary ; and they 
shall walk, and not faint. 

xlii. 8. I am the Lord : that is my 
name : and my glory will I not give to 
another, neither my praise to graven 
images. 

9. Behold, the former things are 
come to pass, and new things do I de- 
clare : before they spring forth I tell 
you of them. 

Rom. v. 6. For when we were yet 
without strength, in due time Christ 
died for the ungodly. 

7. For scarcely for a righteous man 
will one die ; yet peradventure for a 
good man some would even dare to 
die. 

8. But God commendeth his love to- 
ward us, in that, while we were yet 
sinners, Christ died for us. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. vii. 14. Therefore the Lord 
himself shall give you a sign : Behold, 
a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, 
and shall call his name Immanuel. 

Ps. lxxxix. 23. And I will beat down 
his foes before his face, and plague 
them that hate him. 

24. But my faithfulness and my 
mercy shall be with him : and in my 
name shall his horn be exalted. 

25. I will set his hand also in the 
sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 

26. He shall cry unto me, Thou art 
my Father, my God, and the Rock of 
my salvation. 



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Note. 
Here we find the distinction between 
the children of the promise and the 
children of the flesh. This distinction, 
though plainly and repeatedly declared 
throughout this entire typical history, 
and again insisted on in the new testa 
ment, is yet not fully understood. In 
consequence of confounding this subject, 
wrong inferences are drawn, and wrong 
conclusions made. The children of the 
bondwoman are confounded with the 
children of the free, and they are made 
heirs of that which does not belong to 
any but the seed of promise. 

In the promise made to Abraham in 
behalf of Ishmael, we see the inheritance 
of typical Israel as a nation ; a people 
" numerous as the stars of heaven, or 
sands upon the sea-shore," ruled by 
twelve princes, and otherwise privi- 
leged and blessed for two especial rea- 
sons : first, because they were a type 
of the church of Christ — and second, 
because they were Abraham's seed. 

As types of the church, God showed 
forth in them and by them all the great 
purpose of his grace in Christ concern- 
ing his spiritual Israel. Hence much 
that is said of them and to them as types, 
is misunderstood as being designed for 
them as a people. Their blessing, as 
Abraham's seed, is also involved with 
their typical character, and both cease 
together, so far as the nation is con- 
cerned, and the children of the flesh were 
united with the children of promise. 

The typical dispensation, with all its 
handwriting of ordinances, ceased with 
the death of Christ, and was nailed to his 
cross. " The promise," in all its extent, 
was fulfilled in him ; of course all that 
was promised to Abraham concerning 
" his seed," whether Isaac or Ishmael, or 
their descendants, was at that time ac- 
complished, and ceased to be any longer 
in force. 



27. Also I will make him my first- 
born, higher than the kings of the 
earth. 

28. My mercy will I keep for him 
for evermore, and my covenant shall 
stand fast with him. 

29. His seed also will I make to en- 
dure for ever, and his throne as the days 
of heaven. 

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34. My covenant will I not break, 
nor alter the thing that has gone out of 
my lips. 

35. Once have I sworn by my holi- 
ness that I will not lie unto David. 

36. His seed shall endure for ever, 
and his throne as the sun before me. 

37. It shall be established for ever 
as the moon, and as a faithful witness 
in heaven. 

Rom. ix. 1. I say the truth in Christ, 
I lie not, my conscience also bearing 
me witness in the Holy Ghost, 

2. That I have great heaviness and 
continual sorrow in my heart. 

3. For I could wish that myself were 
accursed from Christ, for my brethren, 
my kinsmen according to the flesh : 

4. Who are Israelites ; to whom per- 
taineih the adoption, and the glory, and 
the covenants, and the giving of the 
law, and the service of God, and the 
promises ; 

5. Whose are the fathers, and of 
whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ 
came, who is over all, God blessed for 
ever. Amen. 

6. Not as though the word of God 
hath taken none effect. For they are 
not all Israel which are of Israel : 

7. Neither because they are the seed 
of Abraham, are they all children : but, 
in Isaac shall thy seed be called ; 

8. That is, They which are the chil- 
dren of the flesh, these are not the 
children of God: but the children of 
the promise are counted for the seed. 

Mal. i. 2. I have loved you, saith 
the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast 
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The Letter. 

22. And he left off talking with him, 
and God went up from Abraham. 

23. And Abraham took Ishmael his 
son, and all that were born in his 
house, and all that were bought with 
his money, every male among the men 
of Abraham's house; and circumcised 
the flesh of then- foreskin, in the self- 
same day, as God had said unto him. 

Note. 

It is in the house of his mediatorial 
kingdom upon earth, that Jesus insti- 
tutes ordinances and laws ; therefore 
it is said, "God went up from Abra- 
ham." 

God had just declared that Ishmael 
was not the heir of promise, and that 
his portion was distinct from Isaac's. 
Yet the rite of circumcision passes upon 
him, and also upon all the male servants 
of Abraham. This is according to the 
design of that rite, as we have before 
described ; it being to separate between 
Israel and the heathen nations about 
them. 

But we find in the history of these 
children of the bondwoman, that they 
rested in the law. Blind and ignorant of 
the true meaning of its types and sha- 
dows, they imagined that the observance 
of these entitled them to favor. Thus 
by the deeds of the law they expected 
to be justified. It was only those 
among the thousands of Israel who 
looked and waited for the righteousness 
of faith, and who saw at the end of 
all these shadows, the "better thing" 
which they predicted, that really pro- 
fited by these things ; to the rest, " their 
table became a snare, and a trap, and a 
stumbling block." 

The gospel was preached to them as 
well as unto us. It was preached under 
all the dealings of God with them, and 



brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved 
Jacob, 

3. And I hated Esau, and laid his 
mountains and his heritage waste for 
the dragons of the wilderness. 



The Spirit. 

1 Cor. xv. 1. Moreover, brethren, 
I would not that ye should be ignorant, 
how that all our fathers were under 
the cloud, and all passed through the 
sea; 

2. And were all baptized unto Moses 
in the cloud and in the sea ; 

3. And did all eat the same spiritual 
meat; 

4. And did all drink the same spirit- 
ual drink. (For they drank of that 
spiritual Rock that followed them : and 
that Rock was Christ.) 

5. But with many of them God was 
not well pleased : for they were over- 
thrown in the wilderness. 

6. Now these things were our ex- 
amples, to the intent we should not 
lust after evil things, as they also 
lusted. 

7. Neither be ye idolators, as were 
some of them : as it is written, The 
people sat down to eat and drink, and 
rose up to play. 

8. Neither let us commit fornication, 
as some of them committed, and fell in 
one day three and twenty thousand. 

9. Neither let us tempt Christ, as 
some of them also tempted, and were 
destroyed of serpents. 

10. Neither murmur ye, as some of 
them also murmured, and were de- 
stroyed of the destroyer. 

11. Now all these things happened 
unto them for ensamples ; and they are 
written for our admonition, upon whom 
the ends of the world are come. 

12. Wherefore let him that thinketh 
he standeth, take heed lest he fall. 

Heb. ii. 1. Therefore we ought to 
give the more earnest heed to the 
things which we have heard, lest at any 
time we should let them slip. 



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all the ceremonies of their worship, — 
but it was not mixed with faith in them 
that heard. "They all passed together 
through the sea and the cloud, and were 
all baptized unto Moses," as well as cir- 
cumcised. They all eat and drank of 
the table in the wilderness which repre- 
sented the Rock of Salvation ; for they 
were all the professed people of God. 
Yet it appears that with almost the en- 
tire nation (only two exceptions), God 
was not pleased; they were empty car- 
casses, instead of living souls and new 
creatures in Christ ; and they fell in the 
wilderness. What profit was there to 
these in circumcision? None, — unless 
they had kept the whole law. 



2. For if the word spoken by angels 
was steadfast, and every transgression 
and disobedience received a just recom- 
pense of reward ; 

3. How shall we escape, if we neg- 
lect so "great salvation ; which at the 
first began to be spoken by the Lord, 
and was confirmed unto us by them 
that heard him. 

iv. 1. Let us therefore fear, lest a 
promise being left us of entering into 
his rest, any of you should seem to 
come short of it 

2. For unto us was the gospel 
preached, as well as unto them : but 
the word preached did not profit them, 
not being mixed with faith in them that 
heard it. 

* * * * * 

6. Seeing therefore it remaineth. 
that some must enter therein, and they 
to whom it was first preached entered 
not in because of unbelief: 

7. (Again, he limiteth a certain day, 
saying in David, To-day, after so long 
a time ; as it is said, To-day, if ye will 
hear his voice, harden not your hearts.) 

8. For if Jesus had given them rest, 
then would he not afterward have 
spoken of another day. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



The Letter. 

1. And the Lord appeared unto him 
in the plains of Mamre : and he set in 
the tent-door in the heat of the day ; 

2. And he lifted up his eyes and 
looked, and lo, three men stood by 
him : and when he saw them, he ran to 
meet them from the tent-door, and 
bowed himself toward the ground, 

3. And said, My Lord, if now I 
have found favor in thy sight, pass not 
away, I pray thee, from thy servant : 

4. Let a little water, I pray you, be 
fetched, and wash your feet, and rest 
yourselves under the tree : 

5. And I will fetch a morsel of 

11 



The Spirit. 

Mal. iii. 1. Behold, I will send my 
messenger, and he shall prepare the 
way before me, and the Lord, whom we 
seek, shall suddenly come to his tem- 
ple, even the messenger of the cove- 
nant, whom ye delight in : behold, he 
shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 

2. But who may abide the day of his 
coming ? and who shall stand when he 
appeareth? for he is like a refiner's 
fire, and like fullers' soap. 

3. And he shall sit as a refiner and 
purifier of silver : and he shall purify 
the sons of Levi, and purge them as 
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bread, and comfort ye your hearts; 
after that ye shall pass on : for there- 
fore are ye come to your servant. And 
they said, So do, as thou hast said. 

6. And Abraham hastened into the 
lent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready 
quickly three measures of fine meal, 
knead it, and make cakes upon the 
hearth. 

7. And Abraham ran unto the herd, 
snd fetched a calf tender and good, and 
gave it unto a young man ; and he 
Jiasted to dress it. 

8. And he took butter, and milk, 
and the calf which he had dressed, and 
set it before them; and he stood by 
ihem under the tree, and they did eat. 

!N~OTE s 

In the last chapter was described the 
people of the first or old covenant; and 
their perversion of the dispensation 
committed unto them. It was there 
observed that only two of the vast num- 
ber that came out of Egypt were per- 
mitted to enter the promised land, be- 
cause of their disobedience. Yet did 
not their children profit by their fate ; 
but when they had been placed in the 
good land, they likewise rebelled and 
vexed the Holy Spirit. After chastising 
them often, and threatening them with 
being cast off for ever, the Lord deter- 
mines to execute upon them the fierce- 
ness of his anger. For this purpose he 
mow comes forth in the heat of the day, 
to make known to Abraham his servant, 
that which he is about to do. In like 
manner,- in the 3d chapter of Malaehi, 
Hst before the birth of the Messiah, he 
makes known to his old covenant peo- 
ple, that he is about to visit them " as a 
refiner's fire and fuller's soap," to "puri- 
fy the sons of Levi," and to separate 
"between the righteous and the wicked, 
between them that serve God and them 
that serve him not," 



unto the Lord an offering In righteous- 
ness, 

7. Even from the days of your fa- 
thers ye are gone away from mine' 
ordinances, and have not kept them. 
Return unto me, and I will return unto 
you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye 
said, Wherein shall we return ? 

8. Will a man rob God? Yet ye 
have robbed me. But ye say, Whereim 
have we robbed thee ? In tithes and 
offerings. 

9. Ye are cursed with a curse : for 
ye have robbed me, even this whole na- 
tion. 

10. Bring ye all the tithes Into the 
storehouse, that there may be meat in 
my house, and prove me now herewith, 
saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not 
open you the windows of heaven, and 
pour you out a blessing, that there shall 
not be room enough to receive it 

***** 

13. Your words have been stout 
against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye 
say, What have we spoken so much 
against thee ? 

14. Ye have said, It is vain to serve 
God : and what profit is it that we have 
kept his ordinance, and that we have 
walked mournfully before the Lord of 
hosts? 

15. And now we call the proud hap- 
py ; yea, they that work wickedness 
are set up ; yea, they that tempt God 
are even delivered. 

16. Then" they that feared the Lord 
spake often one to another: and the 
Lord hearkened, and heard it: and a 
book of remembrance was written be- 
fore him for them that feared the Lord,, 
and that thought upon his name. 

17. And they shall be mine, saith 
the Lord of hosts, in that day when I 
make up my jewels ; and I will spare 
them, as a man spareth his own son 
that serveth him. 

18. Then shall ye return, and discern 
I between the righteous and the wicked ; 



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The Letter, 

9. And they said unto him, Where 
is Sarah thy wife ? And he said, Be- 
hold, in the tent. 

10. And he said, I will certainly re- 
turn unto thee according 'to the time of 
life ; and lo, Sarah thy wife shall have 
a son. And Sarah heard it in the 
tent-door, which was behind him. 

Note. 

The "day of vengeance " is always the 
" acceptable year of the Lord." Salvation 
to Zion, is always accompanied with de- 
struction to the wicked ; the wheat is 
gathered when the chaff is burned. Be- 
fore the Lord makes known to Abra- 
ham that he is about to destroy Sodom, 
the typical Jerusalem that is in bond- 
age with her children — he first con- 
firms the promise to him of a son. 

The Lord is represented as asking, 
11 Where is Sarah thy wife ?" At a time 
when his professed people had gone 
away backward from his ordinances — 
when "truth had fallen in the streets, 
and he who asked for judgment made 
himself a prey," — it might well be in- 
quired, Where is she that I espoused 
to myself? — that has been called by my 
name ? — that, in the love of her espou- 
sals, went after me in the wilderness ? 
"Where is Zion, the city of the Lord ? 
"ileturn, backsliding daughter, for I 
am married unto you." 

Sarah was truly hidden out of sight, — 
behind the door of the tent. Yet she 
heard the voice of her Lord, even where 
she was. The true sheep never are so 
far astray, as not to hear the voice of 
the Shepherd when he calls. 

Hitherto the promise has been made 
to Abraham ; Sarah has never been 
personally addressed upon the- subject. 
But now, that the fulness of time drew 
nigh, when the Son should be given, in 
whom "all the families of the earth 



between him that serveth God and him 
that serveth him not. 



The Spirit 

Zech. viii. 2. Thus saith the Lord 
of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with 
great jealousy, and I was jealous for 
her with great fury. 

3. Thus saith the Lord; I am re- 
turned unto Zion, and will dwell in the 
midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem 
shall be called, A city of truth; and 
the mountain of the Lord of hosts, 
The holy mountain, * * * * 

***** 

6. Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; If 
it be marvellous in the eyes of the rem- 
nant of this people in these days, should 
it also be marvellous in mine eyes? 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

7. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 
Behold, I will save my people from 
the east country, and from the west 
country ; 

8. And I will bring them, and they 
shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem : 
and they shall be my people, and I will 
be their God, in truth and in righteous- 
ness. 

Isa. lii. 1. Awake, awake, put on 
thy strength, O Zion ; put on thy beau- 
tiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy 
city: for henceforth there shall no more 
come into thee the uncircumcised and 
the unclean. 

2. /Shake thyself from the dust; 
arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: 
loose thyself from the bands of thy 
neck, O captive daughter of Zion. 

3. For thus saith the Lord, Ye have 
sold yourselves for naught; and ye 
shall be redeemed without money. 

***** 
7. How beautiful upon the moun- 
tains are the feet of him that bringeth 
good tidings, that publisheth peace; 
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should be blessed," Sarah is also called 
to believe aild rejoice in the promised 
good. In like manner, we find that the 
new covenant is first confirmed of God 
in Christ, as typically represented by 
Abraham and afterwards by David. 
But subsequently, when near at hand, 
the "whole house of Israel" or the 
church, is recognized as joint heir with 
her Lord and Head, to these blessings. 
" I will make a new covenant with the 
house of Israel and the house of Judah, 
the Lord," &c. 



The Letter, 

11. Now Abraham and Sarah were 
old and well stricken in age ; and it 
ceased to be with Sarah after the man- 
ner of women. 

12. Therefore Sarah laughed within 
herself, saying, After I am waxed old 
shall I have pleasure, my lord being old 
also? 

13. And the Lord said unto Abra- 
ham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, say- 
ing, Shall I of a surety bear a child, 
which am old ? 

14. Is anything too hard for the 
Lord? At the time appointed I will 
return unto thee, according to the time 
of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 

15. Then Sarah denied, saying, I 
laughed not ; for she was afraid. And 
he said, Nay ; but thou didst laugh. 

JNTote. 

It hath not entered the heart of man 
to conceive the things of the Spirit, the 
mysteries of divine grace ; they are not 
only above reason, but contrary to all 
the wisdom of man. 

When the first covenant had waxed 
old, and was about to be taken out of 
the way, for the weakness and unprofit- 
ableness thereof, then room is made for 
the new. When the Jerusalem which 
is in bondage with her children, is cast 
out to pass away for ever, and be no 



that publisheth salvation; that saitfo 
unto Zion, Thy God reigneth ; 

8. Thv watchmen shall lift up the 
voice; with the voice together shall 
they sing : for they shall see eye to 
eye, when the Lord shall bring again 
Zion. 

9. Break forth into joy, sing toge- 
ther, ye waste places of Jerusalem : for 
the Lord hath comforted his people, he 
hath redeemed Jerusalem. 

10. The Lord hath made bare his 
holy arm in the eyes of all the nations : 
and all the ends of the earth shall see 
the salvation of our God. 



The Spirit 

Zech. viii. 6. Thus saith the Lord 
of hosts ; If it be marvellous in the 
eyes of the remnant of this people in 
these days, should it also be marvellous 
in mine eyes 1 saith the Lord of hosts. 

7. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 
Behold, I will save my people from the 
east country, and from the west coun- 
try; 

8. And I will bring them, and they 
shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem : 
and they shall be my people, and I will 
be their God, in truth and in righteous- 
ness. 

9. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 
Let your hands be strong, ye that hear 
in these days these words by the mouth 
of the prophets, which were in the day 
that the foundation of the house of the 
Lord of hosts was laid, that the tem- 
ple might be built. 

Isa. lii. 16. That he who blesseth 
himself in the earth shall bless himself 
in the God of truth ; and he that swear- 
eth in the earth shall swear by the God 
of truth ; because the former troubles 
are forgotten, and because they are hid 
from mine eyes. 

17. For behold, I create new hea- 
vens and a new earth : and the former 
shall not be remembered, nor come 
into mind. 



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more remembered nor come into mind; 
then behold the new Jerusalem! the 
"new heavens and the new earth." in 
which dwelleth righteousness ! 

The first heavens and earth, as also 
the first dispensation, was the work of 
the Lord. In the beginning he laid the 
foundation of them: " they shall perish, 
but he remaineth: they all wax old as 
doth a garment ; as a vesture shall he 
fold them up and they shall be changed. 
But he is the same, and his years have 
no end." In like manner he orders and 
establishes his spiritual kingdom: takes 
out of it all things that offend, that 
perish with the using, and sets judg- 
ment and righteousness in the earth ; 
puts to silence the ignorance of man, 
confounds the wisdom of the wise, and 
makes his own counsel stand for ever. 

The passing away or annulling of the 
old covenant, and establishment of the 
new, as following each other in order 
of time, is exemplified in the near prox- 
imity of the two events which typically 
represent each of them, viz. : the de- 
struction of Sodom, and the birth of 
Isaac 



The Letter. 

16. And the men rose up from 
thence, and looked toward Sodom : 
and Abraham went with them to bring 
them on the way. 

17. And the Lord said, Shall I hide 
from Abraham that thing which I do ; 

18. Seeing that Abraham shall surely 
become a great and mighty nation, and 
all the nations of the earth shall be 
blessed in him ? 

19. For I know him, that he will 



18. But be ye glad and rejoice for 
ever in that which I create : for behold, 
I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her 
people a joy. 

19. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, 
and joy in my people : and the voice of 
weeping shall be no more heard in her, 
nor the voice of crying. 

* % * * * 

24. And it shall come to pass, that 
before they call, I will answer; and 
while they are yet speaking, I will 
hear. 

25. The wolf and the lamb shall 
feed together, and the lion shall eat 
straw like the bullock: and dust shall 
be the serpent's meat They shall not 
hurt nor destroy in all my holy moun- 
tain, saith the Lord. 

John i. 12. But as many as received 
him, to them gave he to become the 
sons of God, even to them that believe 
on his name. 

13. Which were born not of blood, 
nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the 
will of man, but of God. 

Isa. li. 12. I, even I, am he that 
comforteth you : who art thou, that 
thou shouldest be afraid of a man thai 
shall die, and of the son of man which 
shall be made as grass : 

13. And forgettest the Lord thy Ma- 
ker, that hath stretched forth the hea- 
vens, and laid the foundations of the 
earth; and hast feared continually 
every day because of the fury of the 
oppressor ? 



The Spirit. 

John v. 19. Then answered Jesus, 
and said unto them, Verily, Verily, I 
say unto you, The Son can do nothing 
of himself, but what he seeth the Fa- 
ther do : for what things soever he 
doeth, these also doeth the Son like- 
wise. 

20. For the Father loveth the Son, 
and showeth him all things that himself 
doeth : and he will show him greater 
works than these, that ye may marvel. 



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command his children and his house- 
hold after him, and they shall keep the 
way of the Lord, to do justice and judg- 
ment ; that the Lord may bring upon 
Abraham that which he hath spoken 
of him. 

Note. 
In this passage the mediatorial cha- 
racter and office of Christ is alluded to, 
as connected with what is about to be 
done. " If his children forsake my law, 
and walk not in my testimonies, I will 
visit their transgressions with the rod, 
and their iniquities with stripes; ne- 
vertheless my loving kindness will I not 
take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness 
to fail." His sceptre is a sceptre of 
righteousness, and "in his days shall 
the righteous flourish," while " he shall 
break in pieces the oppressor." 



The Letter. 

20. And the Lord said, Because the 
cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, 
and because their sin is very grievous. 

21. I will go down now, and see 
whether they have done altogether ac- 
cording to the cry of it, which is come 
unto me ; and if not, I will know. 

Note. 

The divine Mediator, in leaving the 
abodes of glory to become a servant and 
messenger of the covenant, came down 
infinitely low, even to the fallen and 
degraded children of men. 

By undertaking the office of his me- 
diatorial relation to his church as pro- 
phet, priest, and king, he pledged him- 
self, as the keeper of Israel, to watch 
over them night and day. His dwell- 
ing place is Zion, and he is ever with 
his people. But there are special visit- 
ations, both of mercy and of judgment, 
when he signally displays his favor to 
his chosen, and when hyprocrites and 



21. For as the Father raise th up the 
dead, and quickeneth them; even so 
the Son quickeneth whom he will. 

22. For the Father judgeth no man ; 
but hath committed all judgment unto 
the Son : 

23. That all men should honor the 
Son, even as they honor the Father. 
'He that honoreth not the Son, honor- 
eth not the Father which hath sent 
him. 

Is a., ix. 7. Of the increase of his 
government and peace there shall be no 
end, upon the throne of David, and 
upon his kingdom, to order it, and to 
establish it with judgment and with 
justice from henceforth even for ever. 
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will per- 
form this. 

xli. 25. I have raised up one from the 
north, and he shall come: from the 
rising of the sun shall he call upon my 
name ; and he shall come upon princes 
as upo?i mortar, and as the potter tread- 
eth clay. 



The Spirit 

Eze. viii. 4. And behold, the glory 
of the God of Israel was there, accord- 
ing to the vision that I saw in the 
plain. 

* * # * * 

12. Then said he unto me, Son of 
man, hast thou seen what the ancients 
of the house of Israel do in the dark, 
every man in the chambers of his im- 
agery ? for they say, The Lord seeth us 
not ; the Lord hath forsaken the earth. 

13. He said also unto me. Turn thee 
yet again, and thou shalt see greater 
abominations that they do. 

14. Then he brought me to the door 
of the gate of the Lord's house, which 
was toward the north; and behold, 
there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 

15. Then said he unto me, Hast 
thou seen this, O son of man ? Turn 
thee yet again, and thou shalt see 
greater abominations than these. 

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those that are at ease in Zion are made 
afraid. 

The eighth of Ezek. represents the 
Lord Jesus in one of these seasons of 
-special visitation. He searches his Je- 
rusalem as with candles, digs into the 
walls, and enters the chambers of im- 
agery in which they were engaged in 
their guilty abominations. And when 
he had seen all he pronounces the sen- 
tence of vengeance upon their idolatrous 
city. 

All this is speaking after the manner 
of men, as in the present instance when 
he says, he will " come down"" and see 
whether the city of Sodom had done al- 
together according to the cry of it It 
is doubtless designed to express the for- 
bearance, which, as a faithful high priest, 
who knows that his people are but flesh, 
lie exercises over them. 



The Letter. 

22. And the men turned then* faces 
from thence, and went toward Sodom ; 
but Abraham stood yet before the 
Lord. 

23. And Abraham drew near, and 
said, Wilt thou also destroy the right- 
eous with the wicked ? 

24. Peradventure there be fifty right- 
eous within the city: wilt thou also 
destroy and not spare the place for the 
fifty righteous that are therein ? 

25. That be far from thee to do after 
this manner, to slay the righteous with 
the wicked: and that the righteous 
should be as the wicked, that be far 
from thee : Shall not the Judge of all 
the earth do right? 

ISTOTE. 

Both the old and the new dispensa- 
tions employ the ministry of angels. 
They are said to ascend and descend 
upon the Son of man, because they are 
employed in the work of his kingdom, 
and through the medium of his peace- 
making righteousness, to minister to the 
heirs of salvation. 



ner court of the Lord's house, and be- 
hold, at the door of the temple of the 
Lord, between the porch and the altar, 
were about five and twenty men, with 
their backs toward the temple of the 
Lord, and their faces toward the east; 
and they worshipped the sun toward 
the east. 

17. Then he said unto me, Hast thou 
seen this, O son of man ? Is it a light 
thing to the house of Judah that they 
commit the abominations which they 
commit here 1 for they have filled the 
land with violence, and have returned 
to provoke me to anger : and lo, they 
put the branch to their nose. 

: 8. Therefore will I also deal in 
fury, mine eye shall not spare, neither 
will I have pity : and though they cry 
in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will 
I not hear them. 



The Spirit. 

* 

Num. xiii. 13. And Moses said unto 

the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall 

hear it (for thou broughtest up this 

people in thy might from among them), 

15. Now if thou shalt kill all this 
people as one man, then the nations, 
which have heard the fame of thee, will 
speak, saying, 

16. Because the Lord was not able 
to bring this people into the land which 
he sware unto them, therefore he hath 
slain them in the wilderness. 

17. And now, I beseech thee, let the 
power of my Lord be great, according 
as thou hast spoken, 

* * * * * 
19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the ini- 
quity of this people, according unto the 
greatness of thy mercy, and as thou 
hast forgiven this people, from Egypt 
even until now. 

Heb. vii. 22. By so much was Je- 
sus made a surety of a better testa- 
ment. 

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Abraham here appears as the inter- 
cessor for Israel — that the righteous 
should not perish with the wicked. 
His special desire appears to be, that 
Sodom should be saved through the 
number of righteous that may be found 
in it ; but does not ask for the righteous 
to be brought out or delivered from the 
evil. He doubtless knew that those 
who were then alive in the city, that 
were righteous, would be safe ; but this 
intercession seems to point to the saving 
of the city, for the sake of those who 
might hereafter believe. This was not 
the divine purpose. As a people they 
must be cast off; and this intercession , 
which typically alludes to that of Christ 
for his people to the end of time, in that 
nation is only available for the "rem- 
nant according to the election of grace," 
who should finally be saved, though not 
by their covenant. 

Abraham, like Moses, pleads for the 
honor of God's great name, that it be 
not profaned among the heathen. 



The Letter. 

26. And the Lord said, If I find m 
Sodom fifty righteous within the city, 
then I will spare all the place for their 
sakes. 

27. And Abraham answered and 
said, Behold now, I have taken upon 
me to speak imto the Lord, which am 
but dust and ashes : 

28. Peradventure there shall lack 
live of the fifty righteous: wilt thou 
destroy all the city for lack of five 1 
And he said, If I find there forty and 
five, I will not destroy it. 

29. And he spake unto him yet again, 
and said, Peradventure there shall be 
forty found there. And he said, I will 
not do it for forty's sake. 

30. And he said unto Mm, Oh, let not 
the Lord be angry, and I will speak : 
Peradventure there shall thirty be 
found there. And he said, I will not 
do it, if I find thirty there. 

31. And he said, Behold now, I have 
taken upon me to speak unto the 



tinueth for ever hath an unchangeable- 
priesthood. 

25. Wherefore he is able to- save to 
the uttermost all that come unto God 
through him, seeing he ever liveth to 
make intercession for them. 

Jkr. vii. 13. And now, because ye 
have done all these works, saith the 
Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up 
early and speaking, but ye heard not; 
and I called you, but ye answered not ; 

14. Therefore will I do unto this 
houses which is called by my name, 
wherein ye trust, and unto the place 
which I gave to you aud to your fa- 
thers, as I have done to Shiloh. 

15. And I will cast you out of my 
sight, as I have cast out all your bre- 
thren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. 

1 6. Therefore pray not thou for this 
people, neither lift up cry nor prayer 
for them, neither make intercession to 
me : for I will not hear thee, 



The Spirit 

Matt. v. 13. Ye are the salt of the 
earth : but if the salt have lost his sa- 
vor, wherewith shall it be salted? it 
is thenceforth good for nothing but to 
he cast out, and to be trodden under 
foot of men. 

14. Ye are the light of the world, 
A city that is set on a hill cannot be 
hid. 

15. Neither do men light a candle, 
and put it under a bushel, but on a 
candlestick : and it giveth light unto all 
that are in the house. 

16. Let your light so shine before 
men, that they may see your good 
works, and glorify your Father which 
is in heaven. 

Ps. cvi. 23. Therefore he said that 
he would destroy them, had not Moses 
his chosen stood before him in the 
breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he 
should destroy them. 

24. Yea, they despised the pleasant 
land, they believed not his word: 



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Lord: Peradventure there shall be 
twenty found there. And he said, I 
will not destroy it for twenty's sake. 

32. And he said, Oh, let not the 
Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but 
this once : Peradventure ten shall be 
found there. And he said, I will not 
destroy it for ten's sake. 

Xote. 
This intercession of Abraham for So- 
dom has reference to both covenants, 
and to the office of both Moses and 
Christ as mediator between God and 
Israel. By the terms of the first cove- 
nant there were " none righteous — no not 
one;" therefore after pleading for the 
people of that covenant, that they might 
be saved if even ten righteous were 
found among them, and the Lord accepts 
the terms, Abraham ceases to plead any 
farther, well knowing that they were 
all gone out of the way. In like manner 
Moses interceded for Israel in the wil- 
derness, and God replies — "I have 
pardoned according to thy word" by 
which we are to understand that he for- 
bore to visit upon them the fierceness of 
his anger, because the icord of Moses 
had respect both to typical and spiritual 
Israel ; therefore the one were spared to 
show that the other would be finally 
pardoned at the word of the Mediator of 
the better covenant. Yet he immedi- 
ately adds that they should never enter 
his rest ; by which we see that as a na- 
tion they were finally cast off, though a 
small remnant (Caleb and Joshua) were 
permitted to enter the land; to show 
that in like manner, under the new co- 
venant, the Jews as a people would be 
cast off; all except the "remnant ac- 
cording to the election of srrace." 



25. But murmured in their tents, 
and hearkened not unto the voice of 
the Lord. 

26. Therefore he lifted up his hand 
against them, to overthrow* them in the 
wilderness. 

Num. xiv. 20. And the Lord said, 
I have pardoned according to thy 
word : 

21. But as truly as I live, all the 
earth shall be filled with the glory of 
the Lord. 

22. Because all those men which 
have seen my glory, and my miracles, 
which I did in Egypt and in the wilder- 
ness, and have tempted me now these 
ten times, and have not hearkened to 
my voice ; 

23. Surely they shall not see the 
land which I sware unto their fathers, 
neither shall any of them that provoke 
me see it. 

Matt, xxiii. 36. Verily, I say unto 
you, All these things shall come upon 
this generation. 

37. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou 
that killest the prophets, and stonest 
them which are sent unto thee, how 
often would I have gathered thy chil- 
dren together, even as a hen gathereth 
her chickens under her wings, and ye 
would not ! 

Isa. x. 1 9. And the rest of the trees 
of the forest shall be few, that a child 
may write them. 

20. And it shall come to pass in that 
day, that the remnant of Israel, and 
such as are escaped of the house of 
Jacob, shall no more again stay upon 
him that smote them; but shall stay 
upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, 
in truth. 

21. The remnant shall return, even 
the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty 
God. 

22. For though thy people Israel be 
as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of 
them shall return : the consumption de- 
creed shall overflow with righteousness. 



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The Letter. 

33. And the Lord went his way, as 
soon as he had left communing with 
Abraham : and Abraham returned unto 
his place. 

Note. 

The typical intercession of Abraham, 
as we have before observed, embraced 
not only that which was about to be 
abolished, but that also which should 
remain ; the " remnant, according to the 
election of grace." For the one he was 
accepted, but not for the other; for 
Isaac, but not for Ishmael. 

This intercession also illustrates very 
forcibly the words of Christ in the 5th 
chapter of Matt., where he represents his 
elect as "the salt of the earth" — "the 
light of the world." Sodom is prayed for 
upon the plea that even ten righteous 
might be found in her ! How important 
then to a corrupt, perishing world 
that lies in wickedness, is the existence 
among them of this salt; even the small- 
est portion of it will preserve from im- 
mediate ruin, a whole city. Yet are 
these few righteous esteemed by the 
wicked as the offscouring of all things ! 
They would not permit one of them to 
live, had they their own will ! How little 
they realize that the world itself stands 
only for the elect's sake; for the mo- 
ment the last living stone is gathered 
into the building, and the church of God 
is complete, then "the heavens shall be 
rolled together as a scroll, and the ele- 
ments shall melt with fervent heat!" 

When the Lord leaves communing 
with Abraham, the fate of the city is 
determined; — it is left desolate, to la- 
ment, that, in the day of its visitation, 
it had not known the things that be- 
longed to its peace. When Jesus no 
longer intercedes, the door of salvation 
is shut. 



The Spirit 

Matt, xxiii. 36. Behold your house 
is left unto you desolate. 

*T^ H? 'T* *fr* *r* 

39. For I say unto you, Ye shall not 
see me henceforth, till ye shall say, 
Blessed is he that cometh in the name 
of the Lord. 

Rom. xi. 7. What then? Israel 
hath not obtained that which he seek- 
eth for ; but the election hath obtained 
it, and the rest were blinded. 

8. (According as it is written, God 
hath given them the spirit of slumber, 
eyes that they should not see, and 
ears that they should not hear ;) unto 
this day. 

9. And David saith, Let their table 
be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumb- 
ling-block, and a recompense unto them: 

10. Let their eyes be darkened, that 
they may not see, and bow down their 
back always. 

11. I say then, Have they stumbled 
that they should fail? God forbid: 
but rather through their fall salvation 
is come unto the Gentiles, for to pro- 
voke them to jealousy. 

Matt. xxiv. 30. And then shall ap- 
pear the sign of the Son of man in 
heaven : and then shall all the tribes of 
the earth mourn, and they shall see the 
Son of man coming in the clouds of 
heaven with power and great glory. 

3 1 . And he shall send his angels with 
a great sound of a trumpet, and they 
shall gather together his elect from the 
four winds, from one end of heaven to 

the other. 
***** 

34. Verily I say unto you, This ge- 
neration shall not pass, till all these 
things be fulfilled. 

35. Heaven and earth shall pass 
away, but my words shall not pass away. 

36. But of that day and hour know- 
eth no man, no, not the angels of hea- 
ven, but my Father only. 

37. But as the days of Noe were, so 
shall also the coming of the Son of 
man be. 



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CHAPTER XIX. 



The Letter. 

And there came two angels to So- 
dom at even ; and Lot sat in the gate 
of Sodom ; and Lot, seeing them, rose 
up to meet them ; and he bowed him- 
self with his face toward the ground ; 

2. And he said, Behold now, my 
lords, turn in, I pray you, into your 
servant's house, and tarry all night, and 
wash your feet, and ye shall rise up 
early, and go on your ways. And they 
said, Nay; but we will abide in the 
street all night. 

3. And he pressed upon them great- 
ly ; and they turned in unto him, and 
entered into his house ; and he made 
them a feast, and did bake unleavened 
bread, and they did eat. 

Note. 

It was in the evening of the first testa- 
ment, that the " lost sheep of the house 
of Israel,'' the remnant that were found 
among their many thousands, like "new 
wine in the cluster," were gathered out 
by the divine shepherd, before the great 
and terrible day of the Lord. 

By reference to the 1 3th chapter, and 
the settlement of Lot in Sodom, it will 
be seen that this event has allusion to 
the planting of Judah in Jerusalem. In 
the description given by Christ of the 
destruction of this city, he reveals the 
signs and tokens of that signal visit- 
ation, in order that his disciples might 
know them, and flee to the mountains 
before it should come to pass. 

It is remarkable that the scriptures 
speak of the destruction of Jerusalem and 
the end of the old dispensation, and the 
end of the world, as one and the same. 
The types also of these three things are 
always identified with each other. This 
is probably because the great features 
of each of these events are the same ; 
in each, there will be a separation of the 
righteous and the wicked, the just and 
the unjust, the wheat and the tares, the 
sheep and the goats; with the condem- 



The Spirit. 

2 Pet. ii. 4. For if God spared not 
the angels that sinned, but cast them 
down to hell, and delivered them into 
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto 
judgment ; 

5. And spared not the old world, but 
saved Noah the eighth person, a preach- 
er of righteousness, bringing in the 
flood upon the world of the ungodly ; 

6. And turning the cities of Sodom 
and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned 
them with an overthrow, making them 
an example unto those that after should 
live ungodly; 

7. And delivered just Lot, vexed 
with the filthy conversation of the 
wicked. 

Ezk. ix. 4. And the Lord said unto 
him, Go through the midst of the city, 
through the midst of Jerusalem, and set 
a mark upon the foreheads of the men 
that sigh and that cry for all the abo- 
minations that be done in the midst 
thereof. 

5. And to the others he said in my 
hearing, Go ye after him through the 
city, and smite : let not your eye spare, 
neither have ye pity : 

6. Slay utterly old and young, both 
maids, and little children, and women : 
but come not near any man upon whom 
is the mark ; and begin at my sanctu- 
ary. Then they began at the ancient 
men which were before the house. 

Matt, xxiii. 47. x\gain, the king- 
dom of heaven is like unto a net, that 
was cast into the sea, and gathered of 
every kind : 

48. Which, when it was full, they 
drew to shore, and sat down and ga- 
thered the good into vessels, but cast 
the bad away. 

49. So shall it be at the end of the 
world: the angels shall come forth, 
and sever the wicked from among the 
just, 

50. And shall cast them into the fur- 



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nation of the one and the justification of 
the other. 

It is noticeable that both Abraham 
and Lot are found by their heavenly 
visitors in a state of watching ; like ser- 
vants, "looking for the coming of their 
Lord," ready to hear and do his bid- 
ding 1 . 



The Letter. 

4. But, before they lay down, the 
men of the city, even the men of Sodom, 
compassed the house round, both old 
and young, all the people from every 
quarter : 

5. And they called unto Lot, and 
said unto him, Where are the men 
which came in to thee this night ? 
bring them out unto us, that we may 
know them. 

6. And Lot went out at the door 
unto them, and shut the door after 
him, 

7. And said, I pray you, brethren, 
do not so wickedly. 

8. Behold now, I have two daugh- 
ters which have not known man ; let 
me, I pray you, bring them out unto 
you, and do ye unto them as is good 
in your eyes : only unto these men do 
nothing ; for therefore came they under 
the shadow of my roof. 

9. And they said, Stand back. And 
they said again, This one fellow came 
in to sojourn, and he will needs be a 
judge : now will we deal worse with 
thee than with them . And they pressed 
sore upon the man, even Lot, and came 
near to break the door. 



nace of fire : there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth. 

John x. 27. My sheep hear my 
voice, and I know them, and they follow 
me ; 

28. And I give unto them eternal 
life and they shall never perish, neither 
shall any pluck them out of my hand. 

Is a. lxv. 8. Thus saith the Lord, 
As the new wine is found in the clus- 
ter, and one saith, Destroy it not : for 
a blessing is in it : so will I do for my 
servants' sake, that I may not destroy 
them all. 

9. And I will bring forth a seed out 
of Jacob, and out of Judah an inhe- 
ritor of my mountains : and mine elect 
shall inherit it, and my servants shall 
dwell there. 



The Spirit 

Matt, xxiii. 31. Wherefore, ye be 
witness unto yourselves, that ye are 
the children of them which killed the 
prophets. 

32. Fill ye up then the measure of 
your fathers. 

33. Ye serpents, ye generation of 
vipers, how can ye escape the damna- 
tion of hell? 

34. Wherefore, behold, I send unto 
you prophets, and wise men, and 
scribes; and some of them ye shall 
kill and crucify, and some of them shall 
ye scourge in your synagogues, and 
persecute them from city to city : 

35. That upon you may come all 
the righteous blood shed upon the 
earth, from the blood of righteous 
Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son 
of Barachias, whom ye slew between 
the temple and the altar. 

Acts xvii. 5. But the Jews which 
believed not, moved with envy, took 
unto them certain lewd fellows of the 
baser sort, and gathered a company, 
and set all the city on an uproar, and 
assaulted the house of Jason, and 
sought to bring them out to the peo- 
ple. 



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]S"OTE. 

The only characters upon which Jesus 
pronounced a "woe," when he was on 
earth, were the Pharisees and teachers of 
the Jewish law. These were, of all others, 
the most bitter against the doctrines of 
the gospel and the image of God, mani- 
fest in his Son. 

After his death, the Jews continued ro 
persecute his people, even to strange 
cities. They had trials of every kind, 
and deaths in every form. "They wan- 
dered about in sheep-skins and goat- 
skins, being destitute, afflicted, tor- 
mented ; of whom the world was not 
worthy." 

The men of Sodom could be little 
worse than this, nor better merit the 
doom that fell upon them. Spiritual 
wickedness in high places is the worst 
of all abominations. The "man of sin," 
sitting in the temple of God, is more to 
be feared, than all the foes of flesh and 
blood. And the mother of harlots, who, 
if not Jerusalem itself, is exceedingly 
like her, is " drunk with the blood of the 
saints." 



6. And when thej found them not, 
they drew Jason and certain brethren 
unto the rulers of the city, crying, 
These that have turned the world up- 
side down, are come hither also ; 

7. Whom Jason hath received : and 
these all do contrary to the decrees of 
Cesar, saying, that there is another 
king, one Jesus. 

vii, 51. Ye stiff-necked, and uneir- 
cumcised in heart and ears, ye do al- 
ways resist the Holy Ghost : as your 
fathers did, so do ye. 

52. Which of the prophets have not 
your fathers persecuted ? and they have 
slain them which showed before of the 
coming of the Just One ; of whom ye 
have been now the betrayers and mur- 
derers ; 

53. Who have received the law by 
the disposition of angels, and have not 
kept it. 

54. When they heard these things, 
they were cut to the heart, and they 
gnashed on him with their teeth. 



The Letter. 

10. But the men put forth their 
hand, and pulled Lot into the house to 
them, and shut to the door. 

11. And they smote the men that 
were at the door of the house with 
blindness, both small and great: so 
that they wearied themselves to find 
the door. 

IS'ote. 

One of the most signal judgments 
which fell upon the Jewish people, is 
that judicial blindness, by reason of 
which they so totally misapprehend the 
nature of their own dispensation ; so 
that, what " would have been for their 
welfare, became a snare and a trap, and 
a stumbling-block " to them. 

A veil is over the face of Moses, so 
that they cannot see to the end of that 
which is abolished ; — even unto this day 
this veil remains untaken away. Yet 
is there a promise, that when the fulness 
of the Gentiles shall be come in, it shall 



The Spirit. 

Isa. lix. 7. Their feet run to evil, 
and they make haste to shed innocent 
blood : their thoughts are thoughts of 
iniquity; wasting and destruction are 
in their paths. 

8. The way of peace they know not : 
and there is no judgment in their goings : 
they have made them crooked paths : 
whosoever goeth therein shall not know 
peace. 

9. Therefore is judgment far from 
us, neither doth justice overtake us: 
we wait for light, but behold obscuri- 
ty ; for brightness, but we walk in 
darkness. 

10. We grope for the wall like the 
blind, and we grope as if we had no 
eyes : we stumble at noon-day as in 
the night ; we are in desolate places as 
dead men. 

Rom. xi. 7. * * * ; but the election 
hath obtained it, and the rest were 
blinded. 



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be removed. "Blindness, in part, has 
happened to Israel," but the promise is 
sure to all the seed. The gospel con- 
cludes all in unbelief, — all under siD, — 
that the free grace of the gospel might 
come on all through Christ For this 
cause, Abraham received circumcision, 
as the seal of the righteousness of faith, 
which he had, being uncircumcised, that 
the promise might come on the Gentiles 
through faith. 



The Letter. 

12. And the men said unto Lot, 
Hast thou here any besides? son-in- 
law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, 
whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring 
them out of this place : 

13. For we will destroy this place, 
because the cry of them is waxen great 
before the face of the Lord; and the 
Lord hath sent us to destroy it. 

14. And Lot went out, and spake 
unto his sons-in-law? which married his 
daughters, and said, Up, get you out 
of this place ; for the Lord will destroy 
this city : but he seemed as one that 
mocked unto his sons-in-law. 

I Note. 

The gospel of the kingdom was 
preached in Judea from the days of 



8. According as it was written, God 
hath given them the spirit of slumber, 
eyes that they should not see, and ear3 
that they should not hear, unto this 
day. 

9. And David said, Let their table 
become a snare and a trap, and a 
stumbling-block, and a recompence 
unto them. 

10. Let their eyes be darkened, that 
they may not see ; and bow down their 
back alway. 

2 Cor. iii. 13. And not as Moses, 
which put a veil over his face, that the 
children of Israel could not steadfastly 
look to the end of that which is abo- 
lished : 

14. But then minds were blinded: 
for until this day remain eth the same 
veil untaken away in the reading of the 
old testament; which veil is done away 
in Christ. 

15. But even unto this day, when 
Moses is read, the veil is upon their 
heart. 

16. Nevertheless, when it shall turn 
to the Lord, the veil shall be taken 
away. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. liii. 1. Who hath believed our 
report ? and to whom is the arm of the 
Lord revealed ? 

Jer. vi. 8. Be thou instructed, O 
Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from 
thee ; lest I make thee desolate, a land 
not inhabited. 

9. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
They shall thoroughly glean the rem- 
nant of Israel as a vine: turn back 
thine hand as a grape-gatherer into the 
baskets. 

10. To whom shall I speak, and give 
warning, that they may hear ? Behold, 
their ear is uncircumcised, and they 
cannot hearken: behold, the word of 
the Lord is unto them a reproach; they 
have no delight in it. 

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John the Baptist to its final overthrow. 
All men, everywhere, were commanded 
to repent ; the apostles labored zealous- 
ly to turn the people from the error of 
their ways to the wisdom of the just. 

Paul was willing even to be " accursed 
from Christ" — or to endure the cursed 
death of the cross, which he endured, 
if Israel could be saved ; — yet very few 
of that deluded people received the truth 
of the gospel. 

It was this last visitation, — the testi- 
mony of divine truth, — the clear light 
of the gospel, which was the last wit- 
ness sent to them, and finally sealed 
their condemnation. " If I had not 
come and spoken unto them they had 
not had sin, but now they have no 
cloak for their sin." " They have seen 
and hated both me and my Father." 
" This is the condemnation, that light 
has come into the world, and they have 
loved darkness rather than light, be- 
cause their deeds were evil." 



The Letter. 

15. Arid when the morning arose, 
then the angels hastened Lot, saying, 
Arise, take thy wife, and thy two 
daughters which are here; lest thou 
be consumed in the iniquity of the 
city. 

16. And while he lingered, the men 
laid hold upon his hand, and upon the 
hand of his wife, and upon the hand of 
his two daughters; the Lord being 
merciful unto him : and they brought 
him forth, and set him without the 
city. 

17. And it came to pass, when they 
had brought them forth abroad, that 
he said, Escape for thy life ; look not 
behind thee, neither stay thou in all 
the plain : escape to the mountain, lest 
thou be consumed. 

Note. 
It was in. the morning of the gospel 
day that the remnant, according to the 
election of grace, were called and sepa- 



to the voice of charmers, charming 
never so wisely. 

Matt. xxiv. 2. And Jesus said unto 
them, See ye not all these things? 
Verily I say unto you, There shall not 
be left here one stone upon another, 
that shall not be thrown down. 

Acts ii. 37. Now when they heard 
this, they were wicked in their heart, 
and said unto Peter and to the rest of 
the apostles, Men and brethren, what 
shall we do ? 

38. Then Peter said upon, them. 
Repent, and be baptized every one of 
you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for 
the remission of sins, and ye shall re- 
ceive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

39. For the promise is unto you, and 
to your children, and to all that are afar 
off, eren as many as the Lord our God 
shall call. 

40. And with many other words did 
he testify and exhort, saying, Save 
yourselves from this untoward gene- 
ration. 



The Spirit. 

Matt. xxiv. 16. Then let them 
which be in Judea flee into the moun- 
tains : 

17. Let him which is on the house- 
top not come down to take anything 
out of his house : 

18. Neither let him which is in the 
field return back to take his clothes. 

Jude 22. And of some have com- 
passion, making a difference : 

23. And others save with fear, pull- 
ing them out of the fire ; hating even 
the garment spotted by the flesh. 

Dan. ix. 26. And after threescore 
and two weeks shall Messiah be cut 
off, but not for himself: and the peo- 
ple of the prince that shall come shall 
destroy the city and the sanctuary; 
and the end thereof shall be with a 
flood, and unto the end of the war de- 
solations are determined. 

27. And he shall confirm the cove- 
nant with many for one week ; and in 



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rated from an unbelieving nation, into 
the kingdom of heaven : from a covenant 
which waxed old and was ready to 
vanish away, into a new and everlast- 
ing covenant, "even the sure mercies of 
David." 

Even Lot lingered, as if reluctant to 
leave Sodom, and as if hardly sure of 
trusting to a new and untried abode. 
We find, also, how sloio of heart to be- 
lieve were the first converts to the 
faith; how prone they were to cling to 
their former covenant, and how fearful 
of venturing out from this tottering 
shelter to the broad room of gospel 
liberty ! 

The doctrine of justification by faith 
alone, without the deeds of the law, was 
so new, and so startlingly different from 
the hard bondage under which they had 
served, while the yoke of ordinances 
rested upon their neck, that the news 
was too good to be credited in all its 
extent. They felt that it would be safer, 
at least, to keep within the confines of 



The Letter. 

18. And Lot said unto them, Oh, 
not so, my Lord ! 

19. Behold now, thy servant hath 
found grace in thy sight, and thou hast 
magnified thy mercy, which thou hast 
showed unto me in saving my life : and 
I cannot escape to the mountain, lest 
some evil take me, and I die : 

20. Behold now, this city is near to 
flee unto, and it is a little one : Oh, let 
me escape thither! (is it not a little 
one ?) and my soul shall Jive. 

Note. 
It appears from the words of Christ 
(Matt. xi. 12, 13), that the dispensation 
of the law continued^ until John. He 
adds, that from that time, " the kingdom 
of heaven suffereth violence, and the vio- 
lent take it by force." JSTow, it is evi- 
dent that, though the coming of the 
kingdom of heaven was preached from 
that time, it did not actually appear, as 
set up in gospel order, until the day of 
Pentecost. 



the midst of the week he shall cause 
the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, 
and for the overspreading of abomi- 
nations he shall make it desolate, even 
until the consummation, and that de- 
termined shall be poured upon the de- 
solate. 

Jer. li. 6. Flee out of the midst of 
Babylon, and deliver every man bis. 
soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; 
for this is the time of the Lord's ven- 
geance : he will render unto her a re- 
compense. 

Heb. vi. 18. That by two immuta- 
ble things in which it was impossible 
for God to lie, we might have a strong 
consolation who have fled for refuge, 
to lay hold upon the hope set before 



the law, lest they might, after all, need 
its help to preserve them from the con- 
demnation of the wicked. 



The Spirit 

Mal. iv. 5. Behold, I will send you 
Elijah the prophet before the coming 
of the great and dreadful day of the 
Lord : 

6. And he shall turn the heart of the 
fathers to the children, and the heart 
of the children to their fathers, lest I 
come and smite the earth with % a 
curse. 

Matt. xii. 11. Verily, I say unto 
you, Among them that are born of 
women, there has not risen a greater 
than John the Baptist : Notwithstand- 
ing, he that is least in the kingdom of 
heaven is greater than he. 

12. And from the days of John the 
Baptist, until now, the kingdom of hea- 
ven suffereth violence, and the violent 
take it by force, 

13. For all the prophets and the 
law prophesied until John, 

14. And if ye will receive it, this is 
Elias which was for to come. 

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These words of Christ, therefore, seem 
to imply that those who believed this 
preaching, pressed or fled to the king- 
dom of heaven, for refuge, during this 
interval of time, even though not estab- 
lished in its strength upon the top of the 
mountains, but while, with its ting, it 
was in the valley of humiliation; thus 
taking it as it were by force. 

This period of time was just three 
years, or during the personal ministry 
of Christ 

This city of Zoar, to which Lot plead 
to be permitted to flee,instead of escaping 
to the mountain, is the figure of this " lit- 
tle one," or this short and intermediate 
state of things. Zoar signifies a heifer 
of three years old. If we compare this 
fact with the ordinance of the law rela- 
tive to the water of separation, or purifi- 
cation, we may easily conceive the con- 
nection between these two things. The 
sojourn in Zoar served to separate be- 
tween the two dispensations, — to purify 
from the old, and prepare for the new. 
Hence John is said to be sent " to make 
ready a people prepared for the Lord" 



is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith 
the Lord. 

26. Make ye him drunken; for he 
magnified himself against the Lord: 
Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, 
and he also shall be in derisioD. 

27. For was not Israel a derision 
unto thee? was he found among 
thieves ? for since thou spake st of him, 
thou skippedst for joy. 

Num. xix. 2. This is the ordinance 
of the law which the Lord hath com- 
manded, saying, Speak unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, that they bring thee a 
red heifer without spot, wherein is no 
blemish, and upon which never came 
yoke : 

3. And ye shall give her unto Elea- 
zar the priest, that he may bring her 
forth without the camp, and one shall 
slay her before his face : 

4. And Eleazar the priest shall take 
of • her blood with his finger, and 
sprinkle of her blood directly before 
the tabernacle of the congregation 
seven times : 

5. And one shall burn the heifer in 
his sight ; her skin, and her flesh, and 



her blood, 
burn. 



with her dung, shall he 



12 



20. But the man that shall be un- 
clean, and shall not purify himself, that 
soul shall be cut off from among the 
congregation, because he hath defiled 
the sanctuary of the Lord: the water 
of separation hath not been sprinkled 
upon him ; he is unclean. 

21. And it shall be a perpetual sta- 
tute unto them, that he that sprinkleth 
the water of separation shall wash his 
clothes ; and he that toucheth the wa- 
ter of separation shall be unclean until 
even. 

22. And whatsoever the unclean 
person toucheth shall be unclean ; and 
the soul that toucheth it shall be un- 
clean until even. 



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The Letter. 

21. And he said unto him, See, I 
have accepted thee concerning this 
thing also, that I will not overthrow 
this city for the which thou hast spo- 
ken. 

22. Haste thee, escape thither: for 
I cannot do anything till thou be come 
thither ; therefore the name of the city 
was called Zoar. 

23. The sun was risen upon the 
earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 

Note. 

Though the three years' personal mi- 
nistry of Christ was under the law, in 
one sense, yetwas it a sense that absolved 
it from the fate of the people of the 
curse ; because it was the fulfilling of 
the law, and therefore not under the 
curse. Christ did what no other man 
did — he rendered all that the law re- 
quired — a perfect obedience, even to the 
uttermost farthing ; therefore those that 
were gathered under his righteousness 
— as a hen gathereth her chickens under 
her wings — needed not to fear the fiery 
indignation that devoured the adversa- 
ries. 

It was not only under the law, but un- 
der the gospel. "The Sun of righteous- 
ness had risen with healing in his 
wings." The gospel was preached — its 
ordinances were instituted and observed, 
-at least as far as the state of things 
would allow. The supper was not ob- 
served, because as yet the passover was 
not offered ; the Lamb of God, whose body 
and blood must first become a sacrifice 
for sin. Baptism was administered, not 
as a legal rite, but as a preparation for 
the kingdom, and only to the subjects 
or children of the kingdom ; the only 
change afterwards being in the name 
with which the ordinance is sealed ; for 
the covenant not being as yet fully com- 
pleted, it was not ready for the signature 
of all the contracting parties, and was 
therefore administered " in the name of 
Jesus," instead "of the Father, the Son, 
and the Holy Ghost." 



The Spirit. 

Mal. iv. 2. But unto you that fear 
my name, shall the Sim of righteous- 
ness arise with healing in his wings ; 
and ye shall go forth, and grow up as 
calves of the stall. 

Zech. ix. 10. And I took my staff, 
even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I 
might break my covenant which I had 
made with all the people. 

11. And it was broken in that day: 
and so the poor of the flock that waited 
upon me knew that it was the word of 
the Lord. 

Isa. x. 20. And it shall come to 
pass in that day, that the remnant of 
Israel, and such as are escaped of the 
house of Jacob, shall no more again 
stay upon him that smote them; but 
shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One 
of Israel, in truth. 

21. The remnant shall return, even 
the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty 
God. 

22. For though thy people Israel be 
as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of 
them shall return : the consumption de- 
creed shall overflow with righteousness. 

23. For the Lord God of hosts shall 
make a consumption, even determined, 
in the midst of all the land. 

24. Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God of hosts, O my people that dwell- 
est in Zion, be not afraid of the Assy- 
rian: he shall smite thee with a rod, 
and shall lift up his staff against thee, 
after the manner of Egypt. 

25. For yet a very little while, and 
the indignation shall cease, and mine 
anger, in their destruction. 

26. And the Lord of hosts shall stir 
up a scourge for him, according to the 
slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb ; 
and as his rod was upon the sea, so 
shall he lift it up after the manner of 
Egypt. 

27. And it shall come to pass in that 
day, that his burden shall be taken away 
from off thy shoulder, and his yoke 
from off thy neck, and the yoke shall 



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The Letter. 

24. Then the Lord rained upon So- 
dom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and 
fire from the Lord out of heaven : 

25. And he overthrew those cities, 
and all the plain, and all the inhabitants 
of the cities, and that which grew upon 
the ground. 

Note. 

Every one must be struck with the 
remarkable similarity in the language of 
scripture concerning Sodom and Jeru- 
salem, both in their wickedness and 
their overthrow. 

The description of Jerusalem under 
the curse of a broken covenant, as seen 
in Deut. xxix. 23, is but a counterpart of 
the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah. 

In 2 Pet. iii. the description of the 
final destruction of the earth by fire, is 
of the same character, and evidently 
identifies events, tbat have many points 
of resemblance. 

Again, there appears to be both literal 
and spiritual things intended by this 
language. 

The old world was destroyed and 
Noah's household saved " so as by wa- 
ter" The world that now is, is reserved 
unto fire; and we hear the apostle 
speak also of the works of men being 
tried so as by fire, and they saved so as 
by fire. 

But whether nations or churches, in- 
dividuals or worlds, that are thus to be 
tried — it equally remains — since these 
things are so, What manner of persons 
ought we to be ? 



The Letter, 

26. But his wife looked back from 
behind him, and she became a pillar of 
salt] 

Note. 

Lot's wife was a woman of Sodom, 
and in this signal judgment of God upon 



be destroyed because of the anoint- 
ing. 



The Spirit. 

Deut. xxix. 22. So that the gene- 
ration, to come of your children that 
shall rise up after you, and the stranger 
that shall come from a far land, shall 
say, when they see the plagues of that 
land, and the sicknesses which the Lord 
hath laid upon it ; 

23. And that the whole land thereof 
is brimstone, and salt, and burning, thai 
it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any 
grass groweth therein, like the over- 
throw of Sodom and Gomorrah, Ad- 
mah and Zeboim, which the Lord over- 
threw in his anger and in his wrath : 

24. Even all nations shall say, 
Wherefore hath the Lord done thus 
unto this land ? what meaneth the heat 
of this great anger ? 

25. Then men shall say, Because 
they have forsaken the covenant of the 
Lord God of their fathers, which he 
made with them when he brought them 
forth out of the land of Egypt. 

Jek. vii. 30. For the children of 
Judah have done evil in my sight, saith 
the Lord : they have set their abomina- 
tions in the house which is called by 

my name, to pollute it. 
* * * * * 

20. Therefore thus saith the Lord 

God ; Behold, mine anger and my fury 

shall be poured out upon this place, 

upon man, and upon beast, and upon 

the trees of the field, and upon the 

fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, 

and shall not be quenched. 



The Spirit. 

Deut. xxviii. 45. Moreover, all 
these curses shall come upon thee, and 
shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, 
till thcu be destroyed : because thou 
hearkenedst not unto the voice of the 
Lord iiy God, to keep his command- 



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her, presents another remarkable feature 
in the history of the people of the old 
covenant — the antitjpical Sodom. 

From being the peculiar and favored 
people of God, planted in a fruitful hill, 
the Jews, by the curse, became as "a 
heath in the desert," as the "parched 
places in the wilderness;" "a salt land 
not inhabited." But, as if this was not 
enough, they have been scattered among 
every nation under heaven and there 
preserved, not of them, though among 
them — as a standing miracle, an impe- 
rishable monument, — a pillar of salt, — a 
"sign and a proverb" unto all people, 
"for a sign and for a wonder," unto this 
day! 

This figure is peculiarly significant. The 
first testament required salt to be mixed 
with all their sacrifices. They were 
strictly charged "not to let the salt of 
the covenant of their God be lacking." 
Salt was an emblem of the grace of 
faith, and without faith it is impossible 
to please God. Therefore, as this was 
always lacking, they were thus signally 
reproved ! By the reference of Jesus to 
Lot's wife, when describing the destruc- 
tion of Jerusalem, there is another tes- 
timony to the analogy of the two 
events. 

The Jews, as a people, even to this 
day, while they reject the Messiah, con 
tinue to "look back" to that which has 
been abolished for ever. 



ments and his statutes which he com- 
manded thee. 

46. And they shall be upon thee for 
a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy 
seed for ever. 

Ezk. xiv. 7. For every one of the 
house of Israel, or of the stranger that 
sojourn eth in Israel, which separateth 
himself from me, and setteth up his 
idols in his heart, and putteth the 
stumbling-block of his iniquity before 
his face, and cometh to a prophet to in- 
quire of him concerning me ; I the 
Lord will answer him by myself: 

8. And I will set my face against 
that man, and will make him a sign and 
a proverb, and I will cut him off from 
the midst of my people ; and ye shall 
know that I am the Lord. 

Lev. ii. 13. And every oblation of 
my meat-offering shalt thou season 
with salt ; neither shalt thou suffer the 
salt of the covenant of thy God to be 
lacking from thy meat-offering: with 
all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. 

Jer. xvii. 5. Thus saith the Lord; 
Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, 
and maketh flesh his arm, and w 7 hose 
heart departeth from the Lord. 

6. For he shall be like the heath in 
the desert, and shall not see w 7 hen good 
cometh ; but shall inhabit the parched 
places in the wilderness, in a. salt land 
and not inhabited. 

Luke xvii. 28. Likewise also as it 
was in the days of Lot, they did eat, 
they drank, they bought, thy sold, they 
planted, they builded ; 

29. But the same day that Lot went 
out of Sodom, it rained fire and brim- 
stone from heaven, and destroyed 
them all. 

30. Even thus shall it be in the day 
when the Son of man is revealed. 

31. In that day, he which shall be 
upon the house-top, and his stuff in the 
house, let him not come down to take 
it away : and he that is in the field, let 
him likewise not return back. 

32. Remember Lot's wife. 



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The Letter. 

27. And Abraham gat up early in 
the morning to the place where he 
stood before the Lord : 

28. And he looked toward Sodom 
and Gomorrah, and toward all the land 
of the plain, and beheld, and lo, the 
smoke of the country went up as the 
smoke of a furnace. 

29. And it came to pass, when God 
destroyed the cities of the plain, that 
God remembered Abraham, and sent 
Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, 
when he overthrew the cities in the 
which Lot dwelt. 

Note. 

it was because God remembered Abra- 
ham and the promise of the covenant, 
that Lot was brought out from the ter- 
rors of the burning mount, from the 
blackness, and darkness, and tempest 
which consumed the cities of the plain, 
to the safe refuge of Zoar. But Abra- 
ham, on the dawn of that morning, stood 
to behold the desolation upon a higher 
ground: he had "come unto Mount 
Zion, and unto the city of the living 
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an 
innumerable company of angels, to the 
general assembly of the First Born, 
wnich are written in heaven, and to 
God the judge of all, and to the spirit of 
just men made perfect, and to Jesus the 
mediator of the new covenant, and to 
the blood of sprinkling that speaketh 
better things than the blood of Abel." 
For Abraham had stood there before, 
and knew the counsels of the Lord be- 
fore they came to pass. He had as- 
cended the " mount of purposes divine," 
and the secret of the Lord was with 
him, and he had showed him his cove- 
nant. He saw the day of Christ in all 
its meridian glory " afar off," and was 
"glad." 

Abraham also from this same mount 
beheld the terrors of the curse ; the 
" abomination that maketh desolate" — 
the " smoke of their torment," who wor- 
ship the beast and receive his mark in 
their foreheads. 



The Spirit. 

Rev. xiv. 1. And I looked, and lo, a 
Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and 
with him a hundred forty and four 
thousand, having his Father's name 
written in their foreheads. 

2. And I heard a voice from heaven, 
as the voice of many waters, and as the 
voice of a great thunder : and I heard 
the voice of harpers harping with their 
harps : 

3. And they sung as it were a new 
song before the throne, and before the 
four beasts, and the elders; and no 
man could learn that song but the hun- 
dred and forty and four thousand, which 
were redeemed from the earth. 

4. These are they which were not 
defiled with women ; for they are vir- 
gins. These are they which follow the 
Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These 
were redeemed from among men, being 
the first-fruits unto God and to ttie 
Lamb. 

5. And in their mouth was found no 
guile : for they are without fault be- 
fore the throne of God. 

6. And I saw another angel fly in 
the midst of heaven, having the ever- 
lasting gospel to preach unto them that 
dwell on the earth, and to every nation, 
and kindred, and tongue, and people. 

9. And the third angel followed 
them, saying with a loud voice, If any 
man worship the beast and his image, 
and receive Ms mark in his forehead, or 
in his hand, 

10. The same shall drink of the wine 
of the wrath of God, which is poured 
out without mixture into the cup of his 
indignation ; and he shall be tormented 
with fire and brimstone in the presence 
of the holy angels, and in the presence 
of the Lamb : 

• 11. And the smoke of their torment 
ascendeth up for ever and ever : and they 
have no rest day nor night, who wor- 
ship the beast and his image, and who- 
soever receiveth the mark of his 
name. 



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CHAPTER XX, 



The Letter. 

1. And Abraham journeyed from 
tfyence toward the south country, and 
dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, 
and sojourned in Gerar. 

2. And Abraham said of Sarah his 
wife, She is my sister : And Abime- 
lech king of Gerar «ent and took Sa- 
rah. 

3. But God came to Abimelech in a 
dream by night, and said to him, Be- 
hold, thou art but a dead man, for the 
woman which thou hast taken : for she 
is a man's wife. 

4. But Abimelech had not come near 
her : and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay 
also a righteous nation 1 

5. Said he not unto me, She is my 
sister ? and she, even she herself said, 
He is my brother : in the integrity of 
my heart and innocency of my hands 
have I done this. 

6. And God said unto him in a 
dream, Yea, I know that thou didst 
this in the integrity of thy heart; for 
I also withheld thee from sinning 
against me : therefore suffered I thee 
not to touch her. 

7. Now therefore restore the man 
his wife ; for he is a prophet, and he 
shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live : 
and if thou restore her not, know thou 
that thou shalt surely die, thou and all 
that are thine. 

8. Therefore Abimelech rose early 
in the morning, and called all his ser- 
vants, and told all these things in their 
ears : and the men were sore afraid. 

9. Then Abimelech called Abraham, 
and said unto him, What hast thou 
done unto us? and what have I offend- 
ed thee, that thou hast brought on me 
and on my kingdom a great sin ? thou 



The Spirit. 

7. And when the men of Ashdod 
saw that it was so, they said, The ark 
of the God of Israel shall not abide 
with us : for his hand is sore upon us, 
and upon Dagon our god. 

8. They sent therefore, and gathered 
all the lords of the Philistines unto 
them, and said, What shall we do with 
the ark of the God of Israel 1 ? And 
they answered, Let the ark of the God 
of Israel be carried about unto Gath. 
And they carried the ark of the God of 

Israel about thither. 
% * % % - * 

10. Therefore they sent the ark of 
God to Ekron. And it came to pass as 
the ark of God came to Ekron, that the 
Ekronites cried out, saying, They have 
brought about the ark of the God of 
Israel to us, to slay us and our peo- 
ple. 

11. So they sent and gathered toge- 
ther all the lords of the Philistines, and 
said, Send away the ark of the God of 
Israel, and let it go again to his own 
place, that it slay us not, and our peo- 
ple : for there was a deadly destruction 
throughout all the city; the hand of 
God was very heavy there. 

12. And the men that died not, were 
smitten with the emerods : and the cry 
of the city went up to heaven. 



hast done deeds unto me that ought 
not to be done. 

10. And Abimelech said unto Abra- 
ham, What sawest thou, that thou hast 
done this thing ? 

Note. 
The figure of Abraham's sojourn in Ge- 
rar, and the consequences to that people 



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of putting sacrilegious hands upon Sarah, 
the hidden consort of Abraham, may find 
its exact parallel in the history of the 
Ark of God among this same people. 

Gerar was a province of Palestine, 
and, with its rulers, here represents 
Judah as a tribe of Israel ; and particu- 
larly as having reference to the pro- 
phetic promise made to that tribe 



The Letter. 

11. And Abraham said, Because I 
thought, Surely the fear of God is not 
in this place ; and they will slay me for 
my wife's sake. 

12. And yet indeed she is my sister ; 
she is the daughter of my father, but 
not the daughter of my mother : and 
she became my wife. 

13. And it came to pass, when God 
caused me to wander from my father's 
house, that I said unto her, This is thy 
kindness which thou shalt show unto 
me; at every place whither we shall 
come, say of me, He is my brother. 

14. And Abimelech took sheep, and 
oxen, and men-servants, and women- 
servants, and gave them unto Abraham, 
and restored him Sarah his wife. 

15. And Abimelech said, Behold, 
my land is before thee : dwell where 
it pleaseth thee. 

16. And unto Sarah he said, Behold, 
I have given thy brother a thousand 
-pieces of silver : behold, he is to thee a 
covering of the eyes unto all that are 
with thee, and with all other : thus she 
was reproved. 

17. So Abraham prayed unto God: 
and God healed Abimelech, and his 
wife, and his maid-servants ; and they 
bare children. 

18. For the Lord had fast closed 
up all the wombs of the house of 
Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abra- 
ham's wife. 

Note. 
The ark proved a " savour of death " 
to the men of Gerar; and so did the 
bodily presence of Christ and the setting 



respecting the Messiah. Isaac, the 
child of promise, was born here; and 
Shiloh also was here to be raised up as 
a Branch from the stem of Jesse. 

The ark was the symbolic presence of 
Jehovah himself, and also represents 
the body of Christ — therefore is no 
unsuitable synonyme with Sarah, the 
church. 



The Spirit. 

1. And the ark of the Lord was in 
the country of the Philistines seven 
months. 

2. And the Philistines called for the 
priests and diviners, saying, What 
shall we do to the ark of the Lord 1 ? 
tell us wherewith we shall send it to 
his place. 

3. And they said, If ye send away 
the ark of the God of Israel, send it 
not empty ; but in any wise return him 
a trespass-offering: then ye shall be 
healed, and it shall be known to you 
why his hand is not removed from 
you. 

4. Then said they, What shall be 
the trespass-offering which we shall 
return to him ? They answered, Five 
golden emerods, and five golden mice, 
according to the number of the lords 
of the Philistines : for one plague was 
on you all, and on your lords. 

5. Wherefore ye shall make images 
of your emerods, and images of your 
mice that mar the land ; and ye shall 
give glory unto the God of Israel; per- 
adventure he will lighten his hand from, 
off you, and from off your gods, and 
from off your land. 

6. Wherefore then do ye harden your 
hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh 
hardened their hearts? when he had 
wrought wonderfully among them, did 
they not let the people go, and they 
departed ? 

7. Now therefore make a new cart, 
and take two milch-kine on which there 
hath come no yoke, &c. 



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up or establishment of his church among 
the men of Judah. They rejected and 
sent it from them ; yet did the interces- 
sion of Jesus cause this curse of death to 
be so removed, that all who believe will 
yet be brought into the bond of the 
covenant. 



15. And the Levites took down the 
ark of the Lord, and the coffer that 
was with it, wherein the jewels of gold 
were, and put them on the great stone : 
and the men of Bethshemesh offered 
burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices 
the same day unto the Lord. 

16. And when the five lords of the 
Philistines had seen it, they returned to 
Ekron the same day. 



CHAPTER XXI. 



The Letter. 

1. And the Lord visited Sarah as he 
had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah 
as he had spoken. 

2. For Sarah conceived, and bare 
Abraham a son in his old age, at the 
set time of which God had spoken to 
him. 

3. And Abraham called the name of 
his son that was born unto him, whom 
Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 

Note. 

Sarah had waited long fix* the pro- 
mised son; but this must "needs be," 
to show forth the long expectation of 
Zion for the anti-typical Isaac. Yet did 
the Lord visit Sarah "as he had said ;" 
and so also he is not slack concerning 
his promise to his people; but in "the 
fulness of time " it has been seen. 

Even the ''self-same day" that Israel 
were to be brought out of the house of 
bondage, was that promise fulfilled ; 
though they had been held there four 
hundred years. 

For four thousand years the seed of the 
woman had been predicted, together with 
the great work he should accomplish ; 
and not a jot or tittle failed of all, till it 
was fulfilled. 

Sarah had despaired, and schemed 
and substituted her own inventions for 
the promised blessing ; but all in vain. 
Israel in Egypt, had lost sight of the 



The Spirit. 

Luke i. 30. And the angel said unto 
her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast 
found favour with God. 

31. And behold, thou shalt conceive 
in thy womb, and bring forth a son., 
and shalt call his name JESUS. 

ii. 4. And Joseph also went up 
from Galilee, out of the city of Naza- 
reth, into Judea, unto the city of Da- 
vid, which is called Bethlehem (be- 
cause he was of the house and lineage 
of David); 

5. To be taxed with Mary his es- 
poused wife, being great with child. 

6. And so it was, that while they 
were there, the days were accomplished 
that she should be delivered. 

7. And she brought forth her first- 
born son, and wrapped him in swad- 
dling-clothes, and laid him in a manger ; 
because there was no room for them in 
the inn. 

Heb. ii. 16. For verily he took not 
on him the nature of angels ; but he 
took on him the seed of Abraham. 

17. Wherefore in all things it be- 
hooved him to be made like unto Ms bre- 
thren ; that he might be a merciful and 
faithful High Priest in things pertaining 
to God, to make reconciliation for the 
sins of the people. 

18. For in that he himself hath suf- 



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God of their fathers, and his covenant- 
oath concerning them, and were sunken 
down in hopeless servitude and iron 
bondage. But lo ! at the time appoint- 
ed, even the self-same day, they are 
brought forth, with a high hand and 
an outstretched arm ! And when, of the 
long expected Messiah, it was said, 
" Where is the promise of his coming ?" 
he suddenly, and "at the set time" ap- 
pears in his temple, as the promised 
Messenger of the covenant. 



The Letter. 

4. And Abraham circumcised his son 
Isaac, being eight days old, as God had 
commanded him. 

5. And Abraham was a hundred 
years old when his son Isaac was born 
unto him. 

Isote; 

Jesus, the promised heir of the new 
covenant, was also the fulfilment of the 
old — " the end of the law for righteous- 
ness:" — the substance of all its shadows, 
the antitype of all its ceremonies. He 
was the Alpha and Omega, the beginning 
and the end of all things. 

As being born under the law, he was 
circumcised ; and as the minister of the 
true tabernacle, the beginning of the 
gospel, he was baptized; that in him, 
and by him, all righteousness might be 
fulfilled ; all that pertained both to the 
old and the new dispensation. 

The age of Abraham at the birth of 
Isaac — an exact multiple of the mystic 
number ten and ten — points to the ex- 
pression in Galatians, "fidness of time." 



fered, being tempted, he is able to suc- 
cour them that are tempted. 
' Isa. ix. 6. For unto us a child is 
born, unto us a son is given : and the 
government shall be upon his shoul- 
der: and his name shall be called 
Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty 
God, The Everlasting Father, The 
Prince of Peace. 

2 Pet. iii. 8. But, beloved, be not 
ignorant of this one thing, that one 
day is with the Lord as a thousand 
years, and a thousand years as one day. 

9. The Lord is not slack concerning 
his promise, as some men count slack- 
ness; but is long-suffering to us- ward, 
not willing that any should perish, but 
that all should come to repentance. 



The Spirit. 

Luke ii. 21. And when eight days 
were accomplished for the circumcising 
of the child, his name was called JESUS, 
which was so named of the angel be- 
fore he was conceived in the womb. 

Gal. iv. 4. When the fulness of 
time was come, God sent forth his Son 
made of a woman, made under the 
law, &c. 

Matt. v. 18. For verily I say unto 
you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot 
nor one tittle shall not pass from the 
law, till all be fulfilled. 

Col. ii. 11. In whom also ye are 
circumcised with the circumcision made 
without hands, in putting off the body 
of the sins of the flesh by the circum- 
cision of Christ : 

12. Buried with him in baptism, 
wherein also ye are risen with him 
through the faith of the operation of 
God, who hath raised him from the 
dead. 

Rom. xv. 8. Now I say that Jesus 
Christ was a minister of the circumci- 
sion for the truth of God, to confirm 
the promises made unto the fathers. 

Col. ii. 20. Wherefore, if ye be 
dead with Christ from the rudiments of 



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the world, why, as though living in the 
world, are ye subject to ordinances, 

21. (Touch not; taste not; handle 
not; 

22. Which all are to perish with the 
using;) after the commandments and 
doctrines of men ? 



The Letter. 

6. And Sarah said, God hath made 
me to laugh, so that all that hear will 
laugh with me. 

7. And she said, Who would have 
said unto Abraham, that Sarah should 
have given children suck? for I have 
borne him a son in his old age. 



If the birth of Isaac was contrary to 
nature, and beyond human calculation, 
how much more the great mystery of 
godliness, God manifest in flesh! 

The things of the Spirit of God are 
not only deep and unfathomable to car- 
nal reason, but wholly contrary to hu- 
man wisdom, so as to be a mere paradox 
to the natural man. Hence the incar- 
nation of the Son of God, the union of 
two distinct natures in one body — the 
true God and the true man — is to the 
world an enigma, — a hard saying, who 
can hear it ? How needful, then, that 
in receiving the deep things of God, we 
lay aside all confidence in our own wis- 
dom or that of others, and listen only to 
the Divine Spirit of truth, who alone 
searches and knows these things : — that 
we receive the kingdom of God as a 
little child, and sit and learn at the feet 
of Jesus. 

Not only is the incarnation of Christ 
a mystery, but his doctrines — the whole 
system of grace in justifying the ungod- 
ly — are only comprehended by the 
teaching of the same Divine Spirit 
which directed the minds of those holy 
men of old, who wrote as they were 
moved, and not by the suggestions of 
their own reason. 



The Spirit. 

Luke i. 46. And Mary said, My 
soul doth magnify the Lord, 

47. And my spirit hath rejoiced in 
God my Saviour. 

48. For he hath regarded the low 
estate of his handmaiden : for behold, 
from henceforth all generations shall 
call me blessed. 

49. For he that is mighty hath done 
to me great things; and holy is his 
name. 

50. And his mercy is on them that 
fear him, from generation to genera- 
tion. 

51. He hath showed strength with 
his arm ; he hath scattered the proud in 
the imagination of their hearts. 

52. He hath put down the mighty 
from their seats, and exalted them of 
low degree. 

53. He hath filled the hungry with 
good things, and the rich he hath sent 
empty away. 

54. He hath holpen his servant Israel, 
in remembrance of his mercy ; 

55. As he spake to our fathers, to 
Abraham, and to his seed, for ever. 

ii. 10. And the angel said unto them, 
Fear not : for behold, I bring you good 
tidings of great joy, which shall be to 
all people. 

11. For unto you is born this day, in 
the city of David, a Saviour, which is 
Christ the Lord. 

12. And this shall he a sign unto 
you ; Ye shall find the babe wrapped 
in swaddling-clothes, lying in a manger. 

13. And suddenly there was with 
the angel a multitude of the heavenly 
host praising God, and saying, 



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The Letter. 

8. And the child grew, and was 
weaned: and Abraham made a great 
feast the same day that Isaac was 
weaned. 

9. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar 
the Egyptian, which she had borne 
unto Abraham, mocking. 

Note. 

The weaning of Isaac implies an ad- 
vance from a state of subjection to his 
parents ; and is analogous to the instal- 
ment of Christ into his personal minis 
try. 

When Jesus began to preach the gos- 
pel of the kingdom in the Jewish syna- 
gogues, his teaching was variously re 
ceived. Like the feast proclaimed by 
the servants in the parable, it was first 
offered to them " that had been bidden" 
— the Jews ; who for ages had been in- 
structed by the prophets, and who 
should have been ready to go in to the 
supper at supper time. But these chil- 
dren of the bondwoman only "mocked." 
They begged to be excused, and the sen- 
tence of the master of the feast was — 
" TJiey shall not taste of my supper." 

Yet were not the provisions of the 
feast wasted or lost. "The poor, the 
maimed, the halt, and the blind" who 
would not have dared venture of 
themselves, and who must be " brought 
in* because they were unable to get 
there without, — these ones — even the 
"lost sheep of the house of Israel," were 
brought from the "streets and lanes of 
the city," and seated at the master's 
table. 

But "yet there is room;" — and the 
servants are sent out to the " highways 
and hedges ;" — to the Gentiles, who are 
"without, and far off;" and they also 
must be " compelled to come in" "that 
the house may be full" 



14. Glory to God in the highest, 
and on earth peace, good will towards 
men. 



The Spirit. 

Luke iii. 21. Now, when all the 
people were baptized, it came to pass, 
that Jesus also being baptized, and 
praying, the heaven was opened, 

22. And the Holy Ghost descended 
in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, 
and a voice came from heaven which 
said, Thou art my beloved Son; in 
thee I am well pleased. 

23. And Jesus himself began to be 
about thirty years of age, being (as 
was supposed) the son of Joseph. 

Gal. iv. 29. But as then he that 
was born after the flesh persecuted him 
that was born after the Spirit, even so 
it is now. 

30. Nevertheless, what saith the 
scripture'? cast out the bondwoman and 
her son : for the son of the bondwoman 
shall not be heir with the son of the 
free-woman. 

31. So then, brethren, we are not 
children of the bondwoman, but of the 
free. 

Ltjke xiv. 16. Then said he unto 
him, A certain man made a great sup- 
per, and bade many : 

17. And sent his servant at supper- 
time, to say to them that were bid- 
den, Come, for all things are now 
ready. 

18. And they all with one consent 
began to make excuse. The first said 
unto him, I have bought a piece of 
ground, and I must needs go and see 
it : I pray thee have me excused. 

19. And another said, I have bought 
five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove 
them : I pray thee have me excused. 

20. And another said, I have mar- 
ried a wife: and therefore I cannot 
come. 

21. So that servant came, and show- 
ed his lord these things. Then the 
master of the house being angry, said 



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The Letter. 

10. Wherefore she said unto Abra- 
ham, Cast out this bondwoman, and 
her son : for the son of this bondwoman 
shall not be heir with my son, even 
with Isaac. 

11. And the thing was very grievous 
in Abraham's sight, because of his 
son. 

12. And God said unto Abraham, Let 
it not be grievous in thy sight, because 
of the lad, and because of thy bond- 
woman ; in all that Sarah hath said 
unto thee, hearken unto her voice : for 
in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 

Note. 

It was their rejection of the gospel, 
that sealed the condemnation of the 
Jews. Jesus says, "If I had not come 
and spoken unto them, they had not had 
sin, but now they have no cloak for 
their sin." " If I had not done among 
them the works which no other man did, 
they had not had sin ; but now they 
have seen and hated both me and my 
Father." 

The mysteries of the cross were " to 
the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the 
Greeks foolishness." And notwithstand- 
ing all the testimony which had been 
given by Moses and the Prophets con- 
cerning Jesus, they said, "As for this 
fellow, we know not whence he is !" 

Abraham was grieved at being obliged 



to his servant, Go out quickly into 
the streets and lanes of the city, and 
bring in hither the poor, and the maim- 
ed, and the halt, and the blind. 

22. And the servant said, Lord, it is 
done as thou hast commanded, and yet 
there is room. 

23. And the Lord said unto the ser- 
vant, Go out into the highways and 
hedges, and compel them to come in, 
that my house may be filled. 

24. For I say unto you, that none of 
those men which were bidden, shall 
taste of my supper. 



The Spirit. 

Gal. iv. 22. For it is written, that 
Abraham had two sons; the one by a 
bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. 

23. But he who was of the bond- 
woman, was born after the flesh ; but 
he of the free-woman was by promise. 

24. Which things are an allegory: 
for these are the two covenants ; the one 
from the mount Sinai, which gendereth 
to bondage, which is Agar. 

25. For this Agar is mount Sinai 
in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem 
which now is, and is in bondage with 
her children. 

26. But Jerusalem which is above is 

free, which is the mother of us all. 
***** 

30. Nevertheless, what saith the 
scripture? Cast out the bondwoman 
and her son : for the son of the bond- 
woman shall not be heir with the son 
of the free-woman. 

iii. 18. For if the inheritance be of 
the law, it is no more of promise : but 
God gave it to Abraham by promise. 

19. Wherefore then serxeth the law ? 
It was added because of transgressions, 
till the seed should come to whom the 
promise was made ; and it was ordain- 
ed by angels in the hand of a media- 
tor. 

Luke ii. 34. Behold, this child 
is set for the fall and rising again of 



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to cast out Ishmael, and Jesus wept over 
Jerusalem, when he considered the ca- 
lamities which were about to come upon 
her, and that this gainsaying people 
were to be cast off from being the cove- 
nant people of God, and rejected by 
him as a nation for ever. 



The Letter. 

13. And also of the son of the bond- 
woman will I make a nation, because 
he is thy seed. 



Here we perceive the children of the 
bondwoman were blessed for Abra- 
ham's sake, or because they were his 
seed. 

Great misapprehension exists in re 
gard to the cause and nature of this 
blessing. Careful attention to the testi- 
mony of scripture will show, that these 
mistakes originate in confounding things 
which are different; and in not keeping 
in view that Abraham's seed consisted 
of two manner of people — the children 
of promise, and the children of the flesh. 
These two, Isaac and Ishmael, with 
their posterity, were of totally opposite 
character and destination, belonging to 
different covenants, established upon 
different promises. This distinction is 
pointed out in the 9th chap, of Romans, 
where we are told that the "sea?" of 
Abraham were not all children, any 
more than the world of mankind, made 
of one flesh and blood, are all the 



many in Israel ; and for a sign which 
shall be spoken against; 

35. (Yea, a sword shall pierce 
through thy own soul also ;) that the 
thoughts of many hearts may be re- 
vealed. 

Hos. xi. 8. How shall I give thee 
up, Ephraim ? how shall I deliver thee, 
Israel ? how shall I make thee as Ad- 
mah 1 how shall I set thee as Zeboini 1 
mine heart is turned within me, my re- 
pentings are kindled together. 

Luke xix. 41. And when he was 
come near, he beheld the city, and wept 
over it, 

42. Saying, If thou hadst known, 
even thou, at least in this thy day, 
the things which belong unto thy 
peace ! but now they are hidden from 
thine eyes. 



The Spirit. 

Rom. iii. 1. What advantage then 
hath the Jew ? or what profit is there 
of circumcision ? 

2. Much every way : chiefly, because 
that unto them were committed the 
oracles of God. 

3. For what if some did not believe ? 
shall their unbelief make the faith of 
God without effect 1 ■ 

ix. 1. I say the truth in Christ, I lie 
not, my conscience also bearing me 
witness in the Holy Ghost, 

2. That I have great heaviness and 
continual sorrow in my heart. 

3. For I could wish that myself 
were accursed from Christ, for my 
brethren, my kinsmen according to the 
flesh: 

4. Who are Israelites ; to whomper- 
laineih the adoption, and the glory, 
and the covenants, and the giving of 
the law, and the service of God, and 
the promises ; 

5. Whose are the fathers, and of 
whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ 
came, who is over all, God blessed for 
ever. Amen. 



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children of God and heirs of the king- 
dom. It is also plainly declared, "in 
Isaac shall thy seed be called;" and 
again : " If ye are Christ's, then are ye 
Abraham's seed and heirs according to 
the promise" — showing that Isaac is a 
type of Christ, in whom all the true 
children of God and heirs of the king- 
dom are called and chosen before the 
foundation of the world. 

By the casting out of the seed of the 
bondwoman from the inheritance of 
Isaac, God shows his future intention 
relative to the nation of Israel, who 
were together called the seed of Abra- 
ham. He had two designs to effect by 
them as a people : first, to make them 
a type of the church, the spiritual Israel, 
that in them he might show forth his 
purpose of grace in Christ Jesus, relative 
to the heirs of salvation. Therefore, all 
that was wrought for Israel as a people, 
— all the wonderful works of God among 
them, " happened unto them for ensam- 
ples." Again, the covenant of circum- 
cision, in which they were all embraced 
as a nation, was designed to separate 
them from the rest of the world, in 
order to preserve distinct the natural 
descent of the Messiah : consequently, 
both Isaac and Ishmael, with the entire 
household of Abraham, including ser- 
vants, were circumcised. Yet, though 
this mixed multitude were thus united 
for these two objects, — and though they, 
together, were redeemed from the bond- 
age of Egypt, together were " baptized 
unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea," 
and together entered into covenant with 
God at Sinai, — " yet with many of them 
God was not pleased, whose carcasses 
fell in the wilderness." And through- 
out their entire dispensation, God, by 
the prophets, admonished them that a 
sifting time was coming, when he would 
" separate the precious from the vile," 
" discern between the righteous and the 
wicked," — when his covenant loith all 
the people should be broken, and the 
children of the bondwoman cast out, no 
longer to be counted with the heirs of 
promise. 

A misconception of this subject has 
given rise to two very prominent errors. 
The first of these is, that the same pro* 



6. Not as though the word of God 
hath taken none effect. For they are 
not all Israel, which are of Israel : 

7. Neither, because they are the seed 
of Abraham, are they all children : but, 
In Isaac shall thy seed be called: 

8. That is, they which are the 
children of the flesh, these are not the 
children of God : but the children of 
the promise are counted for the seed. 

9. For this is the word of promise, 
At this time will I come, and Sara shall 
have a son. 

10. And not only this, but when Re- 
becca also had conceived by one, even 
by our father Isaac, 

11. (For the children being not yet 
born, neither having done any good or 
evil, that the purpose of God according 
to election might stand, not of works, 
but of him that calleth,) 

12. It was said unto her, The elder 
shall serve the younger. 

13. As it is written, Jacob have I 
loved, but Esau have I hated. 



mise which was made to Abraham, 
" / will be a God to thee and to thy seed 
after thee," still holds good to believers 
under the present, or gospel dispensa- 
tion ; — that it is recognized by the new 
covenant as well as the old ; — therefore, 
that baptism should be administered to 
the children of believers, in the same 
manner as circumcision was to the seed 
of Abraham. All the inconsistencies of 
this error cannot here be considered ; 
but we would only say, that in alluding 
to this promise made to Abraham, Paul 
says, in the 3d chap, of Gaiatians : — " He 
says not unto seeds as of many, but thy 
seed, which is Christ." That it was, 
therefore, Christ and the everlasting 
covenant of grace which is confirmed in 
him, that is intended by the promise ; 
and that it includes only those that are 
in Christ, — for it is again added, "If 
ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's 
seed, and heirs according to the promise" 
That circumcision has no connection or 
allusion to baptism, is also clear from 
the fact that the New Testament recog- 



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nises it, — not as pointing to a gospel or- 
dinance, but to the regeneration of the 
heart; therefore, by analogy, if all the 
typical Israel "were to be circumcised, 
to prove them to belong to the na- 
tion — so all the spiritual Israel must 
be "born again," or renewed in heart, 
to prove them to belong to the kingdom 
of heaven, as heirs of promise ; and then 
the ordinances of that kingdom properly 
belong to them, and not till then. 
The second error arising from con- 



The Letter. 

14. And Abraham rose np early in 
the morning, and took bread, and a 
bottle of water, and gave it unto Ha- 
gar (putting it on her shoulder) and 
the child, and sent her away : and she 
departed, and wandered in the wilder- 
ness of Beer-sheba. 

Note. 

It was early in the morning of the first 
dispensation, when the burden of rites 
and ceremonies was put upon the shoul- 
ders of the bondwoman and her sons. 

Though the light which they reflected 
was dim, yet had they but possessed 
spiritual discernment, it would have 
guided them to the better things of the 
"perfect day." Their "table," though 
by unbelief and blindness of mind made 
"a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling 
block," actually contained the bread and 
the water of life, though dealt out in 
measure unto them. 

Under all the shadows of the law, the 
gospel was preached to them as well as 
unto us; but it was not mixed with 
faith in them that heard it, and there- 
fore it profited them not ; so that what 
would have been for their welfare, be- 
came a yoke of bondage which they 
were not able to bear. 

Beersheba, signifying the well of the 
oath, is here first brought to view, 
though afterwards made the rallying 
point, from whence all the special move- 
ments of the "fathers" were made. But 
that which was a well of salvation, full 
of the waters of life, was but a wilder- 



founding the promises of the two cove- 
nants and the inheritance which was 
insured by each, is, that Israel, as 
a nation — the literal descendants of 
Abraham- — have now a promise of be- 
ing again gathered to their own land, 
or the land of Palestine. For this sub- 
ject, we refer our readers to the last 
part of the 31st chapter of this work, 
where the gathering together of the 
"whole house of Israel" is described as 
analogous to the 37 th chap, of Ezk. 



The Spirit. 

Rom. ix. 4. Who are Israelites; to 
whom pertaineth the adoption, and the 
glory, and the covenants, and the giving 
of the law, and the service of God, and 
the promises ; 

5. Whose are the fathers, and of 
whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ 
came, who is over all, God blessed for 
ever. Amen. 

6. Not as though the word of God 
hath taken none effect. For they are 
not all Israel, which are of Israel : 

7. Neither, because they are the seed 
of Abraham, are they all children : but, 
In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 

8. That is, they which are the chil- 
dren of the flesh, these are not the 
children of God: but the children of 
the promise are counted for the seed. 

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Acts xv. 10. Now therefore why 
tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the 
neck of the disciples, which neither our 
fathers nor we were able to bear % 

25. For this Agar is mount Sinai in 
Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem 
which now is, and is in bondage with 
her children. 

Gal. iv. 1. Now I say, That the 
heir, as long as he is a child, differeth 
nothing from a servant, though he be 
lord of all ; 

2. But is under tutors and govern- 
ors until the time appointed of the 
father. 

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ness to the besotted and gainsaying peo- 
ple, who put their own traditions in the 
place of the ordinances of God. 



The Letter. 

15. And the water was spent in the 
bottle, and she cast the child under one 
of the shrubs. 

16. And she went, and sat her down 
over against him, a good way off, as it 
were a bow-shot : for she said, Let me 
not see the death of the child. And 
she sat over against him, and lifted up 
her voice, and wept. 

Note. 

A bottle of water is soon spent, but 
a fountain is inexhaustible. Had Hagar 
remembered her own experience in the 
day when she was driven away by her 
mistress, and God appeared to assure 
her of future benefits, and when she 
set up the memorial, " Thou God seest 
me" she would have sought unto him for 
water, instead of sitting down in de- 
spair. 

But this is a true picture of the con- 
duct of that sinful people who so soon 
" forgat his works/' and " remembered 
not his wonders of old, but provoked 
him to anger" by asking, " Can God fur- 
nish a table in the wilderness? Behold 
he smote the rock that the waters gushed 
out ; can he give bread also ? Can he 
provide flesh for his people?" 

At the moment when Hagar gave up 
her child to death, a fountain of water 
was actually at her side, but she saw it 
not. Equally blind were Israel to all 
the riches of grace which were placed 
before them in the ordinances of their 
own dispensation, and the oracles of 
God which were committed to them. 
Every minutia of the ceremonial law 
was but the shadow of better things, 
and revealed that true bread and that 
living water, of which lie who eateth 
shall never die. Might not Jehovah 
justly say to this people, "Why will ye 
die, house of Israel?" 



dren, were in bondage under the ele- 
ments of the world. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. viii. 21. And they shall pass 
through it hardly bestead and hungry : 
and it shall come to pass, that when 
they shall be hungry, they shall fret 
themselves, and curse their king and 
their God, and look upward. 

22. And they shall look unto the 
earth; and behold trouble and dark- 
ness, dimness of anguish ; and they shall 
be driven to darkness. 

Lam. ii. 10. The elders of the 
daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, 
and keep silence: they have cast up 
dust upon their heads ; they have girded 
themselves with sackcloth : the virgins 
of Jerusalem hang down their heads to 
the ground. 

11. Mine eyes do fail with tears, my 
bowels are troubled, my liver is poured 
upon the earth, for the destruction of 
the daughter of my people; because 
the children and the sucklings swoon 
in the streets of the city. 

12. They say to their mothers, 
Where is corn and wine? when they 
swooned as the wounded in the streets 
of the city, when their soul was poured 
out into their mothers' bosom. 

iv. 3. Even the sea-monsters draw 
out the breast, they give suck to their 
young ones : the daughter of my peo- 
ple is become cruel, like the ostriches in 
the wilderness. 

4. The tongue of the sucking child 
cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for 
thirst : the young children ask bread, 
and no man breaketh it unto them. 

5. They that did feed delicately are 
desolate in the streets ; they that were 
brought up in scarlet embrace dung- 
hills. 

6. For the punishment of the ini- 
quity of the daughter of my people is 
greater than the punishment of the sin 
of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a 



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Tlie Letter. 

17. And God heard the voice of the 
lad: and the angel of God called to 
Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, 
What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; 
for God hath heard the voice of the lad 
where he is. 

18. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold 
him in thine hand : for I will make him 
a great nation. 

Note. 

The patience and long suffering of 
God, manifested toward his rebellious 
Israel, is designed for the encouragement 
of those who should afterwards believe 
on his name. All his dealings with 
them were directed by one single con- 
sideration — " he renumbered his covenant 
with their fathers i" So, in like manner, 
his dealings with his spiritual Israel are 
all according to the exceeding riches of 
his grace in Christ Jesus : all ordered 
by the everlasting covenant made with 
his anointed Son, for whose sake he 
" pardons and passes by the transgres- 
sions of his people." 

In the midst of their distresses, when 
the iniquity of their heels compass them 
about, and they are not able to look up, 
he says to them, "fear not," "I am he 
that blotteth out thy transgressions for 
13 



moment, and no hands stayed on 
her. 

Jer. xvii. 5. Thus saith the Lord ; 
Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, 
and maketh flesh his arm, and whose 
heart departeth from the Lord. 

6. For he shall be like the heath in 
the desert, and shall not see when good 
cometh ; but shall inhabit the parched 
places in the wilderness, in a salt land 
and not inhabited. 

ii. 12. Be astonished, O ye heavens, 
at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye 
very desolate, saith the Lord. 

13. For my people have committed 
two evils; they have forsaken me the 
fountain of living waters, and hewed 
them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that 
can hold no water. 



The Spirit 

Isa. lxiii. 9. In all their affliction he 
was afflicted, and the angel of his pre- 
sence saved them : in his love and in 
his pity he redeemed them ; and bare 
them, and carried them all the days of 
old. 

Deut. xxxii. 10. He found him in a 
desert land, and in the waste howling 
wilderness ; he led him about, he in- 
structed him, he kept him as the apple 
of his eye. 

Ps. cii. 19. For he hath looked down 
from the height of his sanctuary ; from 
heaven did the Lord behold the earth ; 

20. To hear the groaning of the pri- 
soner ; to loose those that are appoint- 
ed to death. 

cvi. 43, Many times did he deliver 
them; but they provoked Mm with 
their counsel ; and were brought low 
for their iniquity. 

44. Nevertheless he regarded their 
affliction, when he heard their cry. 

45. And he remembered for them 
his covenant, and repented according to 
the multitude of his mercies. 

cvii. 17. Fools, because of their 
transgression, and because of their in- 
iquities, are afflicted,. 



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my name's sake, and will not remember 
iniquity against thee." He lifts them up 
when they are cast down; and bears 
them as on eagles' wings through the 
wilderness; he preserves them in the 
midst of its pits and snares; delivers 
them from the hand of their enemies, 
and them that are too strong for them; 
and finally plants them in that pro- 
mised inheritance which he has reserved 
for them. 



18. Their soul abhorreth all manner 
of meat; and they draw near unto the 
gates of death. 

19. Then they cry unto the Lord in 
their trouble, he saveth them out of 
their distresses. 

20. He sent his word, and healed 
them and delivered them from their 
destructions. 

* * * * * 

4. They wandered in the wilderness 
in a solitary way ; they found no city 
to dwell in. 

5. Hungry and thirsty, their soul 
fainted in them. 

6. Then they cried unto the Lord in 

their trouble, and he delivered them out 

of their distresses. 
***** 

35. He turneth the wilderness into 
a standing water, and dry ground into 
water-springs. 

36. And there he maketh the hungry 
to dwell, that they may prepare a city 
for habitation. 



The Letter. 

19. And God opened her eyes, and 
she saw a well of water : and she went, 
and filled the bottle with water, and 
gave the lad drink. 

Note. 

Again we are called to admire, with 
Paul, the unsearchable judgments of 
God, and the riches of his wisdom and 
knowledge. 

The Jews, as a nation, were not only 
under the curse of the law, but blind to 
the nature and privileges of the gospel. 
Under this curse they were cast out 
from being a people entitled to peculiar 
privileges, as they had formerly been. 
As concerning the gospel they were con- 
sidered as enemies, that the Gentiles 
might be grafted in, and the promise by 
grace might come upon all. For God 
has concluded all under sin, both Jews 
and Gentiles; because the promise of 
Abraham was not bv the law, but by the 
hearing of faitli, and was given to him 



The Spirit. 

2 Cor. iii. 14. But then minds were 
blinded: for until this day remaineth 
the same vail untaken away in the 
reading of the old testament; which 
vail is done away in Christ. 

15. But even unto this day, when 
Moses is read, the vail is upon their 
heart. 

16. Nevertheless, when it shall turn 
to the Lord, the vail shall be taken 
away. 

Rom. xi. 11. I say then, Have they 
stumbled that they should fall ? God 
forbid : but rather through then fall sal- 
vation is comeimto the Gentiles, for to 
provoke them to jealousy. 

12. Now, if the fall of them be the 
riches of the world, and the diminishing 
of them the riches of the Gentiles; 
how much more then fulness ? 

»P *r* *T* t» *7» 

15. For if the casting away of them 
be the reconciling of the world, what 



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In uncircumcision, that it might be sure 
to "all the seed? not that which is of 
the law only, but that which is by the 
faith of our father Abraham. 

In this 19th verse, where God opens 
Hagar's eyes and she fills the bottle from 
the fountain, is given the intimation of 
what is contained in the xi. of Rom., 
viz: the final ingathering to their own 
olive, of all the children of promise, from 
among that cast-off people ; and that 
there yet remains water for them in the 
well of the oath, that they shall be 
brought " one of a city and two of a fa- 
mily" to Zion ; and " thus all Israel shall 
be saved ;" the entire seed of promise, 
even the whole house of Israel, be raised 
from their "graves," to form, with the 
Gentile sheep, " one fold and one shep- 
herd." 



The Letter. 

20. And God was with the lad ; and 
he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, 
and became an archer. 

21. And he dwelt in the wilderness 
of Paran : and his mother took him a 
wife out of the land of Egypt. 

Note. 
The meaning of Paran is glory or beau- 
ty. In the wilderness of this place, Ishmael 
abode as an archer ; or as one whose 
"hand was against every man and every 
man's Iiand against him." 



shall the receiving of them be, but life 
from the dead? 

# * # % % 

20. Well ; because of unbelief they 
were broken off, and thou standest by 
faith. Be not high-minded, but fear. 

21. For if God spared not the natu- 
ral branches, take heed lest he also spare 
not thee. 

22. Behold therefore the goodness 
and severity of God : on them which 
fell, severity; but toward thee, good- 
ness, if thou continue in his goodness ; 
otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 

ifc * £ * J?C 

25. For I would not, brethren, that 
ye should be ignorant of this mystery, 
(lest ye should be wise in your own 
conceits,) that blindness in part is hap- 
pened to Israel, until the fulness of the 
Gentiles be come in. 

26. And so all Israel shall be saved ; 
as it is written, There shall come out 
of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn 
away ungodliness from Jacob : 

27. For this is my covenant unto 
them, when I shall take away their 
sins. 

28. As concerning the gospel, they 
are enemies for your sakes: but as 
touching the election, they are beloved 
for the fathers' sakes. 

* * * % * 

32. For God hath concludod them all 
in unbelief, that he might have mercy 
upon all. 



The Spirit. 

Acts vii. 51. Ye stiff-necked, and 
uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do 
always resist the Holy Ghost : as your 
fathers did, so do ye. 

52. Which of the prophets have not 
your fathers persecuted? and they 
have slain them which showed before 
of the coming of the Just One; of 
whom ye have been now the betrayers 
and murderers ; 

53. Who have received the law by 
the disposition of angels, and have not 
kept it. 



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Literally tliis is supposed to refer to 
the Ishmaelites as they existed as a tribe 
or people united with the Midianites in 
the days of Joseph. But its most spe- 
cial and important sense alludes to the 
children of the bondwoman, or of the 
first covenant, in their hatred and oppo- 
sition to Christ and his people, or the new 
covenant Israel. This people, under all 
the circumstances in which they have 
been placed, have preserved this same 
feature of their character. Under all 
the glory and beauty of their own dis- 
pensation, they remained in the wilder- 
ness, not discerning any of the true na- 
ture of that better thing which was ex- 
hibited before them ; they persecuted 
the prophets, and slew those that were 
sent to testify to them "the coming of 
the Just One." 

Under the clear light and glory of the 
gospel day, they rejected the Son of God 
and hated and crucified him ; and after 
being rejected by God, and cast oif from 
being his people,, they have remained 
now for near nineteen hundred years, 
surrounded by all the testimony of di- 
vine truth, but still in a barren wilder- 
ness and under the bondage of unbelief. 

Yet in all these different conditions, 
God has even miraculously preserved 
them as a pillar of salt, or memorial of 
his truth, because they have persisted 
in "looking back" to the law of Moses, 
instead [of believing the gospel. 



Gen. xlix. 23. The archers have 
sorely shot at him and hated him. But 
his bow abode in strength, &e. 

Ps. xxii. 16. For dogs have com- 
passed me : the assembly of the wicked 
have enclosed me : they have pierced 
my hands and my feet. 

17. I may tell all my bones: they 
look, and stare upon me. 

18. They part my garments among 
them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 

Ps. xlix. 4. They that hate me 
without a cause are more than the hairs 
of my head i they that would destroy 
me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are 
mighty: then I restored that which I 

took not away. 

***** 

8. I am become a stranger unto my 
brethren, and an alien unto my mo- 
ther's children. 

***** 

21. They gave me also gall for my 
meat ; and in my thirst they gave me 
vinegar to drink. 

22. Let their table become a snare 
before them : and that which should have 
been for their welfare, let it become a 
trap. 

Matt, xxiti. 34. Wherefore behold^ 
I send unto you prophets, and wise 
men, and scribes ; and some of them ye 
shall kill and crucify, and some of them 
shall ye scourge in your synagogues, 
> and persecute them from city to city : 

35. That upon you may come all the 
righteous blood shed upon the earth,, 
from the blood of righteous Abel, unto 
the blood of Zacharias, son of Bara- 
chias, whom ye slew between the tem- 
ple and the altar. 

36. Verily I say unto you, All these 
things shall come upon this genera- 
tion. 



The Letter. 

22* And it came to pass at that time, 
that Abimelech and Phichol the chief 
captain of his host spake unto Abra- 
ham, saying, God is* with thee in all 
that thou doest : 



The Spirit. 

Gen. xlix. 10. The sceptre shall not 
depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from 
between his feet, until Shiloh come ; 
and unto him shall the gathering of th© 
peoplejbe. 



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r 23. Now therefore swear unto me 
here by God, that thou wilt not deal 
falsely with me, nor with my son, nor 
with my son's son: but according to 
the kindness that I have done unto 
thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the 
land wherein thou hast sojourned. 
24. And Abraham said, I will swear. 

Note. 

The rulers of Gerar had already ex- 
perienced what it was to have the ark 
of God, the mystical body of Jesus, 
among them. They well knew the be- 
nefit to be gained by the good will of 
Abraham, and the evil that attended 
their encroachment upon him or his 
household. 

The covenant here made is virtually 
a transfer to the tribe of Judah, of the 
promise already made to Abraham con- 
cerning his "seed" — or, what is the 
same thing, a sealing to that people of 
the prophetic promise of Shiloh, who 
was the "Branch from the stem of 
Jesse," which was to spring from them. 

This oath and promise was to be unto 
the "son's son," even to the remotest 
generations. David should have a light 
in Jerusalem, even when "the Jerusa- 
lem which now is, and is in bondage with 
her children," had ceased to be called 
the city of David ; for it had respect to 
the ISTew Jerusalem which is above, the 
mother of all who believe. 



2 Sam. vii. 12. And when thy days 
be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with 
thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after 
thee, which shall proceed out of thy 
bowels, and I will establish his king- 
dom. 

13. He shall build a house for my 
name, and I will establish the throne of 
his kingdom for ever. 

14. I will be his father, and he shall 
be my son. If he commit iniquity, I 
will chasten him with the rod of men, 
and with the stripes of the children of 
men: 

15. But my mercy shall not depart 
away from him, as I took it from Saul, 
whom I put away before thee. 

16. And thy house and thy kingdom 
shall be established for ever before 
thee : thy throne shall be established 
for ever. 

1 Kings xi. 34. Howbeit I will not 
take the whole kingdom out of his 
hand : but I will make him prince all 
the days of his life for David my ser- 
vant's sake, whom I chose, because he 
kept my commandments and my sta- 
tutes ; 

35. But I will take the kingdom out 
of his son's hand, and will give it unto 
thee, even ten tribes. 

36. And unto his son will I give one 
tribe, that David my servant may have 
a light alway before me in Jerusalem, 
the city which I have chosen me to put 
my name there. 

xv. 4. Nevertheless, for David's sake, 
did the Lord his God give him a lamp 
in Jerusalem to set up his son after him, 
and to establish Jerusalem. 

Acts. ii. 29. Men and brethren, let 
me freely speak unto you of the patri- 
arch David, that he is both dead and 
buried, and his sepulchre is with us 
unto this day. 

30. Therefore being a prophet, and 
knowing that God had sworn with an 
oath to him, that of the fruit of his 
loins, according to the flesh, he would 
raise up Christ to sit on his throne. 



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The Letter. 

25. And Abraham reproved Abime- 
lech because of a well of water, which 
Abimelech's servants had violently ta- 
ken away. 

26. And Abimelech said, I wot not 
who hath done this thing : neither didst 
thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, 
but to-day. 

27. And Abraham took sheep and 
oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech : 
and both of them made a covenant. 

Rote. 

The men of Gerar are here reproved 
for taking away the well of water which 
Abraham had dug. So Christ reproved 
the Jewish rulers who took away the 
promises of God, and the predictions of 
the prophets, that testified of himself, 
and substituted in their place their own 
carnal desires and expectations of a tem- 
poral prince and a worldly kingdom. 
So also they taught their own traditions 
for the commandments of God. The 
wells of salvation were among them, for 
the oracles of God had been committed 
to the Jews; but they had filled them 
with earth and excluded the waters of life. 
Thus they robbed the dispensation which 
had been given to direct them to the 
true light, of all its glory. They were 
blind leaders of the blind. 

Yet, as Abimelech says, "I wot not 
who hath done this thing;" so the Jews 
deny the charge of God, and ask, 
" Wherein have we robbed thee ?" 



The Spirit. 

Mal. ii. 5. My covenant was with 
him of life and peace ; and I gave them 
to him for the fear wherewith he feared 
me, and was afraid before my name. 

6. The law of truth was in his mouth, 
and iniquity was not found in his lips : 
he walked with me in peace and equity, 
and did turn many away from iniquity. 

7. For the priest's lips should keep 
knowledge, and they should seek the 
law at his mouth : for he is the mes- 
senger of the Lord of hosts. 

8. But ye are departed out of the 
way; ye have caused many to stumble 
at the law ; ye have corrupted the co- 
venant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. 

iii. 7. Even from the days of your 
fathers ye are gone away from mine 
ordinances, and have not kept them. 
Return unto me, and I will return unto 
you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye 
said, Wherein shall we return % 

8. Will a man rob God? Yet ye 
have robbed me. But ye say, Where- 
in have we robbed thee ? In tithes and 
offerings. 

Ltjke xi. 52. Wo unto you, law- 
yers ! for ye have taken away the key 
of knowledge : ye entered not in your- 
selves, and them that were entering in 
ye hindered. 

Ex. xxiv. 6. And Moses took half 
of the blood, and put it in basons ; and 
half of the blood he sprinkled on the 
altar. 

7. And he took the book of the co- 
venant, and read in the audience of the 
people: and they said, All that the 
Lord hath said will we do, and be obe- 
dient. 

8. And Moses took the blood, and 
sprinkled it on the people, and said. 
Behold the blood of the covenant, 
which the Lord hath made with you 
concerninsr all these words. 



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. The Letter. 

28. And Abraham set seven ewe- 
Iambs of the flock by themselves. 

29. And Abimelech said unto Abra- 
ham, What mean these seven ewe- 
lambs, which thou hast set by them- 
selves % 

30. And he said, For these seven 
ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, 
that they may be a witness unto me 
that I have digged this well. 

31. Wherefore he called that place 
Beer-sheba; because they sware both 
of them. 

Note. 

The divisions of time in Scripture that 
have reference to the coming of Christ, 
are usually measured by sevens. This 
may have allusion to the "rest" which 
he would sanctify when the work of 
redemption was finished. There were 
seven hundred years elapsed between 
the dispersion of the ten tribes and the 
coming of Shiloh. During this period 
the covenant was with Judah. The 
well of the oath was in that land. And 
from this land was to spring the "rod 
from the stem of Jesse." 

The prophecy of Daniel was reckoned, 
not from the dispersion of Israel, but 
from the decree to build the temple. 

Abraham gives to Abimelech this wit- 
ness that he had dug that well; and 
henceforward all the important move- 
ments counected with the great salva- 
tion, are from this well of the oath. 



The Spirit. 

Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are 
determined upon thy people and upon 
thy holy city, to finish the transgres- 
sion, and to make an end of sins, and 
to make reconciliation for iniquity, and 
to bring in everlasting righteousness, 
and to seal up the vision and prophecy, 
and to anoint the Most Holy. 

25. Know therefore and understand, 
that from the going forth of the com- 
mandment to restore and to build Jeru- 
salem unto the Messiah the Prince, 
shall be seven weeks, and threescore 
and two weeks: the street shall be 
built again, and the wall, even in trou- 
blous times. 

26. And after threescore and two 
weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not 
for himself: and the people of the 
prince that shall come shall destroy the 
city and the sanctuary : and the end 
thereof shall be with a flood, and unto 
the end of the war desolations are de- 
termined. 

Zech. iii. 7. Thus saith the Lord 
of hosts : If thou wilt walk in my ways, 
and if thou wilt keep my charge, then 
thou shalt also judge my house,and shalt 
also keep my courts, and I will give 
thee places to walk among these that 
stand by. 

8. Hear now, O Joshua the high 
priest, thou and thy fellows that sit 
before thee: for they are men won- 
dered at : for behold, I will bring forth 
my servant The BRANCH. 

9. For behold the stone that I have 
laid before Joshua; upon one stone 
shall be seven eyes : behold, I will en- 
grave the graving thereof, saith the 
Lord of hosts, and I will remove the 
iniquity of that land in one day. 

10. In that day, saith the Lord of 
hosts, shall ye call every man his 
neighbor under the vine and under the 
fig-tree. 



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The Letter. 

32. Thus they made a covenant at 
Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, 
and Phichol the chief captain of his 
host, and they returned into the land 
of the Philistines. 

33. And Abraham planted a grove 
in Beer-sheba, and called there on the 
name of the Lord, the everlasting God. 

34. And Abraham sojourned in the 
Philistines' land many days. 

Note. 

Hitherto Abraham has set up an altar 
as a memorial of that which is to stand 
for ever; but here he plants a grove or 
tree, as it might be rendered. This has 
probable allusion to the figure used in 
reference to Shiloh, as a branch or rod, 
growing from the stem of Jesse. No 
less than seven times is this figure 
used. 

The Jews had special advantages 
" every way," in being acquainted with 
all that was written in the law and the 
prophets concerning Jesus ; for to them 
were the oracles of God committed, in 
which was recorded all this mass of 
testimony in regard to the coming of the 
Messiah. They were, then, left without 
excuse in not recognising their king 
when he appeared among them. But it 
was not the meek and lowly Lamb of 
God that they looked to see! but a 
prince who should come in all the pomp 
and majesty of the literal David; who 
should set up a temporal kingdom, and 
who should deliver them from their sub- 
jection to the Roman power. 



The Spirit. * 

Isa. xi. l. And there shall come 
forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, 
and a Branch shall grow out of his 
roots. 

***** 

10. And in that day there shall be a 
root of Jesse, which shall stand for an 
ensign of the people; to it shall the 
Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be 
glorious. 

***** 

12. And he shall set up an ensign 
for the nations, and shall assemble the 
outcasts of Israel, and gather together 
the dispersed of Judah from the four 
corners of the earth. 

Zech. iii. 8. Hear now, O Joshua 
the high priest, thou and thy fellows 
that sit before thee : for they are men 
wondered at : for behold, I will bring 
forth my servant, The BRANCH. 

ii. 10. Sing, and rejoice, O daughter 
of Zion : for lo, I come, and I will dwell 
in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. 

1 1 . And many nations shall be joined 
to the Lord in that day, and shall be 
my people: and I will dwell in the 
midst of thee, and thou shalt know 
that the Lord of hosts hath sent me 
unto thee. 

12. And the Lord shall inherit Ju- 
dah his portion in the holy land, and 
shall choose Jerusalem again. 

Rev. xxii. 16. I Jesus have sent 
mine angel to testify unto you these 
things in the churches. I am the root 
and the offspring of David, and the 
bright and morning-star. 

Matt. ii. 4. And when he had ga- 
thered all the chief priests and scribes 
of the people together, he demanded 
of them where Christ should be born. 

5. And they said unto him, In Beth- 
lehem of Judea : for thus it is written 
by the prophet, 

6. And thou Bethlehem, in the land 
of Juda, art not the least among the 
princes of Juda : for out of thee shall 
come a Governor, that shall rule my 
people Israel. 



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CHAPTER XXII. 



The Letter. 

1. And it came to pass after these 
things, that God did tempt Abraham, 
and said unto him, Abraham. And he 
said, Behold, here I am. 

2. And he said, Take now thy son, 
thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, 
and get thee into the land of Moriah ; 
and offer him there for a burnt-offering 
upon one of the mountains which I will 
tell thee of. 

Note. 

P Were there any doubt of the typical 
character of both Abraham and Isaac, it- 
must surely cease in view of the remark- 
able transaction here recorded. 

God had promised to give Abraham 
a son, in whom all the nations of the 
earth should be blessed: it had also 
been promised that his seed should be 
multiplied as the stars of heaven and 
the sands upon the sea-shore : and now, 
Abraham is told to offer him up as a 
burnt offering ! 

Nothing but the mystery of the cross 
will furnish an analogy with this ! — a 
mystery that brings life from death, sal- 
vation from the loss of all things, and 
an innumerable increase from a perish- 
able body of dust, buried in the bowels 
of the earth ! 

But behold the invincible power of 
faith! Abraham offered up his only 
begotten son, of whom it was said, " in 
Isaac shall thy seed be called," " account- 
ing that God was able to raise him from 
the dead, from whence also he received him 
in a figure" 

But we cannot suppose that Abraham 
was ignorant of the great purpose 
couched under this figure. Jesus says, 
" Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he 
saw it and was glad." 



The Spirit. 

1 John iii. 9. In this was manifested 
the love of God toward us, because 
that God sent his only-begotten Son 
into the world, that we might live 
through him. 

10. Herein is love, not that we loved 
God, but that he loved us, and sent his 
Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 

***** 

16. Hereby perceive we the love 
of God, because he laid down his life 
for us : and we ought to lay down our 
lives for the brethren. 

Rom. v. 6. For when we were yet 
without strength, in due time Christ 
died for the ungodly. 

7. For scarcely for a righteous man 
will one die: yet peradventure for a 
good man some would even dare to 
die. 

8. But God commendeth Ins love 
toward us, in that while we were yet 
sinners, Christ died for us. 

9. Much more then, being now jus- 
tified by his blood, we shall be saved 
from wrath through him. 

10. For if when we were enemies, 
we were reconciled to God by the 
death of his Son; much more, being re- 
conciled, we shall be saved by his life. 

viii. 31. What shall we then say to 
these things 1 If God be for us, who 
can be against us ? 

32. He that spared not his own 
Son, but delivered him up for us all, 
how shall he not with him also freely 
give us all things ? 

John iii. 16. For God so loved the 
world, that he gave his only-begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting 
life. 



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The Letter. 

3. And Abraham rose up early in the 
morning, and saddled his ass, and took 
two of his young men with him, and 
Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the 
burnt-offering, and rose up,and went un- 
to the place of which God had told him. 

4. And on the third day Abraham 
lifted up his eyes, and saw the place 
afar off. 

5. And Abraham said unto his young 
men, Abide you here with the ass, and 
I and the lad will go yonder and wor- 
ship, and come again to you. 

6. And Abraham took the wood of 
the burnt-offering, and laid it upon 
Isaac his son; and he took the fire in 
his hand, and a knife : and they went 
both of them together. 

Note. 

These details, so common-place in 
themselves, are in this connection full 
of meaning. Isaac must go toward Mo- 
riah or Jerusalem upon an ass ; for so 
it was written of Jesus. The prepara- 
tions for the sacrifice were all made by 
his father, Abraham : the place had 
been appointed and foretold : the young 
men were left at the foot of the hill, 
that "of the people there should be none 
with him." 

Abraham lays the wood which is to 
consume the sacrifice upon Isaac ; so the 



17. For God sent not his Son into 
the world to condemn the world, but 
that the world through him might be 
saved. 

i. 29. The next day John seeth Jesus 
coming unto him, and saith, Behold the 
Lamb of God, which taketh away the 
sin of the world ! 

xii. 23. And Jesus answered them, 
saying, The hour is come that the Son 
of man should be glorified. 

24. Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Except a corn of wheat fall into the 
ground and die, it abideth alone : but 
if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 



The Spirit. 

Zech. ix. 9. Rejoice greatly, O 
daughter of Zion ; shout, O daughter 
of Jerusalem: behold, thy King 
cometh unto thee: he is just, and 
having salvation; lowly, and riding 
upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal 
of an ass. 

Mark x. 32. And they were in the 
way, going up to Jerusalem ; and Jesus 
went before them: and they were 
amazed; and as they followed, they 
were afraid. And he took again the 
twelve, and began to tell them what 
things should happen unto him, 

33. Saying, Behold, we go up to 
Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall 
be delivered unto the chief priests, and 
unto the scribes ; and they shall con- 
demn him to death, and shall deliver 
him to the Gentiles. 

John xix. 16. Then delivered he 
him therefore unto them to be cruci- 
fied. And they took Jesus, and led Mm 
away. 

17. And he bearing his cross went 
forth into a place called the place of a 
skull, which is called in the Hebrew, 
Golgotha. 

Matt. xii. 40. For as Jonas was 
three days and three nights in the 
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Father lays upon Jesus " the iniquity of 
us all." In the hands of Abraham were 
the^re and the hiife : and it is written, 
"Thou hast sent fire into my bones;" 
and again, "Awake, O sword, against 
my shepherd, and smite the man that 
is my fellow, saith the Lord." They 
went both together : " Fear not, for I am 
with thee ; be not dismayed, for I am 
thy God ; I will strengthen thee, yea, I 
will uphold thee with the right hand of 
my righteousness." 

It was the third day after Isaac had 
been under sentence of death, that Abra- 
ham saw the place "afar off;" — the 
place, no doubt, where Jesus himself 
was holden three days by the bands of 
death. 



be three days and three nights in the 
heart of the earth. 

Isa. lxiii. 1. Who is this that cometh 
from Edom, with dyed garments from 
Bozrah ? this that is glorious in his ap- 
parel, travelling in the greatness of his 
strength 1 I that speak in righteous- 
ness, mighty to save. 
***** 

3. I have trodden the wine-press 

alone, and of the people there were 

none with me, &c. 
# * # * * 

5. And I looked, and there was none 
to help ; and I wondered that there was 
none to uphold: therefore mine own 
arm brought salvation unto me; and 
my fury, it upheld me. 



The Letter. 

7. And Isaac spake unto Abraham 
his father, and said, My father : and he 
said, Here am I, my son. And he 
said, Behold the fire and the wood : but 
where is the lamb for a burnt-offer- 
ing? 

8. And Abraham said, My son, God 
will provide himself a lamb for a burnt- 
offering: so they went both of them 
together. 

Note. 

In all his mediatorial work, Jesus was 
in subjection to the Father, whose will 
he came to do. Yet as a man, a " ser- 
vant," and a mediator, he had a feeling 
of all our infirmities, and is represented 
as saying, " My soul is sorrowfxd even unto 
death." " Fearfulness and trembling are 
come upon me, horror hath overwhelmed 
me." 

Specially did the Son of God fear the 
power of the dog ! and is represented as 
supplicating " him who was able to save 
him from death," with " strong crying 
and tears," to be saved from the lion's 
mouth and from the horns of the uni- 
corn. His holy soul shrunk from a con- 
tact with the roaring Hon with whom 



The Spirit. 

Heb. v. 7. Who in the days of his 
flesh, when he had offered up prayers 
and supplications with strong crying 
and tears unto him that was able to save 
him from death, and was heard, in that 
he feared ; 

8. Though he were a Son, yet 
learned he obedience by the things 
which he suffered. 

9. And being made perfect, he be- 
came the author of eternal salvation 
unto all them that obey him; 

10. Called of God a high priest after 
the order of Melchisedec. 

Ps. xvi. 9. Therefore my heart is 
glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh 
also shall rest in hope. 

10. For thou wilt not leave my soul 
in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thy 
Holy One to see corruption. 

11. Thou wilt show me the path of 
life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; 
at thy right hand there are pleasures 
for evermore. 

Rom. iii. 25. Whom God hath set 
forth to be a propitiation, through faith 
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he must contend, even in his very den ! 
But he "was 'heard in that he feared" 
and strengthened with the promise, 
" thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, 
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One 
to see corruption." 

The words, "so they went both to- 
ff ether" are repeated, to show the one- 
ness of purpose of father and son in this 
whole transaction. The Father so loved 
the world as to give his only-begotten 
Son ; and the Son says, " I lay down my 
life of myself," <fec. 



The Letter. 

9. And they came to the place which 
God had told him of; and Abraham 
built an altar there, and laid the wood 
in order ; and bound Isaac his son, and 
laid him on the altar upon the wood. 

10. And Abraham stretched forth 
his hand, and took the knife to slay his 
son. 

Note. 
From the passage quoted from Chroni- 
cles, it appears that the spot where 
Abram " by faith offered up Isaac," was 
the same where Solomon built the* tem- 



ness for the remission of sins that are 
past, through the forbearance of God ; 

26. To declare, I say at this time, his 
righteousness : that he might be just, 
and the justifier of him which belie veth 
in Jesus. 

Acts ii. 27. For of a truth, against 
thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast 
anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pi- 
late, with the Gentiles, and the people 
of Israel, were gathered together, 

28. For to do whatsoever thy hand 
and thy counsel determined before to 
be done. 

Luke xxiv. 25. Then he said unto 
them, O fools and slow of heart to be- 
lieve all that the prophets have spoken ! 

26. Ought not Christ to have suf- 
fered these things, and to enter into his 
glory? 

27. And beginning at Moses and all 
the prophets, he expounded unto them 
in all the scriptures the things concern- 
ing himself. 

Ps. xxii. 19. But be not thou far 
from me, O Lord: O my Strength, 
haste thou to help me. 

20. Deliver my soul from the sword, 
my darling from the power of the dog. 

21. Save me from the lion's mouth : 
for thou hast heard me from the horns 
of the unicorns. 

22. I will declare thy name unto my 
brethren : in the midst of the congre- 
gation will 1 praise thee. 



The Spirit. 

Luke xiii. 33. Nevertheless, I must 
walk to-day and to-morrow, and the 
day following : for it cannot be that a 
prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 

Ch. ii. 1. Then Solomon began to 
build the house of the Lord at Jerusa- 
lem in mount Moriah, where the Lord 
appeared unto David his father, in the 
place that David had prepared in the 
threshing-floor of Oman the Jebusite. 

John ii. 19. Jesus answered and 
said unto them, Destroy this temple, 
and in three days I will raise it up. 



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pie. This temple Jesus used as a " sign" 
to the Jews of his death and resurrec- 
tion ; showing that it was a figurative 
representation of his body, which they 
would put to death, but which in three 
days would be raised again. Mt. Mo- 
riah was also the place where David 
offered the sacrifice which stayed the 
plague from Israel. It was also the 
place where in the reign of Joseph was 
held the mourning for Jacob, as a type 
of the last judgment — where was the 
"grievous mourning of the Egyptians." 
(See chap. 1.) 

In the worldly sanctuary there were 
the altar, the priest, and the sacrifice : but 
in the true tabernacle the priest, the al- 
tar, and the sacrifice are all one. The 
great High Priest of our profession, of- 
fered himself ; laid down his own life, 
his human soul and body, upon the altar 
of his divinity. He, " through the eter- 
nal Spirit, offered himself without spot 
unto God." 



The Letter. 

11. And the angel of the^Lord called 
unto him out of heaven, and said, 
Abraham, Abraham. And he said, 
Here am I. 



20. Then said the Jews, Forty and 
six years was this temple in building, 
and wilt thou rear it up in three days 1 

21. But he spake of the temple of 
his body. 

22. When therefore he was risen 
from the dead, his disciples remembered 
that he had said this unto them : and 
they believed the scripture, and the 
word which Jesus had said. 

23. Now, when he was in Jerusalem 
at the passover, in the feast-da?/, many 
believed in his name, when they saw 
the miracles which he did. 

x. 11. I am the good shepherd: the 
good shepherd giveth his life for the 
sheep. 

12. But he that is a hireling, and not 
the shepherd, whose own the sheep are 
not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth 
the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf 
catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 

13. The hireling fleeth, because he 
is a hireling, and careth not for the 
sheep. 

14. I am the good shepherd, and 
know my sheep, and am known of mine. 

15. As the Father knoweth me, even 
so know I the Father : and I lay down 
my life for the sheep. 

16. And other sheep I have, which 
are not of this fold : them also I must 
bring, and they shall hear my voice; 
and there shall be one fold, and one 
shepherd. 

17. Therefore doth my Father love 
me, because I lay down my life, that I 
might take it again. 

18. No man taketh it from me, but I 
lay it down of myself. I have power 
to lay it down, and I have power to 
take it again. This command have I 
received of my Father. 



The Spirit. 

Heb. x. 5. Wherefore, when he 
cometh unto the world, he saith, Sa- 
crifice and offering thou wouldest not, 
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12. And he said, Lay not thine hand 
upon the lad, neither do thou any thing 
unto him; for now I know that thou 
fearest God, seeing thou hast not 
withheld thy son, thine only son, from 
me. 

13. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, 
and looked, and behold, behind him a 
ram caught in a thicket by his horns : 
and Abraham went and took the ram, 
and offered him up for a burnt offering 
in the stead of his son. 

14. And Abraham called the name 
of that place Jehovah-jireh : as it is said 
to this day, In the mount of the Lord 
it shall be seen. 

Note. 

So far as the lifting up of Abraham's 
hand to strike the lad, God gave to 
Abraham in this expressive figure, the 
best possible intimation of his own will 
and purpose concerning the great sacri- 
fice for sin. 

That Abraham understood this pur- 
pose, is evident from the name which he 
gives the place where his own son was 
spared in his hour of peril and condem- 
nation ; because in that very spot, would 
God, in the fulness of time, "provide 
himself a Lamb" for the sacrifice ; there 
" in the mount of the Lord should it be 
seen" — there Abraham saw it afar off 
and rejoiced; while he offers up the 
ram as an indication of the " carnal or- 
dinances," which were to be a substi- 
tute " for the time then present." 



6. In burnt offerings and sacrifices 
for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 

7. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the 
volume of the book it is written of me) 
to do thy will, O God. 

8. Above, when he said, Sacrifice 
and offering and burnt offerings and 
offering for sin thou wouldest not, nei- 
ther hadst pleasure therein ; which are 
offered by the law ; 

9. Then said he, Lo, I come to do 
thy will, O God. He taketh away the 
first, that he may establish the second. 

10. By the which will we are sanc- 
tified through the offering of the body 
of Jesus Christ once for all. 

ix. 13. For if the blood of bulls and 
of goats, and the ashes of a heifer 
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to 
the purifying of the flesh: 

14. How much more shall the blood 
of Christ, who through the eternal Spi- 
rit offered himself without spot to God, 
purge your conscience from dead works 
to serve the living God? 

15. And for this cause he is the me- 
diator of the new testament, that by 
means of death, for the redemption of 
the transgressions that were under the 
first testament, they which are called 
might receive the promise of eternal 
inheritance. 

16. For where a testament is, there 
must also of necessity be the death of 
the testator. 

17. For a testament is of force after 
men are dead : otherwise it is of no 
strength at all while the testator 
liveth. 

'J^ 'f* rf* *T- 'T* 

23. It was therefore necessary that 
the patterns of things, in the heavens 
should be purified with these ; but the 
heavenly things themselves with better 
sacrifices than these. 

24. For Christ is not entered into 
the holy places made with hands, which 
are the figures of the true ; but into 
heaven itself, now to appear in the pre- 
sence of God for us : 

25. Nor yet that he should offer 
himself often, as the high priest entereth 



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into the holy place every year with 
blood of others ; 

26. For then must he often have 
suffered since the foundation of the 
world : but now once in the end of the 
world hath he appeared to put away sin 
bv the sacrifice of himself. 



The Letter. 

15. And the angel of the Lord 
called unto Abraham out of heaven the 
second time, 

16. And said, By myself have I 
sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou 
hast done this thing, and hast not with- 
held thy son, thine only son : 

17. That in blessing I will bless thee, 
and in multiplying I will multiply thy 
seed as the stars of the heaven, and as 
the sand which is upon the sea shore : 
and thy seed shall possess the gate of 
his enemies ; 

18. And in thy seed shall all the na- 
tions of the earth be blessed ; because 
thou hast obeyed my voice. 



Note. 
The Lamb of God was offered to take 
away the sin of the world — of Gentiles 
as well as Jews ; and not, as the paschal 
lamb, of the Jews only. 

Therefore it is here said, the Lord 
called unto Abraham the second time ; in- 
timating that in this typical sacrifice a 
double object was set forth, a complete 
salvation, which should be even unto 
the ends of the earth. Again, God would 
confirm his promise with an oath ; that 
it might be sure to all the seed. For 
" the blessing of Abraham must come on 
the Gentiles through Jesus Christ." It 
was a second call also, because it was not 
till after the death of Christ that the 
Gentiles were brought in. And, again, 
God had with an high hand and 
stretched out arm brought Israel out of 
Egypt ; but he would set his hand a se- 
cond time in the last days, to gather his 
true Israel out of all the countries where 
they have been scattered, and bring them 
together, that there " may be one fold 
andone shepherd." 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xlix. 5. And now, saith the 
Lord that formed me from the womb 
to be his servant, to bring Jacob again 
to him, Though Israel be not gathered, 
yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of 
the Lord, and my God shall be my 
strength. 

6. And he said, It is a light thing 
that thou shouldest be my servant to 
raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to 
restore the preserved of Israel : I will 
also give thee for a light to the Gen- 
tiles, that thou mayest be my salvation 
unto the end of the earth. 

lx. 2. For behold, the darkness shall 
cover the earth, and gross darkness the 
people : but the Lord shall arise upon 
thee, and his glory shall be seen upon 
thee. 

3. And the Gentiles shall come to 
thy light, and kings to the brightness 
of thy rising. 

4. Lift up thine eyes round about, 
and see: all they gather themselves 
together, they come to thee : thy sons 
shall come from far, and thy daughters 
shall be nursed at thy side. 

5. Then thou shalt see, and flow to- 
gether, and thy heart shall fear, and be 
enlarged ; because the abundance of 
the sea shall be converted unto thee, 
the forces of the Gentiles shall come 
unto thee. 

Jer. xxxi. 22. As the host of hea- 
ven cannot be numbered, neither the 
sand of the sea measured : so will I 
multiply the seed of David my ser- 
vant, and the Levites that minister 
unto me. 

Isa. liii. 10. Yet it pleased the 
Lord to bruise him; he hath put Mm 



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The Letter. 

19. So Abraham returned unto his 
young men, and they rose up, and went 
together to Beer-sheba ; and Abraham 
dwelt at Beer-sheba. 

20. And it came to pass after these 
things, that it was told Abraham, say- 
ing, Behold, Milcah, she hath also 
borne children unto thy brother, Na- 
hor; 

21. Huz his first-born, and Buz his 
brother, and Kemuel the father of 
Aram, 

22. And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pil- 
dash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 

23. And Bethuel begat Rebekah: 
these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, 
Abraham's brother. 

Note. 

Abraham had just been delivered 
from a mighty and mysterious conflict : 
he had experienced the faithfulness of 
God to his covenant oath ; and it is not 
strange that from this time he should 
dwell at Beer-sheba, the well of the 
oath. Here he could now sit contented- 
ly down, in perfect confidence that no- 
thing would fail of all which God had 
promised. 

In like manner, when the divine Re- 
deemer had offered himself without spot 
to God, — had taken away sin by the 
sacrifice of himself • when he had also 
been declared to be the Son of God, 
with power by the resurrection of the 
dead ; when, according to promise, the 



to grief: when thou shalt make his 
soul an offering for sin, he shall see 
his seed, he shall prolong his days, and 
the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper 
in his hand. 

Phil. ii. 8. And being formed in 
fashion as a man, he humbled himself 
and became obedient unto death, even 
the death of the cross. 

9. Therefore God has highly exalted 
him and given him a name that is above 
every name, &c. 



The Spirit 

2 Sam. xxii. 44. Thou also hast de- 
livered me from the strivings of my 
people, thou hast kept me to be head 
of the heathen : a people which I knew 
not shall serve me. 

45. Strangers shall submit them- 
selves unto me : as soon as they hear, 
they shall be obedient unto me. 

46. Strangers shall fade away, and 
they shall be afraid out of their close 
places. 

47. The Lord liveth; and blessed 
be my rock and exalted be the God of 
the rock of my salvation. 

48. It is God that avengeth me, and 
that bringeth down the people under 
me. 

Ps. ex. 1. The Lord said unto my 
Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until 
I make thine enemies thy footstool. 

2. The Lord shall send the rod of 
thy strength out of Zion ; rule thou in 
the midst of thine enemies. 

3. Thy people shall be willing in the 
day of thy power, in the beauties of 
holiness from the womb of the morn- 
ing : thou hast the dew of thy youth. 

4. The Lord hath sworn, and will 
not repent, Thou art a priest for ever 
after the order of Melchizedek. 

5. The Lord at thy right hand shall 
strike through kings in the day of his 
wrath. 

6. He shall judge among the heathen, 
he shall fill the places with the dead 



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Father had delivered him from the hand 
of the enemy and " made him the head 
of the heathen," he also sat down on the 
right hand of Majesty in the heavens, 
waiting till his enemies should be made 
his footstool, and until all the stipula- 
tions of the everlasting covenant should 
be fulfilled, to him and to his seed for 
evermore. 

A " seed to serve him,"— a bride, or 
help meet for him, was one of the pro- 
mises he received, when he made his 
soul an offering for sin ; and now this 
reward of his sufferings must be given 
by the Father. 



bodies; he shall wound the heads over 
many countries. 

7. He shall drink of the brook in 
the way : therefore shall he lift up the 
head. 

Is a. xlix. 22. Thus saith the Lord 
God, Behold, I will lift up my hand to 
the Gentiles, and set up my standard 
to the people : and they shall bring thy 
sons in their arms, and thy daughters 
shall be carried upon their shoulders. 

23. And kings shall be thy nursing 
fathers, and their queens thy nursing 
mothers : they shall bow down to thee 
with their face toward the earth, and 
lick up the dust of thy feat ; and thou 
shalt know that I am the Lord : for they 
shall not be ashamed that wait for me. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



The Letter. 

1. And Sarah was a hundred and 
seven and twenty years old : these were 
the years of the life of Sarah. 

2. And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba ; 
the same is Hebron in the land of Ca- 
naan : And Abraham came to mourn 
for Sarah, and to weep for her. 

Note. 

The body of flesh — the" creature " — is 
" made subject to vanity ;" but it is sub- 
jected in hope. Jesus has purchased 
the church, soul and body, for time and 
eternity, and will surely receive the re- 
demption of the whole "purchased pos- 
session " — the body as well as the soul. 
But till the morning of the resurrection, 
it must sleep in dust. 

When " the earthly house of this ta- 
bernacle is dissolved, we have a build- 
ing of God, a house not made with 
hands, eternal in the heavens." To this 
house Sarah, of right, belonged ; she was 
the earthly type and representative of 
it; and to that same house, all her chil- 
dren must also be gathered. 
14 



The Spirit. 

1 Thess. iv. 13. And we will not 
have you ignorant, brethren, concern- 
ing them that are asleep, that you be 
not sorrowful, even as others who have 
no hope. 

14. For if we believe that Jesus 
died, and rose again, even so them who 
have slept through Jesus, God will 
bring with him. 

***** 

16. For the Lord himself shall come 
down from heaven with a shout, with 
the voice of the archangel, and with 
the trumpet of God : and the dead, who 
are in Christ, shall rise first. 

Rom. viii. 19. For the earnest ex- 
pectation of the creature waiteth for 
the manifestation of the sons of God. 

20. For the creature was made sub- 
ject to vanity, not willingly, but by 

' reason of him who hath subjected the 
same in hope : 

21. Because the creature itself also 
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The Letter. 

3. And Abraham stood up from be- 
fore his dead, and spake unto the sons 
of Heth, saying, 

4. I am a stranger and a sojourner 
with you : give me a possession of a 
burying-place with you, that I may 
bury my dead out of my sight. 

5. * * * I w ill give thee money 
for the field : take it of me, and I will 
bury my dead there. 

***** 

19. And after this, Abraham buried 
Sarah his wife in the cave of the field 
of Machpelah, before Mamre : the same 
is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 

20. And the field, and the cave that 
is therein, were made sure unto Abra- 
ham for a possession of a burying-place, 
by the sons of Heth. 

Note. 

In this transaction between Abraham 
and the children of Heth, which literal- 
ly presents nothing more than a mere 
matter of trade, what a fund of spirit- 
ual meaning is presented 1 

Lest we should forget that the Re- 
deemer of Zion — the Head and Husband 
of the Church — has purchased her to 
himself with his own blood, soul and 
body, for time and eternity, his care 



corruption, into the glorious liberty of 
the children of God. 

22. For we know that the whole 
creation groaneth, and travaileth in 
pain together until now : 

23. And not only they, but ourselves 
also, which have the first-fruits of 
the Spirit, even we ourselves groan 
within ourselves, waiting for the adop- 
tion, to wit, the redemption of our 
body. 

24. For we are saved by hope. But 
hope that is seen, is not hope : for 
what a man seeth, why doth he yet 
hope for? 

25. But if we hope for that we see 
not, then do we with patience wait 
for it. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xxvi. 19. Thy dead men shall 
live, together with my dead body shall 
they arise. Awake and sing, ye that 
dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the 
dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast 
out the dead. 

1 Thess. iv. 14. For if we believe 
that Jesus died and rose again, even so 
them also which sleep in Jesus will God 
bring with him. 

Rom. viii. 23. And not only they, 
but ourselves also, which have the 
first-fruits of the Spirit, even we our- 
selves groan within ourselves, waiting 
for the adoption, to wit, the redemption 
of our body. 

Eph. i. 14. Which is the earnest of 
our inheritance until the redemption of 
the purchased possession, unto the 
praise of his glory. 

Rom. vi. 3. Know ye not that so 
many of us as were baptized into 
Jesus Christ, were baptized invo his 
death? 

4. Therefore we are buried with him 
by baptism into death: that like as 
Christ was raised up from the dead by 
the glory of the Father, even so we 
also should walk in newness of life. 

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even for the sleeping dust of his saints, 
is here exhibited, while they are " wait- 
ing for the adoption, to wit, the re- 
demption of the body." A special con- 
tract is made with the "people of the 
land" securing to himself a burial-place 
for "his dead," until the complete "re- 
demption of the purchased possession." 
And mark the fact : this burial-place — 
this cave of a double* death — was every 
foot of ground that Abraham owned in 
the land where he sojourned, and 
which, of right, was all his own ! 

But there is another important idea 
involved in this subject. It represents 
the appointment and securing of a 
burial-place for believers in the likeness 
of Christ's death. He has provided that 
they be " buried with him by baptism 
into death," &c, as a profession before 
the world (or the .people of the land), 
that they are crucified unto the world, 
and the world unto them ; — called out, 
separated and purchased from among 
the children of Heth — unto him, who 
has died for them and risen again, that 
they also should walk in newness of 
life. It is worthy of notice that thou- 
sands had died before the time of Sa- 
rah, and yet no mention is ever made of 
burial till now. But this circumstance, 
not only agrees with, but confirms the 
typical import of the subject ; for it was 
the new-covenant plan of grace, made 
manifest by the gospel, which first 
brought life and immortality to light ; 
and the doctrine of the resurrection of the 
body, proves the regard which Jesus has 
for the "dust" of his saints, in giving 
the assurance that " this vile body shall 
be made like unto his glorious body," 
and that "if Jesus died and rose again, 
even so, them that sleep in Jesus shall 
God bring with him." 

But as this "first resurrection " has 
respect only to the new-covenant heirs 
of promise, — or the members of the 
mystical body of Christ, — it is first 
typically revealed in Sarah, the Kew 
Jerusalem Church. 

Again, it is the death and resurrection 
of Christ, and the atonement wrought 



Machpelah signifies double. 



gether in the likeness of his death, we 
shall be also in the likeness of his resur- 
rection : 

6. Knowing this, that our old man 
is crucified with him, that the body of 
sin might be destroyed, that henceforth 
we should not serve sin. 

7. For he that is dead is freed from 
sin. 

8. Now if we be dead with Christ, 
we believe that we shall also live with 
him. 



by it, which is figuratively represented 
by baptism ; and the thing signified is 
coeval with the ordinance which exhi- 
bits it. The first ten verses of the 6th 
chapter of Romans plainly teach the 
nature and design of this divine institu- 
tion-, while the 11th and 12th verses ofthe 
2d of Colossi ans show, with equal clear- 
ness, the manifest order in which the sym- 
bolic burial succeeds to the mystical death 
of the believer, so soon as he apprehends 
it by faith. He is first represented as 
being " circumcised with the circumci- 
sion made without hands, by the put- 
ting off the body of the sins of the flesh, 
by the circumcision of Christ;" or, as 
the same idea is expressed in the 7th 
chapter, as dead to sin by the body of 
Christ, or by his death. Then follows, 
"Buried with him in baptism," &c. 

The death and burial of Sarah, at the 
period when the Gentiles are typically 
to be brought in to the full liberty of 
the gospel, is strikingly appropriate. 
By the death of the cross, as exhibited 
in the offering up of Isaac,* the "middle 
wall of partition was broken down," 
and the handwriting of ordinances 
taken out of the way; by which the 
Church becomes dead to the entire sys- 
tem of legal rites and ceremonies, — so 
that the question may well be asked, 
" If ye be dead with Christ from the ru- 
diments of the world, why, as though 
living in the world, are ye subject to 
ordinances ?" <fcc. 



* The death of Sarah immediately follows the 
offering up of Isaac. 



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CHAPTER XXIV. 



The Letter. 

1. And Abraham was old, and well 
stricken in age : and the Lord had 
blessed Abraham in all things. 

2. And Abraham said unto his eld- 
est servant of his house, that ruled 
over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, 
thy hand under my thigh; 

3. And I will make thee swear by 
the Lord, the God of heaven, and the 
God of the earth, that thou shalt not 
take a wife unto my son of the daugh- 
ters of the Canaanites, among whom I 
dwell : 

4. But thou shalt go unto my coun- 
try, and to my kindred, and take a wife 
unto my son Isaac. 

Note. 

The last special promise in the ever- 
lasting covenant between the Father 
and Son, has respect to the bringing to 
him, as the purchase of his blood, " the 
bride, the Lamb's wife," — the church, for 
-whom he laid down his life. This pro- 
mise, with its fulfilment, is clearly pre- 
dicted by prophets and by types, from 
Adam and Eve, to the coming down out 
of heaven of the Holy City, "adorned as 
a bride for her husband." 

The people of the Kedeemer's choice, 
were not "of the world" but wholly 
another seed, chosen and predestinated 
unto the adoption of children, &a. They 
were the gift of the Father to the Son, 
on his pledging to redeem them by his 
blood, out of every kindred and nation 
and tongue under heaven. And when the 
ransom price should be paid, the Father 
pledges to send forth the Spirit of adop- 
tion into their hearts, to bring them 
nigh, as fellow citizens of his own 
household. 

The " oldest servant " of the house of 
God, to whom alone he committed the 
work of quickening and bringing nigh 
those that are afar off, is the Holy Spirit. 
The entire office -work of this divine 



The Spirit. 

Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
hath blessed us with all spiritual bless- 
ings in heavenly places in Christ : 

4. According as he hath chosen us 
in him, before the foundation of the 
world, that we should be holy and with- 
out blame before him in love : 

5. Having predestinated us unto the 
adoption of children by Jesus Christ to 
himself, according to the good pleasure 
of his will. 

Rev. v. 9. And they sung a new 
song, saying, Thou art worthy to take 
the book, and to open the seals there- 
of: for thou wast slain, and hast re- 
deemed us to God by thy blood out of 
every kindred, and tongue, and people, 
and nation ; 

10. And hast made us unto our God 
kings and priests : and we shall reign 
on the earth. 

Gal. iv. 6. And because ye are 
sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of 
his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, 
Father. 



agent, as being sent forth to abide with 
the church for ever, is more particularly 
typified by Jacob. But that they both 
point to different portions of the same 
work, is evident, and is especially signi- 
fied by the manner of the oath required 
at this time of Abraham's steward, cor- 
responding with a similar act in the his- 
tory of Jacob, as recorded in Genesis, 
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The Letter. 

5. And the servant said unto him, 
Peradventure the woman will -not be 
willing to follow me unto this land: 
must I needs bring thy son again unto 
the land from whence thou earnest? 

6. And Abraham said unto him, Be- 
ware thou, that thou bring not my son 
thither again. 

7. The Lord God of heaven, which 
took me from my father's house, and 
from the land of my kindred, and which 
spake unto me, and that sware unto 
me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give 
this land : he shall send his angel be- 
fore thee, and thou shalt take a wife 
unto my son from thence. 

8. And if the woman will not be 
willing to follow thee, then thou shalt 
be clear from this mine oath; only 
bring not my son thither again. 

9. And the servant put his hand un- 
der the thigh of Abraham his master, 
and sware to him concerning that mat- 
ter. 

Isote. 

The covenant was too well " ordered 
in all things and sure," for any of its 
purposes to fail. The messengers of Je- 
hovah, therefore, need have no fear 
that the woman, when called with an 
holy calling — even by the Spirit of 
truth — will be not willing to come. This 
point also is secured by oath and pro- 
mise — "Thy people shall be willing in 
the day of thy power." 

It is only those to whom the Lord 
has never shown his covenant — has 
never admitted to the "secret of his 
tabernacle," or made to "ascend the 
mount of purposes divine," who will in 
the least fear, lest the chosen and elect 
of God should not choose to comply with 
his call; or, that the Redeemer of Zion 
will, by any chance, be obliged to re- 
turn back, whence he came, without the 
purchase of his blood ! 



The Spirit. 

Ps. ex. 3. Thy people shall be will- 
ing in the day of thy power, in the 
beauties of holiness from the womb of 
the morning: thou hast the dew of 
thy youth. 

xlv. 2. Thou art fairer than the 
children of men : grace is poured into 
thy lips: therefore God hath blessed 
thee for ever. 

* * % * * 

9. Kings' daughters were among thy 
honorable women : upon thy right 
hand did stand the queen in gold of 
Ophir. 

10. Hearken, O daughter, and con- 
sider, and incline thine ear ; forget 
also thine own people, and thy father's 
house ; 

11. So shall the King greatly desire 
thy beauty : for he is thy lord ; and 
worship thou him. 

12. And the daughter of Tyre shall 
be there with a gift; even the rich 
among the people shall entreat thy 
favor. 

13. The King's daughter is all glori- 
ous within : her clothing is of wrought 
gold. 

14. She shall be brought unto the 
King in raiment of needlework: the 
virgins her companions that follow her 
shall be brought unto thee. 

15. With gladness and rejoicing 
shall they be brought : they shall enter 
into the King's palace. 

John vi. 37. All that the Father 
giveth me, shall come to me; and him 
that eometh to me, I will in no wise 
cast out. 

* * * * % 

39. And this is the Father's will 
which hath sent me, that of all which 
he hath given me, I should lose no- 
thing, but should raise it up again at 
the last day. 

* * * * # 

44. No man can come to me, except 
the Father which hath sent me draw 
him. 

Isa. lx. 5. * * * ; because the 



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Note. 
The remaining part of this chapter, 
to the 6*7th verse, is best explained by 
comparing it with the tenth chapter of 
Acts. For, though the precise facts in 
these chapters, do not correspond in de- 
tail, yet the leading ideas and general 
scope are the same. They both describe 
the first calling in of the Gentiles to 
dwell in the tents of Shem according to 
promise, — that of Genesis being a pro- 
phetic type of what occurred in Acts. 

The Letter. 

Gen. xxiv. 11. And he made his 
camels to kneel down without the city 
by a well of water, at the time of the 
evening, even the time that women go 
out to draw water : 

12. And he said, O Lord, God of my 
master Abraham, I pray thee, send me 
good speed this day, and show kindness 
unto my master Abraham. 

13. Behold, I stand here by the well 
of water ; and the daughters of the men 
of the city come out to draw water : 

14. And let it come to pass, that the 
damsel to whom I shall say, Let down 
thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may 
drink ; and she shall say, Drink, and I 
will give thy camels drink also : let the 
same be she that thou hast appointed 
for thy servant Isaac ; and thereby shall 
I know that thou hast showed kindness 
unto my master. 

15. And it came to pass before he 



abundance of the sea shall be converted 
unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles 
shall come unto thee. 
***** 

21. Thy people also shall be all 
righteous : they shall inherit the land 
for ever, the branch of my planting, 
the work of my hands, that I may be 
glorified. 

22. A little one shall become a 
thousand, and a small one a strong 
nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his 
time. 



And, though the direet acts of the Spirit 
of God would, of course, differ from 
those of a man of passions and prejudi- 
ces like Peter, yet they each are sent on 
the same errand, to a people they had 
hitherto not known, who, at the very 
corresponding crisis of events in both 
testaments, were to be "brought in" 
and " engrafted " as branches upon the 
" good olive tree ;" and each messen- 
ger was directed to this very people by 
a special sign from God, 

The Spirit. 

Acts x. 3. He saw in a vision evi- 
dently, about the ninth hour of the day, 
an angel of God coming in to him, and 
saying unto him, Cornelius. 

4. And when he looked on him, he 
was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord ? 
And he said unto him, Thy prayers and 
thine alms are come up for a memorial 
before God. 

5. And now send men to Joppa, and 
call for one Simon, whose surname is 
Peter: 

6. He lodgeth with one Simon a tan- 
ner, whose house is by the sea-side: 
he shall tell thee what thou oughtest 
to do. 

7. And when the angel which spake 
unto Cornelius was departed, he called 
two of his household servants, and a 
devout soldier of them that waited on 
him continually ; 

8. And when he had declared all 



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had done speaking, that behold, Rebe- 
kah came out, who was born to Be- 
thuel son of Mileah, the wife of Nahor, 
Abraham's brother, with her pitcher 
upon her shoulder. 

16. And the damsel was very fair to 
look upon, a virgin, neither had any 
man known her : and she went down 
to the well, and filled her pitcher, and 
came up. 

17. And the servant ran to meet her, 
and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a 
little water of thy pitcher. 

18. And she said, Drink, my lord. 
And she hasted, and let down her pitch- 
er upon her hand, and gave him drink. 

19. And when she had done giving 
him drink, she said, I will draw water 
for thy camels also, until they have 
done drinking. 

20. And she hasted, and emptied her 
pitcher into the trough, and ran again 
unto the well to draw water, and drew 
for all his camels. 

21. And the man, wondering at her, 
held his peace, to wit whether the 
Lord had made his journey prosperous, 
or not. 

22. And it came to pass as the ca- 
mels had done drinking, that the man 
took a golden ear-ring of half a shekel 
weight, and two bracelets for her hands 
of ten shekels weight of gold ; 

23. And said, Whose daughter art 
thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there 
room in thy father's house for us to 
lodge in"? 

24. And she said unto him, I am the 
daughter of Bethuel the son of Mileah, 
which she bare unto Nahor. 

25. She said moreover unto him, 
We have both straw and provender 
enough, and room to lodge in. 

26. And the man bowed down his 
head, and worshipped the Lord. 

27. And he said, Blessed be the Lord 
God of my master Abraham, who hath 
not left destitute my master of his mer- 
cy and his truth : I being in the way, 
the Lord led me to the house of my 
master's brethren. 



these things unto them, he sent them to 
Joppa. 

9. On the morrow, as they went on 
their journey, and drew nigh unto the 
city, Peter went up upon the house- 
top to pray, about the sixth hour : 

10. And he became very hungry, 
and would have eaten : but while they 
made ready, he fell into a trance, 

11. And saw heaven opened, and a 
certain vessel descending unto him, as 
it had been a great sheet knit at the 
four corners, and let down to the 
earth : 

1 2. Wherein were all manner of four- 
footed beasts of the earth, and wild 
beasts, and creeping things, and fowls 
of the air. 

13. And there came a voice to him, 
Rise, Peter ; kill, and eat. 

14. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; 
for I have never eaten anything that is 
common or unclean. 

15. And the voice spake unto him 
again the second time, What God hath 
cleansed, that call not thou common. 

16. This was done thrice: and the 
vessel was received up again into hea- 
ven. 

17. Now while Peter doubted in 
himself what this vision which he had 
seen should mean, behold, the men 
which were sent from Cornelius had 
made inquiry for Simon's house, and 
stood before the gate, 

18. And called, and asked whether 
Simon, which was surnamed Peter, 
were lodged there. 

19. While Peter thought on the vi- 
sion, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, 
three men seek thee. 

20. Arise, therefore, and get thee 
down, and go with them, doubting 
nothing : for I have sent them. 

21. Then Peter went down to the 
men which were sent unto him from 
Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he 
whom ye seek: what is the cause 
wherefore ye are come ? 

22. And they said, Cornelius the 
centurion, a just man, and one that 



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28. And the damsel ran, and told 
them of her mother's house these 
things. 

29. And Rebekah had a brother, and 
his name was Laban : and Laban ran 
out unto the man, unto the well. 

30. And it came to pass when he saw 
the ear-ring and bracelets upon his sis- 
ter's hands, and when he heard the 
words of Rebekah his sister, saying, 
Thus spake the man unto me ; that he 
came unto the man, and behold, he 
stood by the camels at the well. 

31. And he said, Come in, thou bless- 
ed of the Lord, wherefore standest thou 
without ? for I have prepared the house, 
and room for the camels. 

32. And the man came into the 
house : and he ungirded his camels, 
and gave straw and provender for the 
camels, and water to wash his feet, and 
the men's feet that were with him. 

33. And there was set meat before 
him to eat ; but he said, I will not eat 
until I have told mine errand. And he 
said, Speak on. 

34. And he said, I am Abraham's 
servant. 

35. And the Lord hath blessed my 
master greatly, and he is become great : 
and he hath given him flocks, and herds, 
and silver, and gold, and men-servants, 
and maid-servants, and camels, and 
asses. 

36. And Sarah, my master's wife, 
bare a son to. my master when she was 
old: and unto him hath he given all 
that he hath. 

37. And my master made me swear, 
saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to 
my son of the daughters of the Ca- 
naanites, in whose land I dwell : 

39. But thou shalt go unto my fa- 
ther's house, and to my kindred, and 
take a wife unto my son. 

39. And I said unto my master, Per- 
adventure the woman will not follow 
me. 

40. And he said unto me, The Lord, 
before whom I walk, will send his angel 
with thee, and prosper thy way ; and 



feareth God, and of good report among 
all the nation of the Jews, was warned 
from God by an holy angel to send for 
thee into his house, and to hear words 
of thee. 

23. Then called he them in, and 
lodged them. And on the morrow Pe- 
ter went away with them, and certain 
brethren from Joppa accompanied him. 

24. And the morrow after they en- 
tered into Cesarea. And Cornelius 
waited for them, and had called to- 
gether his kinsmen and near friends. 

25. And as Peter was coming in, 
Cornelius met him, and fell down at 
his feet, and worshipped him. 

26. But Peter took him up, saying, 
Stand up : I myself also am a man. 

27. And as he talked with him, he 
went in, and found many that were 
come together. 

28. And he said unto them, Ye know 
how that it is an unlawful thing for a 
man that is a Jew to keep company, or 
come unto one of another nation ; but 
God hath showed me that I should not 
call any man common or unclean. 

29. Therefore came lunto you with- 
out gainsaying, as soon as I was sent 
for : I ask therefore for what intent ye 
have sent for me ? 

30. And Cornelius said, Four days 
ago I was fasting until this hour ; and 
at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, 
and behold, a man stood before me in 
bright clothing, 

31. And said, Cornelius, thy prayer 
is heard, and thine alms are had in re- 
membrance in the sight of God. 

32 Send therefore to Joppa, and 
call hither Simon, whose surname is 
Peter ; he is lodged in the house of 
one Simon a tanner, by the sea-side : 
who, when he cometh, shall speak unto 
thee. 

33. Immediately therefore I sent to 
thee ; and thou hast well done that 
thou art come. Now therefore are we 
all here present before God, to hear 
all. things that are commanded thee of 
God. 



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thou shalt take a wife for my son 
of my kindred, and of my father's 
house. 

41. Then shalt thou be clear from 
this my oath, when thou comest to my 
kindred ; and if they give not thee one, 
thou shalt be clear from my oath. 

42. And I came this day unto the 
well, and said, O Lord God of my mas- 
ter Abraham, if now thou do prosper 
my way which I go : 

43. Behold, I stand by the well of 
water ; and it shall come to pass, that 
when the virgin cometh forth to draw 
water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray 
thee, a little water of thy pitcher to 
drink; 

44. And she say to me, Both drink 
thou, and I will also draw for thy ca- 
mels : let the same be the woman whom 
the Lord hath appointed out for my 
master's son. 

45. And before I had done speaking 
in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came 
forth with her pitcher on her shoulder ; 
and she went down unto the well, and 
drew water : and I said unto her, Let 
me drink, I pray thee. 

46. And she made haste, and let 
down her pitcher from her shoulder, 
and said, Drink, and I will give thy 
camels drink also : so I drank, and she 
made the camels drink also. 

47. And I asked her, and said, 
Whose daughter art thou? And she 
said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's 
son, whom Milcah bare unto him ; and 
I put the ear-ring upon her face, and 
the bracelets upon her hands. 

48. And I bowed down my head, 
and worshipped the Lord, and blessed 
the Lord God of my master Abraham, 
which had led me in the right way to 
take my master's brother's daughter 
unto his son. 

49. And now if you will deal kindly 
and truly with my master, tell me : and 
if not, tell me ; that I may turn to the 
right hand, or to the left. 

50. Then Laban and Bethuel an- 
swered, and said, The thing proceedeth 



34. Then Peter opened his mouth, 
and said, Of a truth I perceive that God 
is no respecter of persons : 

35. But in every nation, he that fear- 
eth him and worketh righteousness is 
accepted with him. 

36. The word which God sent 
unto the children of Israel, preaching 
peace by Jesus Christ : (he is Lord 
of all:) 

37. That word, I say, ye know, 
which was published throughout all 
Judea, and began from Galilee, after 
the baptism which John preached ; 

38. How God anointed Jesus of 
Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and 
with power: who went about doing 
good, and healing all that were op- 
pressed of the devil; for God was 
with him. 

39. And we are witnesses of all 
things which he did, both in the land of 
the Jews, and in Jerusalem ; whom 
they slew and hanged on a tree : 

40. Him God raised up the third 
day, and shewed him openly ; 

41. Not to all the people, bat unto 
witnesses chosen before of God, even- 
to us, who did eat and chink with him 
after he rose from the dead. 

42. And he commanded us to preach 
unto the people, and to testify that it 
is he which was ordained of God to be 
the Judge of quick and dead. 

43. To him give all the prophets 
witness, that through his name who- 
soever believeth in him shall receive 
remission of sins. 

44. While Peter yet spake these 
words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them 
which heard the word. 

45. And they of the circumcision 
which believed, were astonished, as 
many as came with Peter, because that 
on the Gentiles also was poured out the 
gift of the Holy Ghost, " 

46. For they heard them speak with 
tongues, and magnify God. Then an- 
swered Peter, 

47. Can any man forbid water, that 
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from the Lord : we cannot speak unto 
thee bad or good. 

51. Behold, Rebekah is before thee, 
take her, and go, and let her be thy 
master's son's wife, as the Lord hath 
spoken. 

52. And it came to pass, that, when 
Abraham's servant heard their words, 
he worshipped the Lord, bowing him- 
self to the earth. 

53. And the servant brought forth 
jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and 
raiment, and gave them to Rebekah. 
He gave also to her brother and to her 
mother precious things. 

54. And they did eat and drink, he 

and the men that were with him, and 

tarried all night ; and they rose up in 

the morning, and he said, Send me 

away unto my master. 
***** 

61. And Rebekah arose, and her 
damsels, and they rode upon the ca- 
mels, and followed the man : and the 
servant took Rebekah, and went his 
way, 

62. And Isaac came from the way of 
the well Lahai-roi ; for he dwelt in the 
south country. 

63. And Isaac went out to meditate 
in the field at the eventide: and he 
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold, 
the camels were coming. 

64. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, 
and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off 
the camel. 

65. For she had said unto the ser- 
vant, What man is this that walketh in 
the field to meet us ? And the servant 
had said, It is my master: therefore 
she took a vail and covered herself. 

66. And the servant told Isaac all 
things that he had done. 

67. And Isaac brought her into his 
mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebe- 
kah, and she became his wife ; and he 
loved her: and Isaac was comforted 
after his mother's death. 

Note. 



have received the Holy Ghost as well 
as we ? 

48. And he commanded them to be 
baptized in the name of the Lord. 

Isa. lx. 6. The multitude of ca- 
mels shall cover thee, the dromeda- 
ries of Midian and Ephah: all they 
from Sheba shall come : they shall 
bring gold and incense ; and they 
shall show forth the praises of the 
Lord. 

Acts xi. 4. But Peter rehearsed 
the matter from the beginning, and 
expounded it by order unto them, say- 
ing, 

15. And as I began to speak, the 
Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at 
the beginning. 

16. Then remembered I the word 
of the Lord, how that he said, John 
indeed baptized with water; but ye 
shall be baptized with the Holy 
Ghost. 

17. Forasmuch then as God gave 
them the like gift as he did unto us, 
who believed on the Lord Jesus 
Christ, what was I, that I could with- 
stand God? 

18. When they heard these things, 
they held their peace, and glorified 
God, saying, Then hath God also to 
the Gentiles granted repentance unto 
life. 

Rom. xi. 17. And if some of the 
branches be broken off, and thou be- 
ing a wild olive-tree, wert grafted 
in among them, and with them par- 
takest of the root and fatness of the 
olive-tree ; 

18. Boast not against the branches. 
But if thou boast, thou bearest not the 
root, but the root thee. 

Gen. ix. 27. God shall enlarge Ja- 
pheth, and he shall dwell in the tents 
of Sheui ; and Canaan shall be his ser- 
vant. 



fore, for the church in her new condi- 
Rebekah signifies " the appeasing of a tion, upon the accession of her Gentile 
quarrel;" an appropriate name, there- converts, who being " some time afar off, 



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are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 
For he is our peace, who hath made both 
one, and hath broken down the middle 
wall of partition ; having abolished in 
his flesh the enmity, even the law of 
commandments contained in ordinan- 
ces: for to make in himself of twain 



one new man, so making peace ; and 
that he might reconcile both unto God 
in one body by the cross, having slain 
the enmity thereby: and came and 
preached peace to you which were afar 
off, and to them that were nigh." — Eph. 
ii. 13—18. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



The Letter. . 

1. Then again Abraham took a wife, 
and her name was Keturah. 

2. And she bare him Zimran, and 
Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and 
Ishbak, and Shuah. 

3. And Jokshan begat Sheba, and 
Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were 
Asshurin, and Letushim, and Leum- 
mim. 

4. And the sons of Midian ; Ephah, 
and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, 
and Eldaah. All these were the chil- 
dren of Keturah. 

5. And Abraham gave all that he 
had unto Isaac. 

6. But unto the sons of the concu- 
bines which Abraham had, Abraham 
gave gifts, and sent them away from 
Isaac his son (while he yet lived) east- 
ward, unto the east country. 

jSote. 

Abraham has now three classes of chil- 
dren. First, the seed of the bondwoman, 
born during the life of Sarah; and se- 
cond, tne heir of promise, the son of the 
free- woman; and third, when Sarah is 
dead and the wife of Isaac installed in 
her tent, he has children by a concubine, 
as was also the mother of Ishmael. 

If Abraham is the type of the Father 
in the covenant of grace, and, as the fa- 
ther of Isaac, is a type of the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and all 
that are chosen in him, then these three 
classes of children must also bear a typi- 
cal relation to the three manner of peo- 
ple, who, as embracing the whole family 



The Spirit. 

Detjt. xxxii. 8. When the Most 
High divided to the nations their inhe- 
ritance, when he separated the sons of 
Adam, he set the bounds of the people 
according to the number of the children 
of Israel. 

Gen. ix. 25. And he said, Cursed 
be Canaan; a servant of servants shall 
he be unto his brethren. 

26. And he said, Blessed be the Lord 
God of Shem; and Canaan shall be 
his servant. 

27. God shall enlarge Japheth, and 
he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; 
and Canaan shall be his servant. 

Rom. ix. 7. Neither because they 
are the seed of Abraham, are they all 
children : but, In Isaac shall thy seed 
be called. 



of man, are described under the heads 
of Shem, Ham, and Japheth — or Jews, 
Gentiles, and Heathen. 

We have before spoken of these, in 
the 9th chapter, as prophetically al- 
luding to the blessing which was to rest 
upon all the heirs of promise, both of 
the Jewish and Gentile folds ; and also 
to the curse, which sentenced the third 
class to be "servant of servants" to the 
others. 

Thus was the inheritance divided to 
the nations, and the sons of Adam sepa- 
rated, according to the bounds set by 
the Most High; and, as Abraham is 
typically represented, "giving all he 



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had unto Isaac," while to the others 
"he gave 'portions' and sent them 
away." 

The gospel dispensation, however, 
includes all, both Jews and Gentiles, 
under sin, that the free grace of the 
gospel might come upon all, through 
faith. So that ultimately, there are but 
two classes — they that believe, and are 



The Letter. 

7. And these are the days of the 
years of Abraham's life which he lived, 
an hundred threescore and fifteen 
years. 

8. Then Abraham gave up the 
ghost, and died in a good old age, an 
old man, and full of years ; and was 
gathered to his people. 

9. And his sons Isaac and Ishmael 
buried him in the cave of Machpelah, 
in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar 
the Hittite, which is before Mamre ; 

10. The field which Abraham pur- 
chased of the sons of Heth : there was 
Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 

Note. 

So far as respects the natural death of 
an old man, this passage is comparative- 
ly without interest. As a man, Abraham 
must return to dust ; and as a type of 
Him whose "years have no end," there 
is a sense in which the official character 
and work of Abraham, ceases and comes 
to an end, because it is fully accom- 
plished. 

It must be noticed that in the eighth 
verse, the words "of years" are added 
by the translators ; so that it might be 
read, " he died in a good old age, an old 
man and full" — or, complete and finished. 
Because all for which he had been con- 
stituted the "father of believers," and a 
type of the Father in the everlasting 
covenant, was fulfilled. 

The son had been given according 
to promise ; he had been offered a sacri- 
fice, and received again as from the 



saved, and they who believe not, and are 
damned. 

As "neither because they are the seed 
of Abraham, are they all children," so 
neither because they are the creatures of 
God, deriving from him their natural 
life, are they the children of God : none 
being such, but such as are born of his 
Spirit. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. cii. 25. Of old hast thou laid 
the foundation of the earth : and 
the heavens are the work of thine 
hands. 

26. They shall perish, but thou 
shalt endure: yea, all of them shall 
wax old like a garment ; as a vesture 
shalt thou change them, and they shall 
be changed : 

27. But thou art the same, and thy 
years shall have no end. 

2 Chron. v. 4. And he said, Blessed 
be the Lord God of Israel, who hath 
with his hands fulfilled that which he 
spake with his mouth to my father 
David. 

***** 

14. * * there is no God like thee 
in the heaven, nor in the earth ; which 
keepest covenant, and shewest mercy 
unto thy servants that walk before 
thee with all their hearts : 

15. Thou which hast kept with thy 
servant David my father that which 
thou hast promised him ; and spakest 
with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it 
with thine hand, as it is this day. 

Ps. cv. 8. He hath remembered his 
covenant for ever, the word which he 
commanded to a thousand genera- 
tions. 

9. Which covenant he made with 
Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac ; 

16. And confirmed the same unto 
Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an 
everlasting covenant. 



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dead ; the servant had been sent to 
bring in his Gentile bride, who now 
dwelt in his mother's tent, or in all the 
root and fatness of the gospel olive ; and 
last of all, the Son is appointed "heir of 
all things " which were in the possession 
of the Father, even " all power in hea- 
ven and earth," while all not chosen in 
him, are sent away. 

Abraham is buried in the cave of 



The Letter. 

11. And it came to pass after the 
death of Abraham, that God blessed 
his son Isaac ; and Isaac dwelt by the 
well Lahai-roi. 

Note. 

In tracing the typical history of Isaac 
and Jacob, after the death of Abraham, 
we must keep in view the three-fold 
character of these covenant fathers, — 
with their co-existence and co-operation 
as types of the One in Three and Three 
in One. 

We must not expect in their indivi- 
dual persons, a consecutive series of acts 
and events. Many things which concern 
Isaac as the Son — and especially his 
mediatorial work, as the " covenant of 
the people" — look back, even to the first 
giving of the covenant to Israel, and 
have no respect to the order of time. 
Kebekah his wife also, now the repre- 
sentative of the church in the room of 
Sarah, has much connected with her, 
under these new circumstances, uniting 
in herself the branches of both olive 
trees, that concern her typical position 
as the wife of Isaac, but which also look 
back to the first establishment of the 
two testaments, which had in prospect, 
the uniting in one, of these two branches ; 
and which so long "struggled together," 
striving the one with the other, until 
the elder was, in fulness of time, sub- 
jected to the younger. 

Isaac dwelt at the well Lahai-roi, 
which signifies, "thou God livest and 
seest me," — importing that all the pro- 



Machpelah with Sarah his wife, — because 
there all the parties of the covenant 
meet, by virtue of the union which they 
typically represent. As in baptism, the 
symbolic burial is in the name of Father, 
Son and Holy Ghost; which name is 
put upon the church — she being one 
with them, as they are one with each 
other. 



The Spirit. 

John v. 22, 23. For the Father 
judgeth no man, but hath committed all 
judgment unto the Son ; that all men 
should honor the Son even as they 
honor the Father. He that honoreth 
not the Son, honoreth not the Father 
which hath sent him. 

Ps. xlv. 2, 7. Thou art fairer than 
the children of men; grace is poured 
into thy lips; therefore God hath 
blessed thee for ever. Thou lovest 
righteousness and hatest wickedness ; 
therefore God, even thy God, hath 
anointed thee with the oil of gladness 
above thy fellows. 

Isa. xli. 1. Behold my servant, 
whom I uphold ; mine elect, in whom 
my soul delighteth; I have put my 
Spirit upon him : he shall bring forth 
judgment to the Gentiles. 

2. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor 
cause his voice to be heard in the 
street. 

3. A bruised reed shall he not break, 
and the smoking flax shall he not 
quench : he shall bring forth judgment 
unto truth. 

4. He shall not fail nor be discour- 
aged, till he have set judgment in the 
earth : and the isles shall wait for his 
law. 



mises looked forward to the " coming 
of the Just One," in whom they all had 
their accomplishment. 



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The Letter. 

12. Now these are the generations 
of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Ha- 
gar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, 
bare unto Abraham. 

13. And these are the names of the 
sons of Ishmael, by their names, accord- 
ing to their generations : The first-born 
of Ishmael, Nebajoth ; and Kedar, and 
Adbeel, and Mibsam, 

14. And Mishma, and Duma, and 
Massa, 

15. Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Na- 
phish, and Kedemah : 

16. These are the sons of Ishmael, 
and these are their names, by their 
towns, and by their castles; twelve 
princes according to their nations. 

17. And these are the years of the 
life of Ishmael ; a hundred and thirty 
and seven years : and he gave up the 
ghost and died, and was gathered unto 
his people. 

18. And they dwelt from Havilah 
unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou 
goest towards Assyria : and he died in 
the presence of all his brethren. 

]N"OTE. 

Twelve princes were born of Ishmael. 
These represented the heads of the 
twelve tribes of Israel, or children of 
the bondwoman. 

God had promised to make Ishmael a 
"great nation;" and of Israel it is said, 
they should not be numbered for multi- 
tude ; but, though numerous as the stars 
of heaven, or sands upon the sea-shore, 
" yet a remnant should be saved ;" and 
when the "servants of God" were 
" sealed " from all the tribes, there were 
only a hundred and forty-four thousand 
— twelve thousand from each tribe : 
though even when they came out of 
Egypt, they numbered six hundred and 
three thousand, five hundred and fifty 
fighting men, beside women and chil- 
dren. 

"When Ishmael dies, he is "gathered 



The Spirit. 

Gen. xlix. 28. All these are the 
twelve tribes of Israel, &c. 

Num. i. 44. These are those that 
were numbered,which Moses and Aaron 
numbered, and the princes of Israel, 
being twelve men : each one was for 
the house of his fathers. 

45. So were all those that were 
numbered of the children of Israel by 
the house of their fathers, from twenty 
years old and upward, all that were 
able to go forth to war in Israel ; 

46. Even all they that were num- 
bered, were six hundred thousand and 
three thousand and five hundred and 
fifty. 

Rev. vii. 4. And I heard the num- 
ber of them which were sealed: and 
there were sealed a hundred and forty 
and four thousand of all the tribes of 
the children of Israel. 



to his people," but not to the cave of 
Machpelah. Only " those that have part 
in the first resurrection" — who are dead 
with Christ and quickened together 
with him, have a right to be "planted 
together in the likeness of his death," — 
or "buried with him by baptism into 
death." Hence, when the Pharisees 
come out to John to be baptized of him, 
he says, " generation of vipers, who 
hath warned you to flee from the wrath 
to come! Bring forth fruits meet for 
repentance, and think not to say, We 
have Abraham to our father." 

Ishmael is said not only to have lived, 
but to have died " in the presence of all 
his brethren" This is a singular mode 
of expression, not used in reference to 
any other person. It seems to imply 
exactly what is the fact concerning the 
children of the bondwoman, who live 
and die, scattered among all nations, but 
distinct and separate from them, — as a 
standing monument — a pillar of salt, in 
the sight of all people. 



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The Letter. 

19. And these are the generations of 
Isaac, Abraham's son : Abraham begat 
Isaac : 

20. And Isaac was forty years old 
when he took Rebekah to wife, the 
daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Pa- 
dan-aram, the sister to Laban the Sy- 
rian. 

21. And Isaac entreated the Lord 
for his wife, because she was barren : 
and the Lord was entreated of him, 
and Rebekah his wife conceived. 

Note. 

The generations of Isaac may be told 
in few words : " Abraham begat Isaac." 
In Isaac were the seed of promise all 
called; separate and distinct from the 
children of the flesh, or of the bond- 
woman, who were sent away and cast 
out from him, " in whom all the nations 
of the earth were to be blessed." 

To Rebekah his wife it had been said, 
" be thou the mother of thousands of mil- 
lions ; and let thy seed possess the gate 
of them that hate them." But Rebekah 
continued barren, like Sarah, until Isaac 
entreated in her behalf. 

The espoused bride of Christ also re- 
mained barren, until married to him 
who was raised from the dead, by whom 
she was to raise up fruit unto God," — a 



The Letter. 

22. And the children struggled to- 
gether within her : and she said, If it 
be so, why am I thus 1 And she went 
to inquire of the Lord. 

23. And the Lord said unto her, Two 
nations are in thy womb, and two man- 
ner of people shall be separated from 
thy bowels : and the one people shall be 
stronger than the other people ; and the 
elder shall serve the younger. 

Note. 
The two dispensations of law and gos- 
pel, like the " two great lights in the 
heavens," were set in the church at one 
and the same time : but their distinct- 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xlix. 8. Thus saith the Lord, In 
an acceptable time have I heard thee, 
and in a day of salvation have I helped 
thee : and I will preserve thee and give 
thee for a covenant of the people, to 
raise up the earth, to cause to inherit 
the desolate heritages. 

Ps. cxxviii. 3. Thy wife shall be as 
a fruitful vine by the sides of thine 
house; thy children like olive plants 
round about thy table. 

Isa. liv. Fear not, for thou shalt not 
be ashamed: neither be thou con- 
founded, for thou shalt not be put to 
shame ; for thou shalt forget the shame 
of thy youth, and shalt not remember 
the reproach of thy widowhood any 
more ; for thy Maker is thy Husband, 
the Lord of hosts is his name, &c. 



seed, numerous as the promise had pre- 
dicted. Rebekah was at last made the 
mother of a twin offspring, — wholly di- 
verse the one from the other; the one 
being, in the natural order of things, the 
elder and greater, but the other, by the 
purpose and decree of God, made first 
and most powerful; and, ultimately, 
wholly to supplant and supersede kis 
brother. 



The Spirit. 

2 Cor. iii. 7. But if the ministration 
of death, written and engraven in 
stones, was glorious, so that the chil- 
dren of Israel could not steadfastly be- 
hold the face of Moses for the glory of 
his countenance; which glory was to 
be done away: 

8. How shall not the ministra- 
tion of the Spirit be rather glori- 
ous? 

9. For if the ministration of con- 
demnation he glory, much more doth 
the ministration of righteousness ex- 
ceed in glory. 

10. For even that which was made 



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ive character was not made manifest, 
"while the first tabernacle was yet 
standing." They " struggled together" 
in the womb of the church — to her a 
subject of wonder and conjecture — until 
the light of that which " excelleth in glo- 
ry" made manifest the darkness and un- 
profitableness of that which was only 
" made glorious ;" and the one " was done 
away" to make room for the other. 

The Lord predicts to Eebekah the 
" two manner of people " which she 
should bring forth ; and equally true is 
it of the antitype ; that the one was 
"weak through the flesh," the other, 
"mighty through God to the pulling 
down of strongholds," &c. Of Rebe- 
kah's sons, " the elder," contrary to his 
birthright, "should serve the younger:" 
so also Moses was but a servant in the 
house of God ; but Christ was a son 
over his own house ; and Aaron, with 
all his pontifical glory, must give place 
to the higher order of Melchisedec, doing 
him honor even before he was born. 



The Letter. 

24. And when her days to be deli- 
vered were fulfilled, behold, there were 
twins in her womb. 

25. And the first came out red, all 
over like a hairy garment : and they 
called his name Esau. 

26. And after that came his brother 
out, and his hand took hold on Esau's 
heel ; and his name was called Jacob : 
and Isaac was threescore years old 
when she bare them. 

Note. 
It is evident that a body must have a 
simultaneous existence with its shadow. 
It may also be pre-existent to it, but the 
light not so shine as to cast the shadow. 
The law was a dark intimation of the 
good things to come, or " of the body 



glorious had no glory in this respect, by 
reason of the glory that excelleth. 

11. For if that which was done away 
was glorious, much more that which 
remaineth is glorious. 

Heb. vii. 5. And Moses verily was 
faithful in all his house, as a servant, 
for a testimony of those things which 
were to be spoken after : 

6. But Christ as a Son over his own 
house : whose house are we, if we hold 
fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of 
the hope firm unto the end. 

6. But he whose descent is not 
counted from them received tithes of 
Abraham, and blessed him that had the 
promises. 

7. And without all contradiction the 
less is blessed of the better. 

8. And here men that die receive 
tithes ; but there he receiveth them, of 
whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 

11. If therefore perfection were by 
the Levitical priesthood, (for under it 
the people received the law,) what fur- 
ther need was there that another priest 
should rise after the order of Melchis- 
edec, and not be called after the order 
of Aaron ? 



The Spirit. 

Heb. x. 1. For the law having a 
shadow of good things to come, and 
not the very image of the things, can 
never with those sacrifices which they 
offered year by year continually, make 
the comers thereunto perfect. 

2. For then would they not have 
ceased to be offered ? because that the 
worshippers once purged should have 
had no more conscience of sins. 

3. But in those sacrifices there is a 
remembrance again made of sins every 
year. 

4. For it is not possible that the 
blood of bulls and of goats should take 
away sins. 

5. Wherefore, when he cometh into 
the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offer- 



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which is Christ," and made manifest by 
the gospel. Yet did this "body" exist, 
not only at the same time, but from 
everlasting. The sun and the moon, 
also, (symbolically, the law and gos- 
pel,) were simultaneously set in the 
heavens, though both are not visible 
at the same time : one rules the night, 
the other the day. But who does not 
understand that the moon would not 
shine at all, were not the sun at the same 
time in the heavens, easting his own 
light upon her cold, dark, and lifeless 
body? So the law derived all its glory 
from the gospel which was preached 
tinder it. 

Esau, who represents the first testa- 
ment, is characteristically described as 
red and hairy, and is named Esau, from 
the nature of that, which stood only in 
meats and drinks and carnal ordinan- 
ces; the blood of bulls and goats, and 
the fat of fed beasts, Esau is followed 
by bis brother, who is simply described 
as Jacob, or " a supplanter." His hand 
took hold upon Esau's heel. This may 
allude to two things: First to the fact 



The Letter. 

27. And the boys grew ; and Esau 
was a cunning hunter, a man of the 
field ; and Jacob was a plain man dwell- 
ing in tents. 

28. And Isaac loved Esau because 
he ate of his venison. But Rebekah 
loved Jacob. 

Note. 

An "hunter," in Scripture, is always 
connected with the wicked. It implies 
either a traffic with the beasts of the field, 
(spiritual wickedness,) as in Gen. x. 9 ; or 
in the souls of men, as in Ezk. xiii. 19,20, 
and Rev. xviii. 13. In the passage be- 
fore us, it also has allusion to the pecu- 
liar nature of the first dispensation, 
which dealt so largely in the blood of 
bulls and goats. 

Jacob was a man of " tents ;" typically 
pointing to the peaceful habitations of 
Zion ; her "quiet resting places," which, 
urder the gospel dispensation, would be- 
come like "gardens by the river side;" 
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ings thou wouldest not, but a body hast 
thou prepared me : 

6. In burnt-offerings and sacrifices 
for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 

7. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the 
volume of the book it is written of me) 
to do thy will, O God. 

8. Above, when he said, Sacrifice 
and offering and burnt offerings and 
offering for sin thou wouldest not, nei- 
ther hadst pleasure therein ; which are 
offered by the law ; 

9. Then said he, Lo, I come to do 
thy will, O God. He taketh away the 
first, that he may establish the second. 



that the new covenant was revealed be- 
fore the first testament was done away; 
or it may point to the "heel" of Christ 
as coming from the first-covenant peo- 
ple. The times of scripture are never 
definite, but only relative measures. 
The 60 years of Isaac, make six tens, or 
the sixth age of the world, which intro- 
duced the gospel. 



The Spirit 

Ps. 1. 8, I will not reprove thee for 
thy sacrifices or thy burnt-offerings, to 
have been continually before me. 

9. I will take no bullock out of thine 
house, nor he-goats out of thy folds. 

10. For every beast of the forest is 
mine, and the cattle upon a thousand 
hills. 

11. I know all the fowls of the 
mountains : and the wild beasts of the 
field are mine. 

12. If I were hungry, I wo"ild not 
tell thee : for the world is mine, and 
the fulness thereof. 

13. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or 
drink the blood of goats ? 

Isa. i. 10. Hear the word of the 
Lord, ye rulers of Sodom ; give ear unto 
the law of our God, ye people of Go- 
morrah. 

11. To what purpose is the multi- 
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and which were to be greatly enlarged 
and extended by the accession of the 
Gentiles. 

Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his 
venison ; and so also, Christ the Head 
of the church, had respect to the carnal 
ordinances which he himself " imposed 
upon the people until the time of refor- 
mation," and required their strict per- 
formance. But Rebekah loved Jacob; 
and so the church, of course, had greater 
respect to the " ministration of the Spi- 
rit," by which she was so greatly to 
profit. 



The Letter. 

"29. And Jacob sod pottage: and 
Esau came from the field, and he was 
faint. 

30. And Esau said to Jacob, Feed 
me, I pray thee, with that same red 
'pottage ; for I am faint : therefore was 
his name called Edom. 

31. And Jacob said, Sell me this day 
thy birthright. 

32. And Esau said, Behold, I am at 
the point to die ; and what profit shall 
this birthright do to me ? 

33. And Jacob said, Swear to me 



the Lord : I am full of the burnt-offer- 
ings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; 
and I delight not in the blood of bul- 
locks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 

Num. xxiv. 5. How goodly are thy 
tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O 
Israel ! 

6. As the valleys are they spread 
forth, as gardens by the river's side, as 
the trees of lign-aloes which the Lord 
hath planted, and as cedar-trees beside 
the waters. 

7. He shall pour the water out of 
his buckets, and his seed shall be in 
many waters, and his king shall be 
higher than Agag, and his kingdom 
shall be exalted. 

Jer. xxx. 18. Thus saith the Lord ; 
Behold, I will bring again the captivity 
of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his 
dwelling places ; and the city shall be 
builded upon her own heap, and the 
palace shall remain after the manner 
thereof. 

Is a. liv. 2. Enlarge the place of thy 
tent, and let them stretch forth the cur- 
tains of thy habitations; spare not, 
lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy 
stakes ; 

3. For thou shalt break forth on the 
right hand and on the left; and thy 
seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and 
make the desolate cities to be inha- 
bited. 



The Spirit. \ 

Heb. vii. 18. For there is verily a 
disannulling of the commandment going 
before for the weakness and unprofit- 
ableness thereof. 

19. For the law made nothing per- 
fect, but the bringing in of a better 
hope did ; by the which we draw nigh 
unto God. 

20. And inasmuch as not without an 
oath he was made priest, 

21. (For those priests were made 
without an oath, but this with an oath, 
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this day ; and he sware unto him : and 
he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 

34. Then Jacob gave Esau bread 
and pottage of lentiles ; and he did eat 
and drink, and rose up, and went his 
way: thus Esau despised his birth- 
right 

Note. 

This transaction shows the accom- 
plishment of the decree of God, " The 
elder si tall serve the younger." Also the 
change of priesthood, according to ano- 
ther decree : " Tlie Lord hath svjorn and 
will not repent ; Tlwu art a priest for ever 
after the order of MelcJtisedec ;" and like- 
wise the inheritance or blessing which, 
by the third chapter of Malachi, 10th 
verse, was to fall upon him, who should 
"bring the tithes into the storehouse;" 
all these things being brought about 
typically, by this voluntary surrender 
of Esau. 

Edom, signifies red earth, or earth 
stained with blood. This name was 
given to Esau because he exchanged his 
birthright for ''red pottage." But it 
has a deeper meaning than this. Idu- 
mea is said by the prophet to be 
" soaked with blood, and their land 
made fat with fatness." This is true in 
three different ways. First, as descrip- 
tive of the old dispensation, which was 
red with the blood of calves and goats. 
Second, because the people of that cove- 
nant, in crucifying the Son of God, were 
guilty of all the righteous blood which 
had been shed upon the earth. And 
when they said, " Let his blood be on us 
and on our children" they invoked the 
whole crimson flood to be visited upon 
them. In the third place, God declared 
to this people, " I will prepare thee unto 
blood ; and blood shall pursue thee ; 
since thou hast not hated blood, even 
blood shall pursue thee." "For the 
Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a 



sware, and will not repent, Thou art a 
priest for ever after the order of Mel- 
chisedec ;) 
***** 

12. For the priesthood being changed, 
there is made of necessity a change also 
of the law. 

Rom. ix. 10. And not only this; but 
when Rebecca had also conceived by 
one, even by our father Isaac, 

11. (For the children being not yet 
born, neither having done any good or 
evil, that the purpose of God, according 
to election, might stand, not of works, 
but of him that calleth :) 

12. It was said unto her, The elder 
shall serve the younger. 

13. As it is written, Jacob have I 
loved, biit Esau have I hated. 

Heb. x. 6. In burnt-offerings and 
sacrifices for sin thou hast had no plea- 
sure. 

7. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the 
volume of the book it is written of me) 
to do thy will, O God. 

8. Above, when he said, Sacrifice 
and offering and burnt-offerings and 
offering for sin thou wouldest not, nei- 
ther hadst pleasure therein; which are 
offered by the law ; 

9. Then said he, Lo, I come to do 
thy will, O God. He taketh away the 
first, that he may establish the second. 



great slaughter in the land of Idumea;" 
for, "I will tread them in mine anger 
and trample them in my fury ; and their 
blood shall stain all my raiment." 

The birthright, by the Jewish law, 
embraced the right of dominion, of in- 
heritance or blessing, and of the priest- 
hood ; all of which were now trans- 
ferred to Jacob by the decree of God 
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god's curse upon idumea. 

Isa. xxxiv. 5. For my sword shall 

be bathed in heaven : behold, it shall 

come down upon Idumea, and upon the 

people of my curse, to judgment.* 
***** 

8. For it is the day of the Lord's 
vengeance, and the year of recompenses 
for the controversy of Zion. 

9. And the streams thereof shall be 
turned into pitch, and the dust thereof 
into brimstone, and the land thereof 
shall become burning pitch. 

10. It shall not be quenched night 
nor day ; the smoke thereof shall go up 
for ever: from generation to genera- 
tion it shall lie waste ; none shall pass 
through it for ever and ever. 

11. But the cormorant and the bit- 
tern shall possess it ; the owl also and 
the raven shall dwell in it : and he shall 
stretch out upon it the line of confu- 
sion, and the stones of emptiness. 

12. They shall call the nobles thereof 
to the kingdom, but none shall be there, 
and all her princes shall be nothing. 

, 13. And thorns shall come up in her 
palaces, nettles and brambles in the 
fortresses thereof: and it shall be an ha- 
bitation of dragons, a?zd a court for owls. 

14. The wild beasts of the desert 
shall also meet with the. wild beasts of 
the island, and the satyr shall cry to 
his fellow; the screech-owl also shall 
rest there, and find for herself a place 
of rest. 

15. There shall the great owl make 
her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather 
under her shadow : there shall the vul- 
tures also be gathered, every one with 
her mate. 

16. Seek ye out of the book of the 
Lord, and read : no one of these shall 



' * It m ay -he objected that this prophecy has 
respect to Idumea and the Edomites, and not to 
Israel. Literally it is doubtless so ; but the 
brotherhood between Edom and Israel is another 
type of the mixed character of national Israel, — 
both the blessing and the curse meeting in one 
family. See Mai, i. 1-4, 



The Spirit. 

BLESSINGS OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM, 

Is a. xxxv. 1. The wilderness and 
the solitary place shall be glad for them ; 
and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom 
as the rose. 

2. It shall blossom abundantly, and 
rejoice, even with joy and singing : the 
glory of Lebanon shall be given unto 
it, the excellency of Carrael and Sha- 
ron, they shall see the glory of the 
Lord, and the excellency of our 
God. 

3. Strengthen ye the weak hands, 
and confirm the feeble knees. 

4. Say to them that are of a fearful 
heart, Be strong, fear not : behold, your 
God will come with vengeance, even 
God with a recompense ; he will come 
and save you. 

5. Then the eyes of the blind shall 
be opened, and the ears of the deaf 
shall be unstopped. 

6. Then shall the lame man leap as 
a hart, and the tongue of the dumb 
shall sing: for in the wilderness shall 
waters break out, and streams in the 
desert. 

7. And the parched ground shall be- 
come a pool, and the thirsty land springs 
of water : in the habitation of dragons, 
where each lay, shall be grass with 
reeds and rushes. 

8. And a highway shall be there, 
and a way, and it shall be called, The 
way of holiness; the unclean shall not 
pass over it ; but it shall be for those : 
the way-faring men, though fools, shall 
not err therein. 

9. No lion shall be there, nor any 
ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it 
shall not be found there ; but the re- 
deemed shall walk there : 

10. And the ransomed of the Lord 
shall return, and come to Zion with 
songs and everlasting joy upon their 
heads : they shall obtain joy and glad- 
ness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee 
away. 

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fail, none shall want her mate : for my 
mouth, it hath commanded, and his 
Spirit, it hath gathered them. 

17. And he hath cast the lot for 
them, and his hand hath divided it unto 
them by line : they shall possess it for 
ever, from generation to generation 
shall they dwell therein. 

Ezk. xxxv. 5. Because thou hast 
had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed 
the blood of the children of Israel by the 
force of the sword in the time of their 
calamity, in the time that their iniquity 
Tiad an end : 

6. Therefore as I live, saith the Lord 
God, I will prepare thee unto blood, 
and blood shall pursue thee : since thou 
hast not hated blood, even blood shall 
pursue thee. 

Isa. xxxiv. 6. The sword of the 
Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat 
with fatness, and with the blood of 
lambs and goats, with the fat of the 
kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a 
sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaugh- 
ter in the land of Idumea. 

7. And the unicorns shall come down 
with them, and the bullocks with the 
bulls ; and their land shall be soaked 
with blood, and their dust made fat with 
fatness. 

Isa. Lxiii. 1. Who is this that com- 
eth from Edom, with dyed garments 
from Bozrah ? this that is glorious ir 
his apparel, travelling in the greatness 
of his strength ? I that speak in right- 
eousness, mighty to save. 

2. Wherefore art thou red in thine 
apparel, and thy garments like him that 
treadeth in the wine-vat "? 

3. I have trodden the wine-press 
alone ; and of the people there teas none 
with me : for I will tread them in mine 
anger, and trample them in my fury, and 
their blood shall be sprinkled upon my 
garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 

4. For the day of vengeance is in 
mine heart, and the year of my re- 
deemed is come. 

Ezk. xxiv. 6. Wherefore thus saith 
the Lord God ; Wo to the bloody city, 
to the pot whose scum is therein, and 



generation of vipers, how can ye escape 
the damnation of hell ! 

34. Wherefore behold, I send unto 
you prophets, and wise men, and 
scribes : and some of them ye shall kill 
and crucify, and some of them shall ye 
scourge in your synagogues, and per- 
secute them from city to city: 

35. That upon you may come all the 
righteous blood shed upon the earth, 
from the blood of righteous Abel, unto 
the blood of Zacharias son of Bara- 
chias, whom ye slew between the tem- 
ple and the altar. 

36. Verily I say unto you, All these 
things shall come upon this genera- 
tion. 

37. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou 
that killest the prophets, and stonest 
them which are sent unto thee, how 
often would I have gathered thy chil- 
dren together, even as a hen gathereth 
her chickens under her wings, and ye 
would not ! 

38. Behold, your house is left unto 
you desolate. 

39. For I say unto you, Ye shall not 
see me henceforth, till ye shall say, 
Blessed is he that cometli in the name 
of the Lord. 

Matt, xxvii. 25. Then answered 
all the people, and said, His blood be on 
us, and on our children. 

John xv. 23. He that hateth me, 
hateth my Father also. 

24. If I had not done among them 
the works which none other man did, 
they had not had sin: but now have 
they both seen, and hated both me and 
my Father. 

25. But this cometh to pass, that the 
word might be fulfilled that is written 
in their law, They hated me without a 
cause. 

1 John iii. 15. Whosoever hateth 
his brother, is a murderer : and ye know 
that no murderer hath eternal life abid- 
ing in him. 

Matt. xii. 31. Wherefore I say 
unto you, All manner of sin and blas- 
phemy shall be forgiven unto men : but 



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whose scum is not gone out of it! 
bring it out piece by piece ; let no lot 
fall upon it. 

7. For her blood is in the midst of 
her ; she set it upon the top of a rock ; 
she poured it not upon the ground, to 
cover it with dust ; 

8. That it might cause fury to come 
up to take vengeance ; I have set her 
blood upon the top of a rock, that it 
should not be covered. 

Num. xxxv. 31. Moreover, ye shall 
take no satisfaction for the life of a 
murderer, which is guilty of death : but 
he shall be surely put to death. 

Obad. 1. The vision of Obadiah. 
Thus saith the Lord God concerning 
Edom ; We have heard a rumor from 
the Lord, and an ambassador is sent 
among the heathen, Arise ye, and let 
us rise up against her in battle. 

2. Behold, I have made thee small 
among the heathen : thou art greatly 
despised. 

11. Thus saith the Lord; For three 
transgressions of Edom, and for four, I 
will, not turn away the punishment 
thereof; because he did pursue his 
brother with the sword, and did cast off 
all pity, and his anger did tear perpetu- 
ally, and he kept his wrath for ever : 

12. But I will send a fire upon Te- 
man, which shall devour the palaces of 
Bozrah. 

5. If thieves came to thee, if robbers 
by night, (how art thou cut off!) 
would they not have stolen till they 
had enough'? if the grape-gatherers 
came to thee, would they not leave 
some grapes ? 

6. How are the things of Esau 
searched out ! how are his hidden things 
sought up ! 

7. All the men of thy confederacy 
have brought thee even to the border : 
the men that were at peace with thee 
have deceived thee, and prevailed 
against thee ; they that eat thy bread 
have laid a wound under thee : there is 
none understanding in him. 

8. Shall I not in that day, saith the 



the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 
shall not be forgiven unto men. 

32. And whosoever speaketh a word 
against the Son of man, it shall be for- 
given him : but whosoever speaketh 
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be 
forgiven him, neither in this world, 
neither in the world to come. 

Ps. cix. 2. For the mouth of the 
wicked and the mouth of the deceitful 
are opened against me : they have spo- 
ken against me with a lying tongue. 

3. They compassed me about also 
with words of hatred; and fought 
against me without a cause. 

4. For my love they are my adver- 
saries : but I give myself unto prayer. 

5. And they have rewarded me evil 
for good, and hatred for my love. 

6. Set thou a wicked man over him : 
and let Satan stand at his right hand. 

7. When he shall be judged, let him 
be condemned : and let his prayer be- 
come sin. 

8. Let his days be few; and let an- 
other take his office. 

9. Let his children be fatherless, and 
his wife a widow. 

10. Let his children be continually 
vagabonds, and beg : let them seek their 
bread also out of their desolate places. 

1 1. Let the extortioner catch all that 
he hath ; and let the strangers spoil his 
labor. 

22. Let there be none to extend 
mercy unto him : neither let there be 
any to favor his fatherless children. 

13. Let his posterity be cut off"; and 
in the generation following let their 
name be blotted out. 

14. Let the iniquity of his fathers be 
remembered with the Lord ; and let 
not the sin of bis mother be blotted 
out. 

15. Let them be before the Lord 
continually, that he may cut off the 
memory of them from the earth : 

16. Because that he remembered not 
to show mercy, but persecuted the poor 
and needy man, that he might even slay 
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Lord, even destroy the wise men out of 
Edom, and understanding out of the 
mount of Esau ? 

9. And thy mighty men, O Teman, 
shall be dismayed, to the end that evey 
one of the mount of Esau may be cut 
off by slaughter. * 

10. For thy violence against thy 
brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, 
and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 

11. In the day that thou stoodest on 
the other side, in the day that the 
strangers carried aw a}* captive his 
forces, and foreigners entered into his 
gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, 
even thou wast as one of them. 

Note. 
That Esau had a typical allusion to 
Judas, the " son of perdition," will be 



The Letter. 

DOEG THE EDOMITE. 

1 Sam. xxi. 7. Now a certain man 
of the servants of Saul was there that 
day, detained before the Lord ; and his 
name was Doeg, an Edomite, the 
chiefest of the herdmcn that belonged 
to Saul: 

xxii. 9. Then answered Doeg the 
Edomite, which was set over the ser- 
vants of Saul, and said, I saw the son 
of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech 

the son of Ahitub. 
# * * * * 

17. And the king said unto the foot- 
men that stood about him, Turn, and 
slay the priests of the Lord ; because 
their hand also is with David, and be- 
cause they knew when he fled, and did 
not show it to me. But the servants 
of the king would not put forth their 
hand to fall upon the priests of the 
Lord. 

18. And the king said to Doeg, 
Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. 
And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he 
fell upon the priests, and slew on that 
day fourscore and five persons that did 
wear a linen ephod. 



17. As he loved cursing, so let it 
come unto him : as he delighted not in 
blessing, so let it be far from him. 

18. As he clothed himself with curs- 
ing like as with his garment, so let it 
come into his bowels like water, and 
like oil into his bones. 

19. Let it be unto him as the gar- 
ment which covereth him, and for a gir- 
dle wherewith he is girded continually. 

20. Let this be the reward of mine 
adversaries from the Lord, and of them 
that speak evil against my soul. 



more clearly seen hereafter. This fact 
is also corroborated by two instances of 
the same nature, in which an Edomite 
acts the part of traitor to those who 
were types of Christ 1 Sam. xxi. and 
xxii., and 1 Kino-s xi. 14. 



The Spirit. 

JUDAS ISCARIOT. 

Matt. xxvi. 14. Then one of the 
twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went 
unto the chief priests, 

15. And said unto them, What will 
ye give me, and I will deliver him unto 
you ? And they covenanted with him 
for thirty pieces of silver. 

16. And from that time he sought 
opportunity to betray him. 

xxvii. 3. Then Judas, which had be- 
trayed him, when he saw that he was 
condemned, repented himself, and 
brought again the thirty pieces of sil- 
ver to the chief priests and elders, 

5. Saying, I have sinned in that I 
have betrayed the innocent blood. 
And they said, What is that to us? 
see thou to that. 

5. And he east down the pieces of 
silver in the temple, and departed, and 
went and hanged himself. 

6. And the chief priests took the sil- 
ver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for 
to put them into the treasury, because 
it is the price of blood. 

7. And they took counsel, and 



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22. And David said unto Abiathar, 
I knew it that day, when Doeg the 
Edomite was there, that he would sure- 
ly tell Saul : I have occasioned the death 
of all the persons of thy father's 
house. 

1 Kings xi. 14. And the Lord stirred 
up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad 
the Edomite : he was of the king's seed 
in Edom. 
A Psalm of David, when Doeg the 

Edomite came and told Saul, and 

said unto him, David is come to the 

house of Ahimelech. 

Ps. lii. 1. Why boastest thou thy- 
sslf in mischief, O mighty man? the 
goodness of God endureth continually. 

2. Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs ; 
like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 

3. Thou lovest evil more than good ; 
and lying rather than to speak right- 
eousness. Selah. 

4. Thou lovest all devouring words, 
O thou deceitful tongue. 

5. God shall likewise destroy thee 
for ever ; he. shall take thee away, and 
pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place, 
and root thee out of the land of the 
living. Selah. 

6. The righteous also shall see, and 
fear, and shall laugh at him : 

7. Lo, this is the man that made not 
God his strength ; but trusted in the 
abundance of his riches, and strength- 
ened himself in his wickedness. 

Jude 6. And the angels which 
kept not their first estate, but left 
their own habitation, he hath reserved 
in everlasting chains under darkness 
unto the judgment of the great day. 

Note. 

We have endeavored in the foregoing 
typical history, to call attention to the 
fact, that the curse pronounced in Eden 
upon the serpent, is transmitted through 
all subsequent ages to his seed. In him, 
as in a covenant head and representa- 
tive, they are cursed ; and that curse 
rests upon them personally and indivi- 
dually, in the same manner that the 



bought with them the potter's field, to 
bury strangers in. 

8. Wherefore that field was called, 
The field of blood, unto this day. 

9. (Then was fulfilled that which 
was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, 
saying, And they took the thirty pieces 
of silver, the price of him that was 
valued, whom they of the children of 
Israel did value, 

1 0. And gave them for the potter's 
field, as the Lord appointed me.) 

Acts i. 16. Men and brethren, This 
scripture must needs have been fulfilled, 
which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of 
David spake before concerning Judas, 
which was guide to them that took 
Jesus. 

17. For he was numbered with us, 
and had obtained part of this ministry. 

18. Now this man purchased a field 
with the reward of iniquity ; and falling 
headlong, he burst asunder in the 
midst, and all his bowels gushed out. 

19. And it was known unto all the 
dwellers at Jerusalem ; insomuch as 
that field is called in their proper 
tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The 
field of blood. 

20. For it is written in the book of 
Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, 
and let no man dwell therein : and. 
His bishopric let another take. 

24. And they prayed, and said, Thou, 
Lord, which know T est the hearts of all 
men, shew whether of these two thou 
hast chosen. 

25. That he may take part of this 
ministry and apostleship, from which 
Judas by transgression fell, that he 
might go to his own place. 



righteous are blessed in their covenant 
Head, the Lord Jesus Christ, both repre- 
sentatively and personally. 

To be satisfied of this remarkable fact, 
^xe have only to trace the history of the 
nations and people of the earth, from 
their fathers or progenitors, the de- 
scendants of Cain and of Seth, of Canaan 
and Ham, and those of Shem and Ja- 



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pheth; of Ishmael and of Isaac; of 
Esau and of Jacob ; and lastly, of the 
ten sons of Jacob, and of Joseph and 
Benjamin. 

By the history of the old-testament 
church, particularly in the reigns of Da- 
vid and Solomon, — in Ezra, Xehemiah 
and Esther, and in the writings of the 
prophets, — we find that all the despite 
towards the Lord's Anointed, the perse- 
cution and blood of the church, is to be 
traced to the seed of the serpent — the 
"generation of vipers;" who are not only 
" of their father the devil," in spirit, or in 
the seed, which gives character to the 
fruit of the tree, but also by ordinary 
generation, belonging to their natural 



The Letter. 

THE VINEYARD PLANTED. 

Is a. v. 1. Now will I sing to my 
well-beloved a song of rny beloved 
touching his vineyard. My well-be- 
loved hath a vinevard in a very fruitful 
hill: 

2. And he fenced it, and gathered out 
the stones thereof, and planted it with 
the choicest vine, and built a tower in 
the midst of it, and also made a wine- 
press therein: and he looked that it 
should bring forth, grapes, and it brought 
forth wild grapes. 

3. And now, O inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray 
you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 

4. What could have been done more 
to my vineyard, that I have not done in 
it ? wherefore, when I looked that it 
should bi'ing forth grapes, brought it 
forth wild grapes ? 

5. And now go to ; I will tell you 
what I will do to my vineyard: I 
will take away the hedge thereof, and 
it shall be eaten up ; and break down 
the w T all thereof, and it shall be trodden 
down : 

6. And I will lay it waste : it shall 
not be pruned, nor digged ; but there 
shall come up briers and thorns : I will 



progenitors, either directly or indi- 
rectly. 

To this statement, it may be objected 
that the natural progenitors of this 
cursed seed, are often good men ; as in 
the case of Adam, Noah, Abraham, 
Isaac and Jacob. But this difficulty is 
fully settled by the explanation made in 
the case of Abraham's two sons. " Nei- 
ther because they are the seed of 
Abraham, a.e they all children; but, 
In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That 
is, they which are the children of the 
flesh, these are not the children of God ; 
but the children of the promise are 
counted for the seed." Rom. ix. 7, 8. 



The Spirit. 

THE HUSBANDMEN DESTROYED. 

Matt. xxi. 33. Hear another para- 
ble ; There was a certain householder, 
which planted a vineyard, and hedged 
it round about, and digged a wine- 
press in it, and built a tower, and let it 
out to husbandmen, and went into a 
far country: 

34. And when the time of the fruit 
drew near, he sent his servants to the 
husbandmen, that they might receive 
the fruits of it. 

35. And the husbandmen took his 
servants, and beat one, and killed an- 
other, and stoned another. 

36. Again he sent other servants more 
than the first : and they did unto them 
likewise. 

37. But last of all, he sent unto them 
his son, saying, They will reverence my 
son. 

38. But when the husbandmen saw 
the son, they said among themselves, 
This is the heir ; come, let us kill him, 
and let us seize on his inheritance. 

39. And they caught him, and cast 
him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 

40. When the Lord therefore of the 
vineyard cometh, what will he do unto 
those husbandmen ? 

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also command the clouds that they rain 
no rain upon it. 

7. For the vineyard of the Lord of 
hosts is the house of Israel, and the 
men of Judah his pleasant plant : and 
he looked for judgment, but behold 
oppression ; for righteousness, but be- 
hold a cry. 

8. Wo unto them that join house to 
house, thai lay field to field, till there be 
no place, that they may be placed alone 
in the midst of the earth ! 

9. In mine ears said the Lord of 
hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be 
desolate, even great and fair, without in- 
habitant. 

***** 

14. Therefore hell hath enlarged 
herself, and opened her mouth without 
measure : and their glory, and their 
multitude, and their pomp, and he that 
rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 

15. And the mean man shall be 
brought down, and the mighty man 
shall be humbled, and the eyes of the 
lofty shall be humbled. 



miserably destroy those wicked men, 
and will let out his vineyard unto other 
husbandmen, which shall render him 
the fruits in their seasons. 

42. Jesus saith unto them, Did ye 
never read in the scriptures, The 
stone which the builders rejected, the 
same is become the head of the corner: 
this is the Lord's doing, and it is mar- 
vellous in our eyes ? 

43. Therefore say I unto you, The 
kingdom of God shall be taken from 
you, and given to a nation bringing 
forth the fruits thereof. 

44. And whosoever shall fall on this 
stone, shall be broken : but on whom- 
soever it shall fall, it will grind him to 
powder. 

45. And when the chief priests and 
Pharisees had heard his parables, they 
perceived that he spake of them. 

49. But when they sought to lay 
hands on him, they feared the multi- 
tude, because they took him for a pro- 
phet. 

Luke xix. 14. But his citizens 
hated him, and sent a message after 
him, saying, We will not have this man 
to reign over us. 



The Letter. 

EDOM, JUDAH AND BABYLON. 

Obad. 3. The pride of thine heart 
hath deceived thee, thou that dweilest 
in the clefts of the rock, whose habita- 
tion is high; that saith in his heart, 
Who shall bring me down to the 
ground ? 

4. Though thou exalt thyself as the 
eagle, and though thou set thy nest 
among the stars, thence will I bring 
thee down, saith the Lord. 

Amos ix. 2. Though they dig into 
hell, thence shall mine hand take them ; 
though they climb up to heaven, thence 
will I bring them down : 

3. And though they hide themselves 
in the top of Carmel, I will search and 
take them out thence; and though 



The Spirit. 

JUDAS, THE " MAN OF SIN," OR ANTI- 
CHRIST. 

2 Thess. ii. 3. Let no man deceive 
you by any means : for that day shall 
not come, except there come a falling 
away first, and that man of sin be re- 
vealed, the son of perdition ; 

4. Who opposeth and exalteth him- 
self above all that is called God, or that 
is worshipped ; so that he, as God, sit- 
teth in the temple of God, shewing 
himself that he is God. 

Jude 14. And Enoch also, the se- 
venth from Adam, prophesied of these, 
saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with 
ten thousand of his saints, 

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they be hid from my sight in the bot- 
tom of the sea, thence will I command 
the serpent, and he shall bite them. 

Isa. xiii. 11. And I will punish the 
world for their evil, and the wicked for 
their iniquity ; and I will cause the 
arrogancy of the proud to cease, and 
will lay low the haughtiness of the 
terrible. 

12. I will make a man more precious 
than fine gold ; even a man than the 
golden wedge of Ophir. 

13. Therefore I will shake the hea- 
vens, and the earth shall remove out 
of her place, in the wrath of the Lord 
of hosts, and in the day of his fierce 
anger. 

Ps. cxxiii. 3. Have mercy upon us, 
O Lord, have mercy upon us : for we 
are exceedingly filled with contempt. 

4. Our soul is exceedingly filled with 
the scorning of those that are at ease, 
and with the contempt of the proud. 

Jer. 1. 29. Call together the archers 
against Babylon : all ye that bend the 
bow, camp against it round about ; let 
none thereof escape: recompense her 
according to her work ; according to all 
that she hath done, do unto her : for 
she hath been proud against the Lord, 
against the Holy One of Israel. 

30. Therefore shall her young men 
fall in the streets, and all her men of 
war shall be cut off in that day, saith 
the Lord. 

31. Behold, I am against thee, O 
thou most proud, saith the Lord God 
of hosts : for thy day is come, the time 
that I will visit thee. 

32. And the most proud shall stum- 
ble and fall, and none shall raise him 
up : and I will kindle a fire in his cities, 
and it shall devour all round about 
him. 

Note. 



among them of all their ungodly deeds 
which they have ungodly committed, 
and of all their hard speeclies which un- 
godly sinners have spoken against him. 

16. These are murmurers, complain- 
ers, walking after their own lusts ; and 
their mouth speaketh great swelling 
words, having men's persons in admi- 
ration because of advantage. 

2 Thess. i. 6. Seeing it is a right- 
eous thing with God to recompense 
tribulation to them that trouble you ; 

7. And to you who are troubled, 
rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall 
be revealed from heaven with his mighty 
angels, 

8. In flaming fire taking vengeance 
on them that know not God, and that 
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus 
Christ : 

9. Who shall be punished with ever- 
lasting destruction from the presence 
of the Lord, and from the glory of his 
power. 

ii. 8. And then shall that Wicked 
be revealed, whom the Lord shall con- 
sume with the spirit of his mouth, and 
shall destroy with the brightness of his 
coming : 

9. Even him, whose coming is after 
the working of Satan, with all power, 
and signs, and lying wonders, 

10. And with all deceivableness of 
unrighteousness in them that perish; 
because they received not the love of 
the truth, that they might be saved. 

11. And for this cause God shall 
send them strong delusion, that they* 
should believe a lie : 

12. That they all might be damned 
who believed not the truth, but had 
pleasure m unrighteousness. 

John xvii. 1 2. * * none of them is 
lost but the son of perdition ; that the 
scripture might be fulfilled. 



"We have been particularly careful to 
combine and present the most important him to serve his brother Jacob. This 
Scripture testimony relative to the typi- development first appears in his call- 
cal and prophetic character of Esau \n\ing; — "a cunning hunter, — a man of the 
the development of the divine decree, field;" and next, in connection with this 
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ment and its carnal ordinances: — also 
the change of priesthood from the 
Aaronic or Levitical, to that of the 
order of Melchisedec, — the priesthood 
being a part of the privilege of the 
birthright: — next, the character and 
conduct of the people of this testament 
toward the heirs of promise, or spiritual 
Israel, and the Just One, of whom all 
their rites and ceremonies, as well as 
their prophets, testified : and lastly, the 
signal judgments of God, which fell 
upon the whole house of Esau and all 
the land of Tdumea. 

We conceive this to be especially ne- 
cessary, in order to a right understand- 
ing of what subsequently takes place in 
the 27th chapter, and in order to vindi- 
cate and justify the conduct of Rebekah 
and Jacob, and show that they acted 
not only in accordance with the divine 
decree, but under the divine influence 
and direction, and not, as is generally 
supposed, with falsehood and deceit. 

We are aware that it is urged by ob- 
jectors, that God had before ordained 
the crucifixion of Christ, and yet it was 
with " wicked hands " that the Jews put 
him to death, — and that he often per- 
mits what he does not approve. But 
the case of Jacob is totally different 
from this, or any other in which God 
employs wicked agents to accomplish his 
purposes, and then punishes them for 
delighting in the evil work. The Jews 
hated Christ, and desired his death ; but 
Jacob had no ill will .to Esau : — he never 
devised the plan to supplant him, nor 
showed the least desire to do so. He acted 
under the instructions of Rebekah, who, 
knowing that Isaac called for venison, 
and that the blessing was promised to 
the "savory meat," dictated his pro- 
ceedings. By which is seen, in a figure, 
that the acceptable sacrifice of Christ, 
which obtained the blessing from the 
Father, was according to what was 
"written in the law and the prophets 
concerning" him, and of course known 
by the church. 

Again, the conduct of all the wicked 
agents employed by God, is unequivo- 
cally condemned, and invariably punish- 
ed. And when his own people do that 



which is wrong, he always reproves 
and chastens them. But where is the 
least intimation that Jacob or Rebekah 
had offended? On the contrary, the 
blessing of Isaac is not only made to" 
rest upon Jacob, even when Isaac knew 
icho he was, — but immediately after, 
God himself confirms it, by a voice from 
heaven, and in a vision, which reveals 
to his wondering view all the glorious 
things which that blessing embraced. 

Would God have thus sanctioned a 
lie, and connived at falsehood? Would 
he not have signified to Jacob his dis- 
pleasure, had he been guilty? Some 
will say that Jacob teas reproved and 
punished by Laban in the matter of 
Leah. But this only shows how super- 
ficially such reasoners read and under- 
stand the Scriptures ! 

We do not believe that a wicked per- 
son is ever made typical of Christ ; but 
we think there are acts of righteous men 
recorded, which are wicked, so far as 
they partake of the sinful propensities 
of those concerned, and yet are typical 
of events in the spiritual kingdom. For 
instance, David sinned greatly and 
grievously in taking the wife of Uriah, 
and causing his death ; and it was the 
lusts of the flesh which enticed him to 
do so. For these acts he was deserved- 
ly punished, and made bitterly sorrow- 
ful, until he complains of broken bones, 
and the burden of blood- guiltiness. This 
was all just and right in the divine go- 
vernment, and according to the promises 
of the new covenant, whose distinguish- 
ing, glory it is, to secure from the love 
and commission of sin. But those who 
see nothing more than this in this piece 
of Bible history of the "man after God's 
own heart," do not profit by what is 
written. 

God had appointed that Solomon, 
whom he had " chosen to build him a 
house," and whose "throne he would 
establish as the sun," should be born of 
this very woman who was the wife of 
another at the time when David's sinful 
and covetous desires were fixed upon 
her. He took her to himself and caused 
the death of her husband ; in which he 
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and was punished accordingly. Yet, 
when Nathan was sent to him with the 
divine reproof, he was directed to say, 
"I have put away thy sin." 

But there was another man who was 
"without si?l" — wholly after God's own 
heart, and the "express image of his 
person" — who also took a wife "while 
her first husband yet Hoed;" who also put 
to death that husband, and married her 
to himself, that her fruit might be unto 
God ! Rom. viii. 

Now this analogy extends just as far 
as the nature of things will admit, and 
no farther. David had nothing in view 
but the gratification of his lusts ; and to 
effect this, transgressed the law of God. 
But David's Lord, instead of gratifying- 
sin and the flesh, destroyed them both, 
in the very act which secured to him 
his bride ! 

Again, Solomon, "the king's son," 
whose peaceful and prosperous reign 
was to extend "from sea to sea, and 
from the river to the ends of the earth," 
is charged with loving many strange 
women; though he himself declares, 
"My love, my undefiled, is but one — 
the only one of her mother." In conse- 
quence of these strange women, Solo- 
mon's heart was turned to idolatry, cfec. 
And the Lord said he would rend the 



kingdom from him and give it to an- 
other: — yet it should not be in his days, 
nor should the whole of the kingdom be 
taken from him, <fcc. 

Nothing but the identity of Christ and 
his church— their onene-s as Head and 
members of the same body — can explain 
the typical meaning of this part of Solo- 
mon's history. The anti typical Solo- 
mon is virtually charged with all the 
sinful and idolatrous practices of his 
people, who, following the doctrines and 
commandments of men, are scattered 
and divided, into scores of " concubines " 
and " queens," — all calling themselves 
by his name. But this " rending of ihe 
kingdom " did not fall upon Solmom per- 
sonally, but upon his kingdom after his 
death ; yet has it left a reproach and dis- 
honor upon his name in all ages. And 
alas ! for the reproach wdiich rests upon 
Christ and his cause, because of the divi- 
sions and contentions which have existed 
in his visible kingdom of heaven since 
his death ! 

But these cases of David and of Solo- 
mon are by no means parallel with that 
of Jacob. In the two former, God him- 
self pronounces the accusation of guilt 
and sin ; but in the latter there is no 
such charge. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



The Letter. 

1. And there was a famine in the 
land, besides the first famine that was 
in the days of Abraham. And Isaac 
went unto Abimelech king of the Phi- 
listines unto Gerar. 

2. And the Lord appeared unto him, 
and said, Go not down into Egypt: 
dwell in the land which I shall tell 
thee of. 

Note. 

It was on occasion of a famine in the 
land, that Abraham went to sojourn in 



The Spirit. 

Amos vi. 11. Behold, the days come, 
saith the Lord God, that I will send a 
famine in the land, not a famine of 
bread, nor a thirst for water, but of 
hearing the words of the Lord : 

12. And they shall wander from sea 
to sea, and from the north even to the 
east ; they shall run to and fro to seek 
the word of the Lord, and shall not 
find it. 

Luke ii. 68. Blessed be the Lord 
God of Israel ; for he hath visited and 
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Egypt ; and now a famine causes Isaac 
to go unto Gerar; but he is forbidden 
to go down into Egypt. 

A little attention to relative circum- 
stances will explain this. Abram, as 
the High Father of the covenant, comes 
to the world (Egypt) as a figure of Him 
who supplies the wants of every living 
thing, and "sends his rain upon the just 
and on the unjust." But when the Son 
is sent, it is not to the world, but to the 
"lost sheep of the house of Israel" — to 
"the remnant of Judah," which was 
first to be gathered to the gospel king- 
dom. 

Abraham had set up "a witness" at 
the well of the oath," in this same land; 
even the word of the promise, that " the 
sceptre should not depart from Judah, nor 
a lawgiver from between his feet, until 
Shiloh comer And now this promise is 
typically fulfilled in the person of Isaac. 
The Branch from the stem of Jesse, the 
"root and offspring of David," is "set 
for an ensign of the people." Now will 
it be seen if they will receive him as 
"a root out of a dry ground." 



Tlie Letter, 

3. Sojourn in this land, and I will be 
with thee, and will bless thee : for unto 
thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all 
these countries, and I will perform the 
oath which I sware unto Abraham thy 
father ; 



See chap, xxii. 



69. And hath raised up a horn of 
salvation for us, in the house of his 
servant David : 

70. As he spake by the mouth of his 
holy prophets, which have been since 
the world began. 

Acts iii. 25. Ye are the children of 
the prophets, and of the covenant which 
God made with our fathers, saying unto 
Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the 
kindreds of the earth be blessed. 

26. Unto you first, God having raised 
up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, 
in turning away every one of you from 
his iniquities. 

xv. 26. Men and brethren, children 
of the stock of Abraham, and whoso- 
ever among you feareth God, to you is 
the word of this salvation sent. 

Matt. x. 5. These twelve Jesus 
sent forth, and commanded them, say- 
ing, Go not into the way of the Gen- 
tiles, and into any city of the Samaritans 
enter ye not : 

6. But go rather to the lost sheep of 
the house of Israel. 

xv. 24. But he answered and said, 
I am not sent but unto the lost sheep 
of the house of Israel. 

Is a. xi. 10. And in that day there 
shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand 
for an ensign of the people ; to it shall 
the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be 
glorious. 

Isa. xi. 12. And he shall set up an 
ensign for the nations, and shall assem- 
ble the outcasts of Israel, and gather 
together the dispersed of Judah from 
the four corners of the earth. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xliii. 5. Fear not; for I am 
with thee ; I will bring thy seed from 
the east, and gather thee from the 
west; 

6. I will say to the north, Give up ; 
and to the south, Keep not back : 
bring my sons from far, and my daugh- 
ters from the ends of the earth. 



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4. And I will make thy seed to mul- 
tiply as the stars of heaven, and will 
give unto thy seed all these countries : 
and in thy seed shall all the nations of 
the earth be blessed : 

5. Because that Abraham obeyed 
my voice, and kept my charge, my com- 
mandments, my statutes, and my laws. 

Note. 
Again is the possession of the land of 
Canaan, even all its countries, secured 
to Isaac and his seed by the oath and 
promise of God ; literally, a worldly or 
temporal portion, to a stiff-necked and 
rebellious people, for their father's sake, 
because he had a favor to them ; but 
typically pointing to the inheritance of 
the saints, even to all the "root and fat- 
ness of the olive tree," or the " riches of 
grace and glory," confirmed before of 
God in Christ, by the new and everlast- 
ing covenant, to all his seed and for his 
sake. To this inheritance " and to Jesus 
the Mediator of that covenant," to the 
" general assembly and church of the 
First-born which are written in heaven," 
&c, shall all the heirs of promise be ga- 
thered ; for "to him shall the gathering 
of the people be" — to Christ the spi- 
ritual Shiloh — and not to the land of 
Canaan, as some imagine. He is the 
"ensign" that was to be "set up;" and 
it is the purpose of the Father, who chose 
them in him before the world was, "to 
gather together in one, all things in 
Christ, both which are in heaven and 
which are in earth ; even in him" — 
Because, as Mediator of the covenant, 
he did "the ivill of Him that sent him" 
and " became obedient unto death, even 
the death of the cross." 



xlii. 6. I the Lord have called thee in 
righteousness, and will hold thine hand, 
and will keep thee, and give thee for a 
covenant of the people, for a light of 
the Gentiles ; 

7. To open the blind eyes, to bring 
out the prisoners from the prison, and 
them that sit in darkness out of the 
prison-house. 

* * * * % 

9. Behold, the former things are 
come to pass, and new things. do I de- 
clare : before they spring forth I tell 
you of them. 

xliii. 18. Remember ye not the for- 
mer things, neither consider the things 
of old. 

19. Behold, I will do a new thing; 
now it shall spring forth ; shall ye not 
know it ? I will even make a way in the 
wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 

20. The beast of the field shall ho- 
nor me, the dragons and the owls : 
because I give waters in the wilderness, 
and rivers in the desert, to give drink 
to my people, my chosen. 

Gal. hi. 16. Now to Abraham and 
his seed were the promises made. He 
saith not, And seeds, as of many ; but 
as of one, And to thy seed, which is 
Christ. 

17. And this I say, That the cove- 
nant that was confirmed before of God 
in Christ, the law, which was four hun- 
dred and thirty years after, cannot dis- 
annul, that it should make the promise 
of none effect. 

18. For if the inheritance he of the 
law, it is no more of promise : but God 
gave it to Abraham by promise. 

* * * * % 

29. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye 

Abraham's seed, and heirs according to 

the promise. 



The Letter. 

6. And Isaac dwelt in Gerar : 

7. And the men of the place asked 
him of his wife ; and he said, She is my 



The Spirit. 

John i. 14. And the Word was made 
flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we be- 
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sister : for he feared to say, She is my 
wife ; lest, said he, the men of the place 
should kill me for Rebekah ; because 
she was fair to look upon. 

8. And it came to pass when he had 
been there a long time, that Abimelech 
king of the Philistines looked out at a 
window, and saw, and behold, Isaac 
was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 

JSTote. 

Gerar signifies pilgrimage ; an appro- 
priate name for the dwelling place of 
the typical Shiloh when he tabernacled 
in the flesh, "He came to his own,* 
and his own received him not;" and 
"the Son of man had not where to lay 
his head :" he was among his kindred of 
the flesh, as a pilgrim and a stranger in 
the land. 

"We have before had occasion to ob- 
serve that the oneness of Christ and the 
church, as Head and members of one 
body, appears in all their history and in 
every event that concerns them. Yet 
in the type they must be represented 
by separate individuals, as in the case of 
man and wife, who are said to be " one 
flesh" though actually two persons. 

The mystical union between Christ 
and his people, is hidden from the world ; 
they comprehend it not, neither does he 
make known to them the mystery of his 
true and secret relationship to his cho- 
sen bride, but presents her rather as a 
sister than a spouse. 

Paul says, had the princes of this 
world known " the wisdom of God in 
a mystery" even " the hidden wisdom 
which God ordained before the world 
unto our glory," "they would not have 
crucified the Lord of glory :" — but this 
mystery was withheld from them. And 
in like manner, the men of Gerar said, 
that ignorance of Isaac's true relation- 
ship to Rebekah, exposed them to doing 
that which was evil. 

* Isaac was bora in Gerar 



begotten of the Father,) full of grace 
and truth. 

1 1 . He came unto his own, and his 
own received him not. 

10. He was in the world, and the 
world was made by him, and the world 
knew him not. 

1 Cor. ii. 7. But we speak the wis- 
dom of God in a mystery, eien the hid- 
den wisdom which God ordained before 
the world unto our glory : 

8. Which none of the princes of this 
world knew: for had they known it, 
they would not have crucified the Lord 
of glory. 

9. But as it is written, Eye hath not 
seen, nor ear heard, neither have en- 
tered into the heart of man, the things 
which God hath prepared for them that 
love him. 

10. But God hath revealed them unto 
us by his Spirit ; for the Spirit search- 
eth all things, yea, the deep things of 
God. 

11. For what man knoweth the 
things of a man, save the spirit of man 
which is in him ? even so the things of 
God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of 
God. 

12. Now we have received, not the 
spirit of the world, but the Spirit which 
is of God; that we might know the 
things that are freely given to us of 
God. 

Sol. Song, viii. 1. O that thou wert 
as my brother, that sucked the breasts 
of my mother ! when I should find thee 
without, I would kiss thee ; yet I should 
not be despised. 

vii. 2. I would lead thee, and bring 
thee into my mother's house, who would 
instruct me : I would cause thee to 
chink of spiced wine of the juice of my 
pomegranate. 

vii. 10. How fair is thy love, my 
sister, my spouse ! how much better is 
thy love than wine ! and the smell of 
thine ointments than all spices ! 

iv. 12. A garden inclosed is my sis- 
ter, my spouse; a spring shut up, a 
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The Letter. 

9. And Abimelech called Isaac, and 
said, Behold, of a surety she is thy 
wife : and how saidst thou, She is my 
sister? And Isaac said unto him, Be- 
cause I said, Lest I die for her. 

10. And Abimelech said, What is 
this thou hast done unto us 1 one of 
the people might lightly have lien with 
thy wife, and thou shouldest have 
brought guiltiness upon us. 

11. And Abimelech charged all his 
people saying, He that toucheth this 
man or his wife shall surely be put to 
death. 

Note. 

The Jews, as a nation, were judicially 
blind to the spiritual nature of the king- 
dom of Christ, and, of course, to their 
own dispensation, which was a shadow 
of that kingdom. They rested in the 
letter and saw not the thing signified ; 
and when charged by God with disobe- 
dience and rebellion, they retorted 
against him, that his "ways were not 
equal ;" that " the fathers had eaten 
Bour grapes and the children's teeth 
were 6et on edge." And when Christ 
sojourned among them in the flesh, ex 
hibiting before their eyes the proofs of 
his Messiahship, which had been before 
testified of by the law and the pro- 
phets, they believed not, because the 
meek and lowly Lamb of God did not 
meet their carnal views and expec- 
tations of a temporal prince. He was 
"despised and rejected," and his won- 
derful works ascribed to the power of 
Beelzebub. 

To this people, therefore, he concealed 
the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven 
and "spoke to them in parables." The 
truth was presented before them as Isaac 
presented Rebekah; — the natural and 
outward relationship only being recog- 
nised,while the spiritual was hidden from 
their eyes. If at any time their fears were 
excited lest possibly Jesus of Nazareth 
might be more and other than he seemed 
to their benighted eyes, they demand of 
him, "If thou be the Christ, tell us plain- 
ly ;" intimating that they would be 
guiltless on account of anything they 
16 



The Spirit. 

Isa. vi. 9. And he said, Go, and tell 
this people, Hear ye indeed, but under- 
stand not ; and see ye indeed, but per- 
ceive not. 

10. Make the heart of this people 
fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut 
their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, 
and hear with their ears, and understand 
with their heart, and convert and be 
healed. 

Matt. xiii. 10. And the disciples 
came, and said unto him, Why speakest 
thou unto them in parables ? 

1 1. He answered and said unto them, 
Because it is given unto you to know 
the mysteries of the kingdom of hea- 
ven, but to them it is not given. 

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13. Therefore speak I to them in 
parables : because they seeing see not ; 
and hearing they hear not, neither do 
they understand. 

14. And in them is fulfilled the pro- 
phecy of Esaias, which saith, By hear- 
ing ye shall hear, and shall not under- 
stand; and seeing ye shall see, and 
shall not perceive : 

15. For this people's heart is waxed 
gross, and their ears are dull of hearing,, 
and their eyes they have closed ; lest at 
any time they should see with their eye3, 
and hear with their ears, and should un- 
derstand with their heart, and should 
be converted, and I should heal them. 

John x. 24. Then came the Jews 
round about him, and said unto him,. 
How long dost thou make us to doubt ? 
If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 

25. Jesus answered them, I told you, 
and ye believed not : the works that I 
do in my Father's name, they bear wit- 
ness of me. 

26. But ye believe not, because ye 
are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 

27. All things are delivered unto me 
of my Father ; and no man knoweth 
the Son, but the Father ; neither know- 
eth any man the Father, save the Son, 
and he to whomsoever the Son will re- 
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might do to him so long as he withheld 
the species of testimony which they re- 
quired; and when he replied, "ye be- 
lieve not because ye are not of my sheep," 
the rulers contented themselves with 
commanding " that if any man confessed 
that he was the Christ he should be put out 
of the synagogue." 



Matt. xi. 25. At that time Jesus 
answered and said, I thank thee, O Fa- 
ther, Lord of heaven and earth, because 
thou hast hid these things from the 
wise and prudent, and hast revealed 
them unto babes. 

26. Even so, Father; for so it 
seemed good in thy sight. 

John ix. 22. These words spake his 
parents, because they feared the Jews : 
for the Jews had agreed already, that 
if any man did confess that he was 
Christ, he should be put out of the sy- 
nagogue. 



The Letter. 

12. Then Isaac sowed in that land, 
and received in the same year an hun- 
dred-fold : and the Lord blessed him : 

13. And the man waxed great, and 
went forward, and grew until he be- 
came very great : 

14. For he had possession of flocks, 
and possession of herds, and great store 
of servants : and the Philistines envied 

him. 

Note. 

Jesus preached the gospel of the king- 
dom in the land of Judah, in the syna- 
gogues, and by the wayside ; and the 
comWn people heard him gladly, but 
the Pharisees murmured at his doctrine. 

That the seed thus sown, was abun- 
dantly fruitful, appears from the fact 
of Christ's being seen after his resurrec- 
tion by five hundred brethren at once, 1 
Cor. xv. ; who of course were a part of 
the fruit of his three years' personal mi- 
nistry. But he promised his apostles 
that they should do "greater things 
than these" when the Spirit of truth 
should come, to "convince of sin, of 
righteousness, and of judgment." Then, 
the "middle wall of partition being 
broken down," the Gentiles should come 
to the light, and converts be multiplied 
like drops of the morning dew. 

Thus does the Eedeemer's kingdom 
" wax great and go forward," and " be- 
come great ;" and thus his servants and 
the sheep of his fold become as the stars 
of heaven for multitude. 



The Spirit. 

Matt. xiii. 3. And he spake many 
things unto them in parables, saying, 
Behold, a sower went forth to sow ; 

4. And when he sowed, some seeds 
fell by the wayside, and the fowls 
came and devoured them up. 

5. Some fell upon stony places, where 
they had not much earth : and forth- 
with they sprung up, because they had 
no deepness of earth : 

6. And when the sun was up, they 
were scorched ; and because they had 
no root, they withered away. 

7. And some fell among thorns ; and 
the thorns sprung up, and choked 
them: 

8. But other fell into good ground, 
and brought forth fruit, some an hun- 
dred-fold, some sixty-fold, some thirty- 
fold. 

9. Who hath ears to hear, let him 
hear. 

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18. Hear ye therefore the parable of 
the sower. 
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22. He also that received seed 
among the thorns is he that heareth 
the word ; and the care of this world, 
and the deceitfulness of riches choke 
the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 

23. But he that received seed into 
the good ground is he that heareth the 
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The Letter. 

15. And the Philistines envied him : 
for all the wells which his father's ser- 
vants had digged in the days of Abra- 
ham his father, the Philistines had 
stopped them and filled them with 
earth. 

Note. 

The Son of God was not only an ob- 
ject of contempt to the Jewish rulers, on 
account of his meek and lowly bearing, 
but the majesty of truth and holiness 
which manifested itself in all his words 
and deeds, rendered him also an object 
of their hatred and malice. Their pride 
and hypocrisy could not endure the 
detecting power of his presence, nor the 
cutting reproof of his doctrine; and 
they took counsel to put him to death. 

Many " wells of salvation " had been 
opened among them in the days of 
Abraham, for " Moses in the law and in 
the prophets testified of the coming of the 
Just One, and the glory that should fol- 
low ;" but the scribes and Pharisees had 
rendered this testimony " of none effect " 
to themselves, by resting in the dead 
letter and substituting their own tradi- 



beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some 
a hundred-fold, some sixty, some thirty. 

Mark vi. 2. And when the sabbath- 
day was come, he began to teach in the 
synagogue : and many hearing him 
were astonished, saying, From whence 
hath this man these things ? and what 
wisdom is this which is given unto him, 
that even such mighty works are 
wrought by his hands ? 

3. Is not this the carpenter, the son 
of Mary, the brother of James, and 
Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and 
are not his sisters here with us ? And 
they were offended at him. 

Luke xxiv. 19. And he said unto 
them, What things? And they said 
unto him, Concerning Jesus of Naza- 
reth, which was a prophet mighty in 
deed and word before God, and all the 
people. 



The Spirit. 

Matt, xxvii. 17. Therefore, when 
they were gathered together, Pilate 
said unto them, Whom will ye that I 
release unto you ? Barabbas, or Jesus, 
which is called Christ ? 

18. For he knew that for envy they 
had delivered him. 

John xv. 22. If I had not come and 
spoken unto them, they had not had 
sin : but now they have no cloak for 
their sin. 

23. He that hateth me, hateth my 
Father also. 

24. If I had not done among them 
the works which none other man did, 
they had not had sin : but now they 
have both seen, and hated both me and 
my Father. 

25. But this cometh to pass, that the 
word might be fulfilled that is written 
in their law, They hated me without 
a cause. 

Matt. xv. 3. But he answered and 
said unto them, Why do ye also trans- 
gress the commandment of God by 
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tions for the commands of God. To 
them, these " wells " of promise yielded 
no "living waters;" — they looked and 
hoped for nothing but earthly and tem- 
poral benefit. 



The Letter. 

16, 17. And Abimelech said unto 
Isaac, Go from us ; for thou art much 
mightier than we. And Isaac departed 
thence, and pitched his tent in the val- 
ley of Gerar. 

Note. 

It was the mighty works that showed 
themselves forth in Jesus, that made the 
scribes and Pharisees tremble for the 
consequences of his increasing favor 
with the people. 

It will be recollected that Abraham 
had made a covenant with Abimelech to 
do him good and not evil ; and that he 
had at the same time planted a tree at 
the "well of the oath" as "a witausss 



4. For God commanded, 
Honor thy father and mother: and, 
He that curseth father or mother, let 
him die the death. 

5. But ye say, Whosoever shall say 
to his father or his mother, It is a gift, 
by whatsoever thou mightest be pro- 
fited by me ; 

6. And honor not his father or his 
mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye 
made the commandment of God of 
none effect by your tradition. 

7. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias 
prophesy of you, saying, 

8. This people draweth nigh unto 
me with their mouth, and honoreth me 
with their lips ; but their heart is far 
from me. 

9. But in vain they do worship me, 
teaching for doctrines the command- 
ments of men. 

xxiii. 13. But wo unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye shut 
up the kingdom of heaven against 
men ; for ye neither go in yourselves, 
neither suffer ye them that are entering, 
to go in. 

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33. Ye serpents, ye generation of 
vipers, how can ye escape the damna- 
tion of hell ? 



The Spirit. 

Matt. xiv. 1. At that time Herod 
the Tetrarch heard of the fame of 
Jesus, 

2. And said unto his servants, This 
is John the Baptist; he is risen from 
the dead ; and therefore mighty works 
do show forth themselves in him. 

John xi. 46. But some of them 
went their ways to the Pharisees, and 
told them what things Jesus had done. 

47. Then gathered the chief priests 
and the Pharisees a council, and said, 
What do we? for this man doeth 
many miracles. 

48. If we let him thus alone, all men 
will believe on him : and the Romans 



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that he had dug that well." But though 
this covenant had been made at the re- 
quest of Abimelecb, and for his advan- 
tage, he now sends away from this very- 
land the son of Abraham, and thus 
proves his disregard to the covenant 
which secured his own benefit. 

So also when God transferred to Judah 
his covenant with all the people, and gave 
them seven hundred years (seven ewe- 
lambs) to mark the continuance of this 
covenant, which was to preserve them 
as a nation, he also gave them a promise, 
which should serve as a witness that 
he had made this covenant oath, which 
should last " till Shiloh come." Gen. xlix. 
"The coming of Shiloh," then, marked 
the duration and the close of their pro- 
bation. 

The entire pilgrimage of Jesus was in 
the valley of humiliation, but especially 
when he retired from the "wise and 
prudent " to associate with the "common 
people," or with the few disciples whom 
he had chosen out of the world. 



The Letter. 

18. And Isaac digged again the 
wells of water which they had digged 
in the days of Abraham his father ; for 
the Philistines had stopped them after 
the death of Abraham: and he called 
their names after the names by which 
his father had called them. 

19. And Isaac's servants digged in 
the valley, and found there a well of 
springing water. 

20. And the herdmen of Gerar did 
strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, 
The water is ours : and he called the 
name of the well Esek ; because they 
strove with him. 



shall come, and take away both our 
place and nation. 

Matt. xiii. 54. And when he was 
come into his own country, he taught 
them in their synagogue, insomuch 
that they were astonished, and said, 
Whence hath this man this wisdom, 
and these mighty works ? 

55. Is not this the carpenter's son ? 
is not his mother called Mary? and 
his brethren, James, and Joses, and 
Simon, and Judas ? 

John xi. 53. Then from that day 
forth they took counsel for to put him 
to death. 

54. Jesus therefore walked no more 
openly among the Jews; but went 
thence unto a country near to the wil- 
derness, into a city called Ephraim, and 
there continued with his disciples. 

x. 39. Therefore they sought again 
to take him; but he escaped out of 
their hand, 

40. And went away again beyond 
Jordan, into the place where John at 
first baptized ; and there he abode. 

41. And many resorted unto him, 
and said, John did no miracle ; but all 
things that John spake of this man 
were true. 

42. And many believed on him 
there. 



The Spirit. 

Gal. iii. 8. And the scripture, fore- 
seeing that God would justify the hea- 
then through faith, preached before the 
gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee 
shall all nations be blessed. 

Heb. vi. 13. For when God made 
promise to Abraham, because he could 
swear by no greater, he sware by him- 
self, 

14. Saying, Surely blessing I will 
bless thee, and multiplying I will mul- 
tiply thee. 

15. And so, after he had patiently 
endured, he obtained the promise. 

16. For men verily swear by the 



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Note. 

Previous to the time of Abraham, the 
"■ wells of salvation," or promises of good 
things to come, had been occasionally 
scattered among the people of the east, 
even from the beginning, when it was 
said to the serpent, " It shall bruise thy 
head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." 
But to Abraham was the gospel more 
clearly preached. The oath of God to 
him was, to all that looked for salvation 
in Israel, a broad, deep and overflowing 
fountain of living waters. The "way- 
faring man, " while passing through the 
dark and barren desert of the ministra- 
tion of death, lifted up his eyes to the 
day of its fulfilment, and rejoiced, though 
he "saw it afar off." 

But the Jewish rulers, scribes and 
priests, had filled these wells with earth ; 
— they had made void the command- 
ments of God, by their traditions, and 
taught for doctrines the commandments 
of men. They had taken away the key 
of knowledge, which unlocked the hid- 
den riches of good things to come, and 
rested in the carnal ordinances of their 
law that profited not. In the valley of 
humiliation, Jesus opened again all the 
wells of the days of Abraham, by fulfill- 
ing all that had been written in the law 
of Moses and in the prophets concerning 
him. And in so doing, he drew upon 
himself all the strife and hatred of that 
stiff-necked generation, of whom it was 
said, "Ye do always resist the Holy 
Ghost ; as your fathers did, so do ye." 



The Letter. 

21. And they digged another well, 
and strove for that also : and he called 
the name of it Sitnah. 

22. And he removed from thence, 
and digged another well ; and for that 
they strove not: and he called the 
name of it Rehoboth; and he said, 
For now the Lord hath made room for 



greater : and an oath for confirmation, 
is to them an end of all strife. 

17. Wherein God, willing more 
abundantly to show unto the heirs of 
promise the immutability of his coun- 
sel, confirmed it by an oath : 

18. That by two immutable things, 
in which it was impossible for God to 
lie, we might have a strong consola- 
tion, who have fled for refuge to lay 
hold upon the hope set before us. 

Luke i. 72. To perform the mercy 
promised to our fathers, and to remem- 
ber his holy covenant, 

73. The oath which he sware to our 
father Abraham. 

xxiv. 44. And he said unto them, 
These are the words which I spake 
unto you while I was yet with you, 
that all things must be fulfilled which 
were written in the law of Moses, and 
in the prophets, and in the psalms, con- 
cerning me. 

45. Then opened he their under- 
standing, that they might understand 
the scriptures, 

46. And said unto them, Thus it is 
written, and thus it behoved Christ to 
suffer, and to rise from the dead the 
third day : 

47. And that repentance and remis- 
sion of sins should be preached in his 
name among all nations, beginning at 
Jerusalem. 

48. And ye are witnesses of these 
things. 

Acts vii. 51. Ye stiff-necked, and 
uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do 
always resist the Holy Ghost : as your 
fathers did, so do ye. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. xxxviii. 19. But mine enemies 
are lively, and they are strong: and 
they that hate me wrongfully are mul- 
tiplied. 

20. They also that render evil for 
good are mine adversaries ; because I 
follow the thing that good is. 



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us, and we shall be fruitful in the 
land. 

Note. 

Sitnah signifies hatred. Strife and 
hatred followed every manifestation of 
the Redeemer and his work to the chil- 
dren of men ; and especially among his 
kindred according to the flesh. This 
hatred of the Jews to Christ, is the sin 
so frequently mentioned as " the sin unto 
death," for which there is no forgiveness. 
In the Old Testament it is called mur- 
der; and "no satisfaction should be 
taken for the murderer; he must surely 
die.'* The Xew Testament corroborates 
this, by identifying hatred with murder, 
and declares that no murderer hath 
eternal life abiding in him. And "here- 
by know we the children of God and 
the children of the devil ; for he that is 
of God, loveth his brother." 

In the 6th verse of Gen. ix, it is im- 
plied that murder is especially aimed at 
the image of God, whether in his own 
well beloved Son, or in those who, by 
the new birth, are conformed to that 
image. John, in his epistle, has the same 
idea ; and Jesus telle the Jews, that what 
was spoken against the Son of man, or 
ignorantly, believing him to be nothing 
more, might be forgiven ; but what was 
spoken against the Holy Ghost, or 
against God's anointed, as showing forth 
the power of the Holy Ghost, should 
not be forgiven, either in this life, or 
that whieh is to come. 

But there was another "well" that 
Jesus opened in this land ; for it had 
been written, " the place is too strait for 
me : give place to me that I may dwell ;" 
and, the *' destroyers and those that laid 
waste Zion shall go forth of thee ;" — and 
M room " for thee shall be made in the 
Sand. Rehoboth, signifies place or room. 



The Letter. 

23. And he went up from thence to 
Beer-sheba. 

24. And the Lord appeared unto 
him the same night, and said, I am the 



xxxv. 19. Let not them that are 
mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over 
me : neither let them wink with the eye 
that hate me without a cause. 

20. For they speak not peace : but 
they devise deceitful matters against 
them that are quiet in the land. 

21. Yea, they opened then mouth 
wide against me, and said, Aba, aha ! 
our eye hath seen it. 

lv. 3. Because of the voice of the 
enemy, because of the oppression of 
the wicked : for they cast iniquity upon 
me, and in wrath they hate me. 

4. My heart is sore pained within 
me : and the terrors of death are fallen 
upon me. 

xxv. 19. Consider mine enemies ; for 
they are many ; and they hate me with 
cruel hatred. 

Isa. xlix. 17. Thy children shall 
make haste ; thy destroyers, and they 
that made thee waste, shall go forth of 
thee. 

18. Lift up thine eyes round about, 
and behold : all these gather themselves 
together, and come to thee. As I live, 
saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe 
thee with them all, as with an orna- 
ment, and bind them on thee, as a bride 
doeth, 

19. For thy waste and thy desolate 
places, and the land of thy destruc- 
tion, shall even now be too narrow by 
reason of the inhabitants, and they that 
swallowed thee up shall be far away. 

20. The children which thou shalt 
have, after thou hast lost the other, 
shall say again in thine ears, The place 
is too strait for me : give place to me 
that I may dwell. 

21. Then shalt thou say in thine 
heart, Who hath begotten me these ? 



The Spirit, 

Matt. xx. IT. And Jesus going up 
to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples 
apart in the way, and said unto them, 

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God of Abraham thy father : fear not, 
for I am with thee, and will bless thee, 
and multiply thy seed for my servant 
Abraham's sake. 

25. And he builded an altar there, 
and called upon the name of the Lord, 
and pitched his tent there: and there 
Isaac's servants digged a well. 

Note. 

Abraham had set up or planted in 
Beer-sheba a tree of witness, that he had 
dug that well. 

In like manner God had given to Ju- 
dah a strong mass of testimony that 
Jesus was the Christ. First in the pro- 
phetic promise, "The sceptre shall not 
depart from Judah," &c, and then, that 
David should have a " light in Jerusa- 
lem," and the throne should be esta- 
blished in his house for ever ; that a rod 
should arise from the stem of Jesse, and 
a branch should grow o-ut of his roots, 
"which should stand for an ensign of 
the people, and to him should the ga- 
thering of the people be ;" also, David 
by the Holy Ghost testified concerning 
him; and, again, the hosannahs of the 
children in Jerusalem when he entered 
as King of Zion ; also, Pilate in the in- 
scription of the cross; and, finally, the 
resurrection from the dead, in accord- 
ance with the promise, " Thou wilt not 
leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou 
suffer thine Holy One to see corrup- 
tion," 



and the Son of man shall be betrayed 
unto the chief priests, and unto the 
scribes, and they shall condemn him to* 
death, 

19. And shall deliver him to the 
Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and 
to crucify him : and the third day he 
shall rise again. 

Mark xi. 9. And they that went 
before, and they that followed, cried r 
saying, Hosanna : Blessed is he that 
cometh in the name of the Lord. 

10. Blessed be the kingdom of our 
father David, that cometh in the name 
of the Lord : Hosanna in the highest. 

xii. 35. And Jesus answered and 
said, while he taught in the temple, 
How say the scribes that Christ is the 
son of David ? 

36. For David himself said by the 
Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my 
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I 
make thine enemies thy footstool. 

37. David therefore himself calleth 
him Lord ; and whence is he then his 
son ? And the common people heard 
him gladly. 

Acts. xiii. 22. And when he had 
removed him, he raised up unto them 
David to be their king : to whom also 
he gave testimony and said, I have- 
found David the son of Jesse, a man 
after mine own heart, which shall fulfil 1 
all my will. 

23. Of this man's seed hath God, 
according to his promise, raised unto* 
Israel a Saviour, Jesus : 

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32. And we declare unto you 
tidings, how that the promise which 
was made unto the fathers, 

33. God hath fulfilled the same unto 
us their children, in that he hath raised 
up Jesus again; as it is also written in 
the second psalm, Thou art my Son^ 
this day have I begotten thee. 

34. And as concerning that he raised 
him up from the dead, now no more to* 
return to corruption, he said on this 
wise, I will give you the sure mercies 
of David, 



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Tie Letter. 

26. Then Abimelech went to him 
from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his 
friends, and Phichol the chief captain of 
his army. 

27. And Isaac said unto them, 
Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye 
hate me, and have sent me away from 
you? 

28. And they said, We saw certainly 
that the Lord was with thee ; and we 
said, Let there be now an oath betwixt 
us, even betwixt us and thee, and let 
us make a covenant with thee : 

29. That thou wilt do us no hurt, as 
we have not touched thee, and as we 
have done unto thee nothing but good, 
and have sent thee away in peace : thou 
art now the blessed of the Lord. 



35. Wherefore he saith also in an- 
other psalm, Thou shaltnot suffer thine 
Holy One to see corruption. 



The Spirit. 



Note. 

"Were it not that Isaac testifies to 
these rulers of the land, that they hated 
him, and had sent him from them, we 
might imagine that this show of homage 
and profession of friendship was real, 
and that these men were innocent of 
any ill will or ill treatment toward him. 

How characteristic is this of the hy- 
pocritical Jews, and of their mockery of 
their Lord and King. The woe which 
Jesus pronounced, and the only woe 
during his pilgrimage, was upon the 
Scribes and Pharisees, that made clean 
the outside of the platter, but within 
were full of extortion and excess, — the 
"whited sepulchres" that appeared 
beautiful outwardly, but within were 
full of dead men's bones. 



Matt. xxvi. 3. Then assembled to- 
gether the chief priests, and the scribes, 
and the elders of the people, unto the 
palace of the high priest, who was 
called Caiaphas, 

4. And consulted that they might 
take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 

5. But they said, Not on the feast- 
day, lest there be an uproar among the 
people. 

xxvi. 55. In that same hour said Jesus 
to the multitudes, Are ye come out as 
against a thief with swords and staves 
for to take me? I sat daily with you 
teaching in the temple, and ye laid no 
hold on me. 

56. But all this was done, that the 
scriptures of the prophets might be ful- 
filled. 

xxvii. 28. And they stripped him, and 
put on him a scarlet robe. 

29. And when they had platted a 
crown of thorns, they put it upon his 
head, and a reed in his right hand : and 
they bowed the knee before him, and 
mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the 
Jews! 
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39. And they that passed by, reviled 
him, wagging their heads, 

40. And saying, Thou that destroy- 
est the temple, and buildest it in three 
days, save thyself. If thou be the Son 
of God, come down from the cross. 

41. Likewise also the chief priests 
mocking him, with the scribes and el- 
ders, said, 

42. He saved others; himself he 
cannot save. If he be the King of the 
Jews let him now come down from the 
cross, and we will believe him. 

43. He trusted in God ; let him de- 
liver him now if he will have him : for 
he said, I am the Son of God. 

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The Letter, 

30. And he made them a feast, and 
they did eat and drink. 

31. And they rose up betimes in the 
morning, and sware one to another: 
and Isaac sent them away, and they 
departed from him in peace. 

32. And it came to pass the same 
day, that Isaac's servants came and 
told him concerning the well which 
they had digged, and said unto him, 
We have found water. 

33. And he called it Shebah : there- 
fore the name of the city is Beer-sheba 
unto this day. 

Note. 
Jesus was " made under the law," and 
was careful to fulfil all righteousness — 
all that pertained to the institutions of 
his own kingdom, and also to that which 
was just about to be abolished. The 
last Jewish rite observed by him was 
the Passover. This feast of the Jews 
was the closing act of his connection 
with that people ; " the handwriting of 
ordinances," or promissory note of Je- 
hovah, was then "taken out of the 
way, being nailed to the cross," and 
his covenant with that people as a na- 
tion, was henceforth dissolved. " Shi- 
loh" had come to assume the " sceptre" 
of his father David, while the " children 
of the kingdom" or " natural branches" 
of the olive were cast out. The tribe of 
Judah were no more a people, but were 
to be scattered among every nation un 
der heaven, as the ten tribes of Israel 
had been. Yet "had not God cast 
away his people which he foreknew ;" 
and in this typical history, particularly 
the last interview between Isaac and 
the rulers of the land, is this fact brought 



scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for 
ye are like unto whited sepulchres, 
which indeed appear beautiful outward, 
but are within full of dead men's bones, 
and of all uncleanness. 

28. Even so ye also outwardly ap- 
pear righteous unto men, but within 
ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 



The Spirit. 

Rom. xi. 1. I say then, Hath God 
cast away his people? God forbid. 
For I also am an Israelite, of the seed 
of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 

2. God hath not cast away his people 
which he foreknew. Wot ye not what 
the scripture saith of Elias? how he 
maketh intercession to God against 
Israel, saying, 

3. Lord, they have killed thy pro- 
phets, and digged down thine altars; 
and I am left alone, and they seek my 
life? 

4. But what saith the answer of God 
unto him? I have reserved to myself 
seven thousand men, who have not 
bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 

5. Even so then at this present time 
also there is a remnant according to 
the election of grace. 

***** 

23. And they also, if they abide not 
still in unbelief, shall be graffed in : for 
God is able to graffthem in again. 

24. For if thou wert cut out of the 
olive tree which is wild by nature, and 
wert graffed contrary to nature into a 
good olive tree ; how much more shall 
these, which be the natural branches, be 
graffed into their own olive tree ? 

25. For I would not, brethren, that 
ye should be ignorant of this mystery, 
(lest ye should be wise in your own 
conceits,) that blindness in part is hap- 
pened to Israel, until the fulness of the 
Gentiles be come in. 

26. And so all Israel shall be saved : 
as it is written, There shall come out 
of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn 
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to view. The covenant still held good 
to the " heirs" — " the remnant according 
to the election of grace." These would 
yet be called unto their own olive tree, 
to stand by faith together with their 
Gentile brethren; thus should be fulfilled 
the promise — * * "they shall all 



The Letter. 

THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES. 

Ezk. xxxvii. 1. The hand of the 
Lord was upon me, and carried me out 
in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me 
down in the midst of the valley which 
was full of bones, 

2. And caused me to pass by them 
round about: and behold, there were 
very many in the open valley ; and lo, 
they were very dry. 

3. And he said unto me, Son of man, 
can these bones live ? and I answered, 
O Lord God, thou knowest. 

4. Again he said unto me, Prophesy 
upon these bones, and say unto them, 
O ye dry bones, hear the word of the 
Lord. 

5. Thus saith the Lord God unto 
these bones ; Behold, I will cause breath 
to enter into you, and ye shall live : 

6. And I will lay sinews upon you, 
and will bring up flesh upon you, ana 
cover you with skin, and put breath in 
you, and ye shall live; and ye shall 
know that I am the Lord. 

7. So I prophesied as I was com- 
manded : and as I prophesied, there was 
a noise, and behold a shaking, and the 
bones came together, bone to his bone. 

8. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews 
and the flesh came up upon them, and 
the skin covered them above: but 
there was no breath in them. 

9. Then said he unto me, Prophesy 
unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, 
and say to the wind, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; Come from the four winds, 
O breath, and breathe upon these 
slain, that they may live. 

10. So I prophesied as he command- 
ed me, and the breath came into them, 



27. For this is my covenant unto 
them, when I shall take away their 
sins. 

have one shepherd, and David, my ser- 
vant, shall be king over them." Ezk. 
xxxvii. 



TJie Spirit. 

"the election of grace;" or, all 
"Israel" to be saved. 
Rom. xi. 1. I say then, Hath God 
cast away his people % God forbid. 
For I also am an Israelite, of the seed 
of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 

2. God hath not cast away his peo- 
ple which he foreknew. Wot ye not 
what the scripture saith of Elias % how 
he maketh intercession to God against 
Israel, saying, 

3. Lord, they have killed thy pro- 
phets, and digged down thine altars; 
and I am left alone, and they seek my 
life? 

4. But what saith the answer of 
God unto him? I have reserved to 
myself seven thousand men, who have 
not bowed the knee to the image of 
Baal. 

5. Even so then at this present time 
also there is a remnant according to the 
election of grace. 

6. And if by grace, then is it no 
more of works : otherwise grace is no 
more grace. But if it be of works, 
then is it no more grace : otherwise 
work is no more work. 

7. What then ? Israel hath not ob- 
tained that which he seeketh for ; but 
the election hath obtained it : and the 
rest were blinded, 

8. (According as it is written, God 
hath given them the spirit of slumber, 
eyes that they should not see, and ears 
that they should not hear,) unto this 
day. 

9. And David saith, Let their table 
be made a snare, and a trap, and a 
stumbling block, and a recompense unto 
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and they lived, and stood up upon 
their feet, an exceeding great army. 

11. Then he said unto me, Son of 
man, these bones are the whole house 
of Israel : behold, they say, Our bones 
are dried, and our hope is lost : we are 
cut off for our parts. 

12. Therefore prophesy and say unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
hold, O my people, I will open your 
graves, and cause you to come up out 
of your graves, and bring you into the 
land of Israel. 

13. And ye shall know that I am the 
Lord, when I have opened your graves, 
O my people, and brought you up out 
of your graves, 

14. And shall put my Spirit in you, 
and ye shall live ; and I shall place you 
in your own land : then shall ye know 
that I the Lord have spoken it, and per- 
formed it, saith the Lord. 

15. The word of the Lord came 
again unto me, saying, 

JEWS AND GENTILES 

Ezk. xxxvii. 16. Moreover, thou 
son of man, take thee one stick, and 
write upon it, For Judah, and for the 
children of Israel his companions : 
then take another stick, and write 
upon it, For Joseph, the stick of 
Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel 
his companions : 

17. And join them one to another 
into one stick ; and they shall become 
one in thine hand. 

18. And when the children of thy 
people shall speak unto thee, saying, 
Wilt thou not show us what thou 
meanest by these ? 

19. Say unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord God; Behold, I will take the 
stick of Joseph, which is in the hand 
of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his 
fellows, and will put them with him, 
even with the stick of Judah, and make 
them one stick, and they shall be one 
in my hand. 

20. And the sticks whereon thou 



10. Let their eyes be darkened, that 
they may not see, and bow down their 
back alway. 

11. I say then, Have they stumbled 
that they should fall 1 God forbid : but 
rather through their fall salvation is 
come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke 
them to jealousy. 

12. Now, if the fall of them be the 
riches of the world, and the diminish- 
ing of them the riches of the Gentiles ; 
how much more their fulness ? 

13. Fori speak to you Gentiles, in- 
asmuch as I am the apostle of the Gen- 
tiles, I magnify mine office : 

14. If by any means I may pro- 
voke to emulation them which are 
my flesh, and might save some of 
them. 

15. For if the casting away of them 
be the reconciling of the world, what 
shall the receiving of them be, but life 
from the dead ? 



UNITED IN THE GOSPEL-FOLD. 

Rom. xi. 16. For if the first fruit be 
holy, the lump is also holy : and if the 
root be holy, so are the branches. 

17. And if some of the branches be 
broken off, and thou, being a wild olive 
tree, wert grafted in among them, and 
with them partakest of the root and 
fatness of the olive tree; 

18. Boast not against the branches. 
But if thou boast, thou bearest not the 
root, but the root thee. 

19. Thou wilt say then, The branch- 
es were broken off, that I might be 
grafted in. 

20. Well ; because of unbelief they 
were broken off, and thou standest by 
faith. Be not high-minded, but fear : 

21. For if God spared not the natu- 
ral branches, take heed lest he also spare 
not thee. 

22. Behold, therefore, the goodness 
and severity of God: on them which 
fell, severity ; but toward thee, good- 
ness, if thou continue in Tits goodness: 
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writest shall be in thy hand before 
their eyes. 

21. And say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord God ; Behold, I will take the 
children of Israel from among the hea- 
then, whither they be gone, and will 
gather them on every side, and bring 
them into their own land : 

22. And I will make them one na- 
tion in the land upon the mountains 
of Israel ; and one king shall be king 
to them all : and they shall be no more 
two nations, neither shall they be di- 
vided into two kingdoms any more at 
all. 

23. Neither shall they defile them- 
selves any more with their idols, nor 
with their detestable things, nor with 
any of their transgressions : but I will 
save them out of all their dwelling- 

. places, wherein they have sinned, and 
will cleanse them : so shall they be my 
people, and I will be their God. 

24. And David my servant shall be 
king over them ; and they all shall 
have one shepherd: they shall also 
walk in my judgments, and observe 
my statutes, and do them. 

25. And they shall dwell in the land 
that I have given unto Jacob my ser- 
vant, wherein your fathers have dwelt, 
and they shall dwell therein, even they, 
and their children, and their children's 
children for ever : and my servant Da- 
vid shall be their prince for ever. 

26. Moreover, I will make a cove- 
nant of peace with them ; it shall be an 
everlasting covenant with them : and 
I will place them, and multiply them, 
and will set my sanctuary in the midst 
of them for evermore. 

27. My tabernacle also shall be with 
them: yea, I will be their God, and 
they shall be my people. 

28. And the heathen shall know that 
I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my 
sanctuary shall be in the midst of them 
for evermore. 

Gen. xlix. 10. The sceptre shall not 
depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from 
between his feet, until Shiloh come: 



23. And they also, if they abide not 
still in unbelief, shall be graffed in : for 
God is able to graff them in again. 

24. For if thou wert cut out of the 
olive tree which is wild by nature, and 
wert graffed contrary to nature into a 
good olive tree : how much more shall 
these, which be the natural branches, 
be graffed into their own olive tree ? 

25. For I would not, brethren, that 
ye should be ignorant of this mystery, 
lest ye should be wise in your own 
conceits : that blindness in part is hap- 
pened to Israel, until the fulness of the 
Gentiles be come in. 

26. And so all Israel shall be saved: 
as it is written, There shall come out of 
Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away 
ungodliness from Jacob : 

27. For this is my covenant unto 
them, when I shall take away their 
sins. 

28. As concerning the gospel, they 
are enemies for your sakes: but as 
touching the election, they are beloved 
for the fathers' sakes. 

29. For the gifts and calling of God 
are without repentance. 

30. For as ye in times past have not 
believed God, yet have now obtained 
mercy through their unbelief; 

31. Even so have these also now not 
believed, that through your mercy they 
also may obtain mercy. 

32. For God hath concluded them all 
in unbelief, that he might have mercy 
upon all. 

33. O the depth of the riches both 
of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! 
how unsearchable are his judgments, 
and his ways past finding out : 

34. For who hath known the mind 
of the Lord 1 ? or who hath been his 
counsellor ? 

35. Or who hath first given to him, 
and it shall be recompensed unto him 
again"? 

36. For of him, and through him, 
and to him are all things: to whom be 
glory for ever. Amen. 



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and unto him shall the gathering of the 
people be. 

Jer. xxx. 21. And their nobles 
shall be of themselves, and their go- 
vernor shall proceed from the midst 
of them. 

Note. 

Before leaving the subject of the cast- 
ing off of Judah at the coming of Shiloh, 
it is necessary that we take a full and 
connected view of the whole, particu- 
larly as including the last mentioned 
idea, — or the covenant-promise which 
yet remained to the "remnant accord- 
ing to the election of grace." 

In order to obtain a correct under- 
standing of the matter, we must ex- 
amine and compare the Scriptures 
which have obvious reference to it. 
Particularly the 37 th chapter of Ezekiel 
should be compared with the 11th chap- 
ter of Romans, as neither can be rightly 
understood without the other. "We 
have therefore given these chapters a 
parallel position, that their mutual 
bearing may be the better seen. 

By the "whole house of Israel" in 
Ezekiel's vision, is doubtless meant the 
whole elect of God, — the heirs of pro- 
mise through faith ; for " they are not 
all Israel that are of Israel," but " the 
children of promise are counted for the 
seed." 

The condition of this people, as dry 
bones in the valley, represents the chosen 
people of God, the whole family of the 
redeemed, — as the gospel, or ministra- 
tion of the Spirit, finds them; — both 
Jew and Gentile, " all under sin." " For 
the scripture, foreseeing that God would 
justify the heathen through faith, preach- 
ed before the gospel unto Abraham, 
saying, In thee shall all nations be 
blessed." " So then they which be of 
faith are blessed with faithful Abra- 
ham." Gal. iii 8, 9. But " the promise that 
he should be the heir of the world, was not 
to Abraham or to his seed through the 
law, but through the righteousness of 
faith. And it is of faith, that it might 
be of grace, to the end that the promise 
might be to all the seed, — not to that only 
which is of the law, (or the Jews,) but to 
that which is of the faith of Abraham, 



Eph. i. 9. Having made known unto 
us the mystery of his will, according to 
his good pleasure, which he hath pur- 
posed in himself: 

10. That in the dispensation of the 
fulness of times, he might gather to- 
gether in one all things in Christ, both 
which are in heaven, and which are on 
earth, even in him. 

John x. 16. And other sheep I 
have, which are not of this fold : them 
also I must bring, and they shall hear 
my voice ; and there shall be one fold, 
and one shepherd. 

Acts ii. 36. Therefore let all the 
house of Israel know assuredly, that 
God hath made that same Jesus, whom 
ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. 

37. Now when they heard this, they 
were pricked in their heart, and said 
unto Peter, and to the rest of the apos-. 
ties, Men and brethren, what shall we 
do? 

38. Then Peter said unto them, Re- 
pent, and be baptized every one of you 
in the name of Jesus Christ for the re- 
mission of sins, and ye shall receive 
the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

39. For the promise is unto you, 
and to your children, and to all that 
are afar off, even as many as the Lord 
our God shall call. 

40. And with many other words 
did he testify and exhort, saying, Save 
yourselves from this untoward genera- 
tion. 

41. Then they that gladly received 
his word were baptized : and the same 
day there were added unto them about 
three thousand souls. 



who is the father of us all." Rom. iv. 
13-18. From this passage it plainly 
appears that it was the whole house- 
hold of faith, whether Jews or Gentiles, 
that were intended by the whole house 
of Israel in the vision ; and not the old- 
covenant people of God, or national 
Israel. 

The preaching of the prophet to these 
dry bones, represents the gospel procla- 



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mation to sinners dead in trespasses and 
sins. " For it hath pleased God by the 
foolishness of preaching to save them 
that believe." 

In the 16th verse of the chapter, the 
Lord, under the figure of two sticks, 
shows his purpose of uniting in one, the 
two houses of Israel. The first of these 
sticks was " Judah, with Israel his com • 
panions ;" by which was doubtless meant 
the Jews, who were the natural progeni- 
tors of Christ. The other stick was Jo- 
seph or Ephraim, which has allusion to 
the spiritual blessings of the new cove- 
nant, by which the Gentiles were ad- 
mitted to the privileges of the gospel. 
These two sticks were united in one, to 
show that the grace which raised the 
dry bones to life, would bring them to- 
gether into one body, out of every kin- 
dred, nation and people. 

Then follows the promise of new- 
covenant mercies, which should rest 
upon them, when planted upon "the 
mountains of Israel," — or gathered as 
the sheep of Christ to the gospel fold, 
according to his own promise in the 
10th chapter of John: "Other sheep I 
have, which are not of this fold ; them 
also must I bring, that there may be 
one fold and one shepherd." 

In the 24th verse of the 37th chapter 
of Ezekiel, this same thing is also pro- 
mised : — " One king shall be king to them 
all ;" — " my servant David shall be king 
over them." These words evidently con- 
template the same event with those in 
the lOtih of John ; and also the same 
that is brought to view in the 11th 
chapter of Romans, 25th to 29th verses, 
in which the apostle shows that the na- 
tural branches will be grafted into their 
own olive tree : — not, indeed, by right 
of birth, as they stood by the first cove- 
nant ; but by promise, made sure to all 
who are the true seed of Abraham, by 
faith in Christ: — "For if ye are Christ's, 
then are ye Abraham's seed and heirs 
according to the promise? "And thus all 
Israel shall be saved." 

Concerning this "whole house of Is- 
rael," planted in their own land, gather- 
ed as two flocks to the one gospel fold, — 
or as different branches, to one olive 
tree, God says, " I will make a cove- 



nant of peace with them ; it shall be an 
everlasting covenant with them," &e. * 
* * "And my servant David shall be 
their prince for ever." In these words, 
and much more that is connected with 
them, we see the same covenant which, 
in Gal. iii., is said to be " confirmed of 
God in Christ," — afterwards made over 
by oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ; 
and also, by the same oath, to David 
and his seed for ever. And lastly, it is 
more fully revealed in the 31st chapter 
of Jeremiah, as embracing the whole 
house of Israel; — the same people to 
whom it is now, in the 3*7th chapter of 
Ezekiel, again confirmed. 

From this concurrent testimony re- 
specting the people signified by the 
" whole house of Israel," we may deduce 
the following self-evident inferences: 
First, that their heirship is in Christ ; 
that they are Abraham's seed by faith, 
and not by birth ; that the inheritance 
is theirs by promise, and not by the law ; 
that the promise was made to Abraham 
in uncircumcision, and not in circum- 
cision, " that it might be sure to all the 
seed," them that are Gentiles in the 
flesh, as well as them that are Jews ; — 
" not them only which are of the law, but 
to them which are of the faith of Abra- 
ham, who is the father of us all," (be- 
lievers.) 

This being the people who are heirs 
of the covenant, the next question re- 
spects the inheritance. Is it a spiritual, 
or temporal possession to which they 
are heirs, and to which they are jointly 
to be gathered ? First, this inheritance 
is in Christ : " If ye are Christ's, then 
are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs accord- 
ing to the promise." Of course those 
that are not in Christ, have no part nor 
lot in the matter. Next, it is theirs by 
promise ; which is not true of the land 
of Canaan, the promise of this land be- 
ing given exclusively to the Jews, while 
the everlasting covenant was made with 
the "whole house of Israel," Gentiles as 
well as Jews. It was also to be received 
and enjoyed by faith ; but faith has re- 
spect only to things unseen and eternal ; 
" for hope that is seen, is not hope ; for 
what a man sees, why does he yet hope 
for?" — but the land of Canaan was an 



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actual and temporal possession. It was 
" an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, 
and that fadeth not away," reserved in 
heaven for those who have "here no 
continuing city" nor "abiding-place." 
The prophet Ezekiel promises to the 
house of Israel an everlasting covenant : 
" I will place them, and multiply them, 
and will set my sanctuary in the 
midst of them for evermore," saith the 
Lord. 

Again — it is said, " My servant David 
shall reign over them for ever." But 
the kingdom of Christ is not of this 
world : — " the kingdom of heaven is 
within you,'' and " cometh not with ob- 
servation." Lastly, the kingdom or in- 
heritance of which this people are joint 
heirs, is called their own land. " I will 
bring them," says God, " into the land 
which I have given unto their father 
Jacob, wherein your fathers have dwelt." 
But Canaan was never the land of the 
Gentiles — neither did their fathers dwell 
there ; yet the promise is sure to all the 
seed; and can be so only as having re- 
ference to a spiritual possession. 

If these statements and inferences are 
correct, then, when Shiloh came to the 
throne of his kingdom, it was to reign 
over the whole household of faith, who, 
by regeneration, were raised from a 
death in sin, to newness of life in Christ, 
and to all the blessings of the new and 



The Letter. 

34. And Esau was forty years old 
when he took to wife Judith, the 
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and 
Bashemath the daughter of Elon the 
Hittite : 

35. Which were a grief of mind 
unto Isaac and to Rebekah. 

Note. 
The kingdom of heaven being now 
established upon the throne of David 
according to promise, the ark of God, 
the testimony of Israel, is removed from 
the '•* worldly tabernacle " to the spiritual 
temple of lively stones. The " sacrifice 
and the oblation cease " for ever ; while 



everlasting covenant; while all that per- 
tained to the old covenant, and to the 
people of the Jews with whom that co- 
venant stood, was abolished and taken 
out of the way. 

In the 32d and 33d verses of the 26th 
chapter of Genesis — the one we are now 
considering — the servants of Isaac came 
and told him they had found water in 
the well Beer-sheba. This well has been 
mentioned several times. It was in the 
" wilderness of Beer-sheba " that Hagar 
wandered with Ishmael when cast out 
by Abraham, — because the " well of the 
oath" was a wilderness to the children 
of the bondwoman. It was at Beer- 
sheba that Abraham made a covenant 
with Abimelech, and gave him the 
" seven ewe lambs" and planted the tree 
of witness. And it was at Beer-sheba that 
Abraham lived and died : all of which 
alludes to the blessings of the everlasting 
covenant g'ven by oath to Abraham, and 
through him to the men of Judah, to be 
unto all the " heirs of promise," through 
faith. And now, when Shiloh has come 
and the gathering of the people is to 
him, the servants that are sent to preach 
the gospel of the kingdom, find water in 
this well — even the waters of life ; for to 
the " lost sheep of the house of Israel " 
was this salvation sent ; and to them it 
became the wisdom of God and the 
power of God, even to all that believe. 



The Spirit. 

Dan. ix. 27. And he shall confirm 
the covenant with many for one week : 
and in the midst of the week he shall 
cause the sacrifice and the oblation to 
cease, and for the overspreading of 
abominations, he shall make it desolate, 
even until the consummation, and that 
determined shall be poured upon the 
desolate. 

Hos. iii. 4. For the children of 
Israel shall abide many days without 
a king, and without a prince, and with- 
out a sacrifice, and without an image, 
and without an ephod, and without tera- 
phim: 

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" the abomination that maketh desolate 
stands in the holy place," or, where the 
altar of God once stood. From this 
time the people of the old covenant, re- 
presented by the rulers of Gerar, are 
left "without a king, and without a prince, 
and without a sacrifice, and without an 
image, and without an ephod, and with- 
out teraphim." The ritual service of 
the first testament, signified by Esau, 
being extinct, of course, all that divided 
between nominal Israel and the heathen, 
as well as between Jews and Gentiles, 
is broken down ; and the Edomites and 
Hittites become one people. 

This unholy "confederacy," though 
condemned and forbidden by God, had 
virtually taken place, while this rebel- 
lious nation were yet called his people ; 
which of course was " a grief of mind " 
to all true worshippers. 



Israel return, and seek the Lord their 
God, and David their king ; and shall 
fear the Lord and his goodness in the 
latter days. 

Isa. viii. 6. Forasmuch as this peo- 
ple refuseth the waters of Shiloah that 
go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Re- 
maliah's son ; 

7. Now therefore, behold, the Lord 
bringeth up upon them the waters of 
the river, strong and many, even the 
king of Assyria, and all his glory : and 
he shall come up over all his channels, 
and go over all his banks : 

8. And he shall pass through Ju- 
dah; he shall overflow and go over, 
he shall reach even to the neck; and 
the stretching out of his wings shall 
fill the breadth of thy land, O Imma- 
nuel. 

***** 

12. Say ye not, A confederacy, to 
all them to whom this people shall say, 
A confederacy; neither fear ye their 
fear, nor be afraid. 

13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts him- 
self ; and let him be your fear, and lei 
him be your dread. 

14. And he shall be for a sanctuary ; 
but for a stone of stumbling and for a 
rock of offence to both the houses of 
Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

15. And many among them shall 
stumble, and fall, and be broken, and 
be snared, and be taJken. 



CHAPTER XXVIL 



77i6 Letler. 

1. And it came to pass, that when 
Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, 
so that he could not see, he called Esau 
his eldest son, and said unto him, My 
son: and he said unto him, Behold, 
here am I. 

2. And he said, Behold now, I am 
old, I know not the day of my death : 

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The Spirit. 

Heb. viii. 13. In that he saith, A 
new covenant, he hath made the first 
old. Now that which decayeth and 
waxeth old is ready to vanish 
away. 

xi. 1. Now faith is the substance of 
things hoped for, the evidence of things 
not seen. 



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3. Now therefore take, I pray thee, 
thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, 
and go out to the field, and take me 
some venison ; 

4. And make me savory meat, such 
as I love, and bring it to me, that I 
may eat ; that my soul may bless thee 
before I die. 

Kote. 
If, during the "one week" mentioned 
by Daniel, in which "Messiah the 
Prince " should " confirm the covenant 
with many," "the sacrifice and oblation 
should cease," — then, of course, the 
priesthood, which daily offered these 
sacrifices, must also cease. 

The change of priesthood from the 
tribe of Levi and the house of Aaron, to 
the order of Melchisedec and the tribe 
of Judah, is another event intimately 
connected with the change of the first to 
the second testament, and the assump- 
tion of the sceptre and throne by the 
" son of David." 

This change was first typically in- 
timated, when Levi, "who received 
tithes, paid tithes in Abraham ; and he, 
whose descent is not counted from Levi, 
received tithes of Abraham and blessed 
him that had the promises : and with- 
out all contradiction, the less is 
of the greater." Heb. viii. 

The same event was next made known 
to Rebecca, when God said to her of her 
twin sons, " the one shall be stronger 
than the other ; and the elder shall serve 
the younger." And now that "Isaac's 
eyes are dim that he could not see" — 
that he might, like his great anti- 
type, "not judge after the sight of his 
eyes, nor reprove after the hearing of 
his ears," he confirms this prediction ; 
yet in a way which sets aside the claims 
of blood and birth, and is contrary even 
to his own intentions as a man. 

In like manner, Eli the priest of 
Israel, was told by the Lord, that the 
priesthood should be taken from his 
house, and "I will raise me up a 
faithful priest," &c. ; and when Eli's 
eyes were dim that he could not see, he 
also confirmed the decree of God against 
his own sons. " It is the Lord ; let him 
do as seemeth him good." 



2 Cor. iv. 18. While we look not 
at the things which are seen, but at 
the things which are not seen : for the 
things which are seen are temporal ; but 
the things which are not seen are eter- 
nal. 

Rom. ix. 11. (For the children being 
not yet born, neither having done any 
good or evil, that the purpose of God, 
according to election might stand, not 
of works, but of him that calleth,) 

12. It was said unto her, The elder 
shall serve the younger. 

Isa. i. 11. To what purpose is the 
multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? 
saith the Lord : I am full of the burnt- 
offerings of rams, and the fat of fed 
beasts ; and I delight not in the blood 
of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he- 
goats. 

12. When ye come to appear before 
me, who hath required this at your 
hand, to tread my courts ? 

13. Bring no more vain oblations: 
incense is an abomination unto me ; 
the new-moons and sabbaths, the call- 
ing of assemblies, I cannot away with ; 
it is iniquity, even the solemn meet- 
ing. 

14. Your new-moons and your ap- 
pointed feasts my soul hateth: they 
are a trouble unto me; I am weary to 
bear them. 

15. And when ye spread forth your 
hands, I will hide mine eyes from you ; 
yea, when ye make many prayers, I 
will not hear: your hands are full of 
blood. ' 

16. Wash you, make you clean : put 
away the evil of your doings from be- 
fore mine eyes ; cease to do evil ; 

17. Learn to do well; seek judg- 
ment, relieve the oppressed, judge the 
fatherless, plead for the widow. 

18. Come now, and let us reason 
together, saith the Lord : though your 
sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white 
as snow ; though they be red like crim- 
son, they shall be as wool. 

19. If ye be willing and obedient, ye 
shall eat the good of the land : 



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In the 3d chapter of Malachi, God, 
after reproving the sons of Levi for 
their iniquity, calls upon them once 
more, even at the " eleventh hour," 
when the Messenger of the new and 
better covenant is just at the door, — 
"Bring ye all the tithes into the store- 
house, that there may be meat in mine 
house, and prove me now herewith, if I will 
not open you the windows of heaven, and 
pour you out a blessing that there be not 
room enough to contain it." 

In this last call of God upon the sons 
of Levi, at the moment when he is about 
to cast them off for ever, is presented 
the exact counterpart of the call of Isaac 
upon Esau, just as he is about to die, to 
bring in the " savory meat " which he 
loved, that his soul might bless him. 

But, though one more opportunity 
was thus given to that disobedient and 
gainsaying people — one more test of the 
efficacy of the blood of bulls and goats, 
of " burnt-offerings and offerings for 
6in," which their covenant demanded, 
but which they still rendered not, — then 
said Jesus, "Lot I come to do thy will, 
God ; he taketh away the first, that 
he may establish the second." 



20. But if ye refuse and rebel, ye 
shall be devoured with the sword : for 
the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 

1 Sam. ii. 30. Wherefore the Lord 
God of Israel saith, I said indeed that 
thy house, and the house of thy father, 
should walk before me forever: but 
now the Lord saith, Be it far from me ; 
for them that honor me I will honor, 
and they that despise me shall be light- 
ly esteemed. 

$ * * * * 

35. And I will raise me up a faithful 
priest, that shall do according to that 
which is in my heart and in my mind : 
and I will build him a sure house ; and 
he shall walk before mine anointed for 
ever. 

iii. 2. And it came to pass at that 
time, when Eli was lain down in his 
place, and his eyes began to wax dim, 
that he could not see ; 

***** 

17. And he said, What is the thing 
that tlie Lord hath said unto thee ? I 
pray thee hide it not from me : God do 
so to thee, and more also, if thou hide 
any thing from me, of all the things 
that he said unto thee. 

18. And Samuel told him every whit, 
and hid nothing from him. And he 
said, It is the Lord : let him do what 
seemeth him good. 

iv. 15. Now Eli was ninety and 
eight years old; and his eyes were 
dim, that he could not see, &c, to the 
23d. 

Mal. iii. 7. Even from the days of 
your fathers ye are gone away from 
mine ordinances, and haye not kept 
them. Return unto me, and I will re- 
turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. 
But ye said, Wherein shall we return ? 

8. Will a man rob God? Yet ye 
have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein 
have we robbed thee ? In tithes and 
offerings. 

9. Ye are cursed with a curse : for 
ye have robbed me, even this whole 
nation. 

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The Letter. 

5. And Rebekah heard when Isaac 
spake unto Esau his son : and Esau 
went to the field to hunt for venison, 
and to bring it. 

6. And Rebekah spake unto Jacob 
her son, saying-, Behold, I heard thy 
father speak unto Esau thy brother, 
saying, 

7. Bring me venison, and make me 
savory meat, that I may eat, and bless 
thee before the Lord, before my death. 

8. Now therefore, my son, obey my 
voice, according to that which I com- 
mand thee. 

9. Go now to the flock, and fetch me 
from thence two good kids of the goats; 
and I will make them savory meat for 
thy father, such as he loveth : 

10. And thou shalt bring it to thy 
father, that he may eat, and that he 
may bless thee before his death. 

Note. 

The "oracles of God"— all that testi- 
fied of the coming of the Just One and 
the work he would accomplish, — were 
committed to the church; she, by faith, 
"looked to the end of that which was 
to be abolished," and under all the 
" ordinances of divine service " saw the 
"better things" which they revealed 
and shadowed forth. As a type of the 
church, therefore, Rebekah heard and 
understood the demand of Isaac for the 
"savory meat" to which the blessing 
had been promised ; and she knew how 
to instruct Jacob, who had been chosen 
and appointed by God to the place and 
the inheritance of Esau, into all which 
that place or office required, and all 
which that inheritance signified; she 
knew that the true sacrifice, " of sweet- 



storehouse, that there may be meat in 
mine house; and prove me now here- 
with, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will 
not open you the windows of heaven, 
and pour you out a blessing, that there 
shall not be room enough to receive it. 



The Spirit. 

1 Pet. i. 10. Of which salvation the 
prophets have inquired and searched 
diligently, who prophesied of the grace 
that should come unto you : 

11. Searching what, or what manner 
of time the Spirit of Christ which was 
in them did signify, when it testified be- 
forehand the sufferings of Christ, and 
the glory that should follow. 

12. Uato whom it was revealed, that 
not unto themselves, but unto us they 
did minister the things which are now 
reported unto you by them that have 
preached the gospel unto you, with the 
Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; 
which things the angels desire to look 
into. 

Luke xxiv. 25. Then he said unto 
them, O fools, and slow of heart to 
believe all that the prophets have spo- 
ken! 

26. Ought not Christ to have suf- 
fered these things, and to enter into 
his glory? 

27. And beginning at Moses and all 
the prophets, he expounded unto them 
in all the scriptures the things concern- 
ing himself. 

* * % * * 

44. And he said unto them, These 
are the words which I spake unto 
you, while I was yet with you, that all 
things must be fulfilled which were 
written in the law of Moses, and in the 
prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning 
me. 

45. Then opened he their under- 
standing, that they might understand 
the scriptures, 

46. And said unto them, Thus it is 
written, and thus it behoved Christ to 



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6melling savor," was not to be found in 
the "field" but was to be taken out of 
the fold; it must be one of the "flock" 
and must be "prepared" according to 
all that was "written in the volume of 
the book." 



The Letter. 

11. And Jacob said to Rebekah his 
mother, Behold, Esau my brother is 
a hairy man, and I am a smooth man : 

12. My father perad venture will feel 
me, and I shall seem to him as a de- 
ceiver ; and I shall bring a curse upon 
me, and not a blessing-. 

Note. 

It is here evident that Jacob reasons 
upon the fact that Isaac would not judge 
of his claim to the birthright " after the 
sight of his eyes, or the hearing of his 
ears;" but wholly by the identity of his 
fleshly body with that of Esau ; and 
should he, in this, be found unlike his 
brother, it would at once prove him an 
impostor, and not the person for whom 
the blessing was designed. 

The method adopted by Rebekah, to 
give to Jacob the likeness of Esau, in- 
volves two important ideas, one of 
which is explained by the fact that 



suffer, and to rise from the dead the 
third day. 

Lev. xvi. 5. And he shall take of 
the congregation of the children of 
Israel two kids of the goats for a sin- 
offering, and one ram for a burnt-offer- 
ing. 

6. And Aaron shall offer his bullock 
of the sin-offering which is for himself, 
and make an atonement for himself, 
and for his house. 

7. And he shall take the two goats, 
and present them before the Lord at 
the door of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation. 

8. And Aaron shall cast lots upon 
the two goats ; one lot for the Lord, 
and the other lot for the scape-goat. 

9. And Aaron shall bring the goat 
upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer 
him for a sin-offering. 

10. But the goat on which the lot 
fell to be the scape-goat, shall be pre- 
sented alive before the Lord, to make 
an atonement with him, and to let him 
go for a scape-goat into the wilderness. 



The Spirit 

Heb. x. 1. For the law having a 
shadow of good things to come, and 
not the very image of the things, can 
never with those sacrifices, which they 
offered year by year continually, make 
the comers thereunto perfect : 

2. For then would they not have 
ceased to be offered? because that the 
worshippers once purged should have 
no more conscience of sins. 

3. But in those sacrifices there is a 
remembrance again made of sins every 
year. 

4. For it is not possible that the 
blood of bulls and of goats should take 
away sins. 

5. Wherefore, when he cometh into 
the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offer- 
ing thou wouldest not, but a body hast 
thou prepared me : 

6. In burnt-offerings and sacrifices 
for sin thou hast had no pleasure : 



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"the law had a shadow of good things 
to come, and not the very image of the 
things." The great doctrine of atone- 
ment was shadowed forth by the law as 
described in Lev. xvi. 5-11 ; in which 
the " two kids of the goats" though not 
the " very image" of the Lamb of God, 
which should take away the sins of the 
world, were made typically to represent 
him. And here the same idea is brought 
to view, that the blessing would rest 
only upon him, who should come in " a 
body prepared/or him,'" — the veil of flesh 
which had been typified and predicted 
in " the volume of the booh" and in whom 
should be " fulfilled all that had been 
written of him in the law of Moses and 
in the Psalms." 

Hence it is evident that, though the 
Father had said of the Son, " I have 
made him my First Born, higher than 
the kings of the earth;" "Thou art 
fairer than the children of men, and 
therefore God hath blessed thee for ever;" 
and again, "The Lord hath sworn and 
will not repent ; thou art a priest for 
ever after the order of Melchisedec;" 



The Letter. 

13. And his mother said unto him, 
Upon me be thy curse, my son ; only 
obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 

14. And he went, and fetched, and 
brought them to his mother : and his 
mother made savory meat, such as his 
father loved. 

15. And Rebekah took goodly rai- 
ment of her eldest son Esau, which 
were with her in the house, and put 
them upon Jacob her younger son : 

16. And she put the skins of the 
kids of the goats upon his hands, and 
upon the smooth of his neck : 

17. And she gave the savory meat 
and the bread, which she had prepared, 
into the hand of her son Jacob. 

Note. 

Rebekah, as representing the church, 

in whose hands were the " oracles of 

God," had no fear that aught would 

fail, which had been written concerning 



7. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the 
volume of the book it is written of me) 
to do thy will, O God. 

8. Above, when he said, Sacrifice, 
and offering, and burnt-offerings, and 
offering for sin, thou wouldest not, 
neither hadst pleasure therein ; (which 
are offered by the law ;) 

9. Then said he, Lo, I come to do 
thy will, O God. He taketh away the 
first, that he may establish the second. 

10. By the which will we are sanc- 
tified, through the offering of the body 
of Jesus Christ once for all. 



yet notwithstanding all this testimony 
of his claim to the inheritance, had he, 
after all, appeared otherwise than was 
" written of him" and especially in any 
but a body " made like unto his brethren" 
the "sacrifice of sweet savor" could 
not have been offered, and the curse., 
which he had pledged himself to take 
away from his people, would have re- 
mained upon him, instead of the blessing 
of victory and triumph. 



The Spirit. 

Matt. v. 18. For verily I say unto 
you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot 
or one tittle shall in no wise pass from 
the law, till all be fulfilled. 

Luke xxiv. 44. * * all things must 
be fulfilled which were written in the 
law of Moses, and in the prophets, and 
in the psalms, concerning me. 

Luke xxi. 22. * * that all things 
which are written may be fulfilled. 

Heb. ii. 14. Forasmuch then as the 
children are partakers of flesh and 
blood, he also himself likewise took 
part of the same ; that through death 
he might destroy him that had the 
power of death, that is, the devil ; 

15. And deliver them, who, through 
fear of death, were all their life-time 
subject to bondage. 

16. For verily he took not on him 
the nature of angels ; but he took on 
him the seed of Abraham. 



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this great transaction. She felt confi- 
dent that the " sure mercies of David " 
must needs come to his people in the 
appointed way. That help had been 
laid upon " one that is mighty," "who 
would "not fail nor be discouraged," 
until he had " set judgment in the earth," 
and taken away the reproach (curse) of 
his people, as the mouth of the Lord had 
spoken. 

The human nature of Jesus was re- 
ceived by him from the church. He 
took upon him the "seed of Abraham. 1 ' 
It was from the church that he derived 
the body of flesh which veiled his divi- 
nity, and made him "like unto his bre- 
thren." She was both the cause and the 
instrument of the Son of God's being 
made " a little lower than the angels, for 
the suffering of death." It was this, to 
which all the rites and ceremonies of 
the law pointed, and was the "better 
thing" of which they were the shadoic, 
even as the skins upon Jacob, prepared 
him for a substitute or representative of 
Esau, by -which he might accomplish 
that which Esau could not do. 



17. Wherefore in all things it be- 
hoved him to be made like unto 7iis 
brethren ; that he might be a merciful 
and faithful High Priest in things 'per- 
taining to God, to make reconciliation 
for the sins of the people. 

Phil. ii. 6. Who, being in the form 
of God, thought it not robbery to be 
equal with God : 

7. But made himself of no reputation, 
and took upon him the form of a ser- 
vant, and was made in the likeness of 
men: 

8. And being found in fashion as a 
man, he humbled himself, and became 
obedient unto death, even the death of 
the cross. 

Eph. v. 2. * * as Christ also hath 
loved us, and hath given himself for us 
an offering and a sacrifice to God for a 
sweet-smelling savor. 

Heb. ix. 14. How much more shall 
the blood of Christ, who through the 
eternal Spirit offered himself without 
spot to God, purge your conscience 
from dead works to serve the living 
God? 



The Letter. 

18. And he came unto his father, 
and said, My father : and he said, Here 
am I ; who art thou, my son ? 

19. And Jacob said unto his father, 
I am Esau thy first-born ; I have done j 
according as thou badest me : arise, I ! 
pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, 
that thy soul may bless me. 

[Note. 
We have now seen, both from the na- 
ture of things and from scripture testi- 
mony, that the ultimate design of types 
and shadows was to testify of Christ ; to 
announce him in his offices and work 
as the Redeemer of Zion. The living 
Word was hidden behind the dead let- 
ter ; — the body prepared for him by the 
Father, in which dwelt all the fulness of 
the Godhead, and which was u set up 
from everlasting," cast all the shadows 
and modelled all the types of divine re- 



Tfie Spirit. 

Jer. xxx. 21. * * And I will cause 
him to draw near, and he shall approach 
unto me : for who is this that engaged 
his heart to approach unto me? saith 
the Lord. 

Heb. ix. 24. For Christ is not en- 
tered into the holy places made with 
hands, which are the figures of the true ; 
but into heaven itself, now to appear 
in the presence of God for us. 

Ps. xxiv. 7. Lift up your heads, O 
ye gates : and be ye lift up, ye everlast- 
ing doors ; and the King of glory shall 
come in. 

8. Who is this King of glory? The 
Lord strong and mighty, the Lord 
mighty in battle. 

9. Lift up your heads, O ye gates': 
even lift them up, ye everlasting doors ; 
and the King of glory shall come in. 

10. Who is this King of glory ? The 



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velation. Of course -what is spoken of 
the type, had ultimate reference to the 
thing signified ; and when he stands 
forth to view, in all the authority of in- 
fallible proof, it is to assume his proper 
character, and assert his rightful claim 
to all that had been promised and pre- 
dicted of him under these similitudes. 

It is in such a sense as this that Jacob 
here affirms himself to he Esau, the first- 
born, and that he had done that which 
Isaac required. Of the thing signified, 
therefore, all this was true ; but of the 
letter, it was not true. 

Before Jacob was born, he was in- 
vested by God himself with the rights 
and privileges of the first-born, and con- 
stituted all that lie now claims to be. 
He had subsequently purchased the 
birthright of Esau, who voluntarily se- 
cured it to him by oath. In addition to 
this, he had brought in the "savory 
meat " to which the blessing had been 
promised; and, lastly, having done so, 
he claims the name Esau, which signi- 
fies " he that finishes," which rightly be- 
longed to the son who did his father's 



The Letter, 

20. And Isaac said unto his son, 
How is it thou hast found it so quickly, 
my son % and he said, Because the Lord 
thy God brought it to me. 

Note. 

It was the character of God's ancient 
people — his typical first-born — always 
to promise, but never to perform his will. 
Their language was, " All that the Lord 
hath said we will do ;" but they did it 
not. They said to his command, "I go, 
sir," but they went not. And when his 
long-suffering had waited to see if they 
would obey his will or no, and he at 
length calls upon these his professed 
servants to reckon with them, "because 
they should be no longer stewards," he 
says, "Ye are cursed with a curse, for 
ye have robbed me, even this whole na 
tion." Mai. iii. 

But when, at the end of " that which 
was abolished," Jesus, the chosen and 



Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. 
Selah. 

Rev. v. 6. And I beheld, and lo, in 
the midst of the throne, and of the four 
beasts, and in the midst of the elders 
stood a Lamb as it had been slain, 
having seven horns, and seven eyes, 
which are the seven Spirits of God sent 
forth into all the earth. 



will, and not to him who said, " I go, 
sir," but went not. 

Again, it must be remembered that 
Isaac is acting a typical part in this 
matter as well as Jacob. His demand 
of Esau was like that of God upon the 
priests of Israel, for the tithes due to 
him by their law. Mai. iii. Yet he 
well knew that what the law required 
would be rendered only by another 
priest and a better covenant 

When the High Priest of the true ta- 
bernacle ascended to heaven, it was as 
a "Lamb that had been slain;" yet, as 
the " King of glory," he demands the 
blessing of the Father; who replies, 
Who is this King of glory 1 



The Spirit 

Isa. xlii. 1. Behold my servant, 

whom I uphold ; mine elect, in whom 

my soul delighteth; I have put my 

Spirit upon him: he shall bring forth 

judgment to the Gentiles. 
# * * % # 

4. He shall not fail nor be discou- 
raged, till he have set judgment in the 
earth : and the isles shall wait for his 
law. 

xlix. 1. The Lord hath called me 
from the womb ; from the bowels of 
my mother bath he made mention of 
my name. 

2. And he hath made my mouth like 
a sharp sword ; in the shadow of his 
hand hath he hid me, and made me a 
polished shaft; in his quiver hath he 
hid me ; 

3. And said unto me, Thou art my 
servant, O Israel, in whom I will be 
glorified. 



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elect servant, in whom he delighted, and 
whom he had made his First-Born, and a 
High Priest for ever, comes to do his 
will, he sajs, "How am I straitened till 
it is accomplished !" He rested not from 
his work until he had finished trans- 
gression, made an end of sins, made re- 
conciliation for iniquity, and brought in 
everlasting righteousness, — the "savory 
meat " which the law demanded. Sure- 
ly then he proved himself to be the 
Esau — " the finisher," to whom the law 
looked for satisfaction, and to whom the 
blessing of right belonged. 

In his mediatorial work, as the ser- 
vant of the covenant, the Son of God 
had the promise of the Father, that he 
would strengthen and uphold him with 
the right hand of his righteousness. And 
the unbelieving Jews, while they re- 
jected him as the Messiah, were at a loss 
how to account for the mighty works 
which showed themselves forth in him. 

In addition to all this, if there yet re- 
mains anything inconsistent or unex- 



The Letter. 

21. And Isaac said unto Jaocb, Come 
near, i pray thee, that I may feel thee, 
my son, whether thou be my very son 
Esau or not. 

22. And Jacob went near unto Isaac 
his father ; and he felt him, and said, 
The voice is Jacob's voice, but the 
hands are the hands of Esau. 

23. And he discerned him not, be- 
cause his hands were hairy, as his bro- 
ther Esau's hands : so he blessed him. 

jSote. 

Again we perceive the fact that it was 
the tangible body of Jacob, made like 
unto Esau's body, which determined the 
question whether he was the first-born 
and heir to the inheritance. And no- 
thing short of the same test, would have 
identified Jesus, the Son of man, to be 
the Christ, the Son of God, who was to 
come into the world. Had he not in all 
points, answered to the types and sha- 
dowy representation 1 ! of the law, which 
were the " figures of the true ;" — had not 



xli. 10. Fear thou not; for I am 
with thee : be not dismayed ; for I am 
thy God : I will strengthen thee ; yea, 
I will help thee ; yea, I will uphold thee 
with the right hand of my righteous- 
ness. 

John iii. 2. * * for no man can do 
these miracles that thou doest, except 
God be with him. 



plained in regard to the type, it should 
be remembered, that in the antitype 
also, in regard to the Son of God, mani- 
fest in flesh, there is a mystery so utter- 
ly inexplicable to mere human compre- 
hension, that nothing could give full 
satisfaction respecting it but an imme- 
diate revelation from heaven, such as 
was made to Peter, when Jesus put the 
question, " Whom say ye that I am ? 
And Simon Peter answered and said, 
Thou art the Christ, the Son of the 
living God." 



The Spirit. 

Heb. ix. 6. Now when these things 
were thus ordained, the priests went 
always into the first tabernacle, accom- 
plishing the service of God : 

7. But into the second went the high 
priest alone once every year, not 
without blood, which he offered for 
himself, and for the errors of the peo- 
ple: 

8. The Holy Ghost this signifying, 
that the w T ay into the holiest of all was 
not yet made manifest, while as the first 
tabernacle was yet standing : 

9. Which was a figure for the time 
then present, in which were offered 
both gifts and sacrifices, that could not 
make him that did the service perfect, 
as pertaining to the conscience ; 

10. Which stood only in meats and 
drinks, and divers washings and carnal 
ordinances, imposed on them until the 
time of reformation. 

11. But Christ being come a high 
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all that had been promised to the fathers, 
and written in the prophets concerning 
him, been fully accomplished, botli in his 
person and work, there would have been 
no proof of his being the Messiah. 

It was for this reason, that Jesus con- 
tinually directs the attention of his dis- 
ciples to the Scriptures, as testifying of 
him. And when he had risen from the 
dead, and finished the work given him 
to do, he reproves them for being so slow 
of heart to believe all that the Scriptures 
testified, and for not seeing how all had 
been fulfilled in himself. The apostle 
Paul also labors to instruct the Hebrews 
into the true meaning and design of their 
own ceremonial institutions, and ex- 
presses much surprise, both to them and 
to the G-alatians, that they did not see 
and understand the great things of the 
kingdom of Christ, not only in the ritual 
service, but in the typical history of the 
Old Testament. 

In the passage before us, it seems that 
the fact of its being Jacob's voice united 
with Esau's body, did not prevent his 
being acknowledged as the heir. So 



greater and more perfect tabernacle, 
not made with hands, that is to say, 
not of this building ; 

12. Neither by the blood of goats 
and calves, but by his own blood, he 
entered in once into the holy place, 
having obtained eternal redemption 
for us. 

# * # # * 

23. It was therefore necessary that 
the patterns of things in the heavens 
should be purified with these ; but the 
heavenly things themselves with better 
sacrifices than these. 

24. For Christ is not entered into 
the holy places made with hands, which 
are the figures of the true ; but into 
heaven itself, now to appear in the 
presence of God for us. 



The Letter. 

24. And he said, Art thou my very 
son Esau 1 And he said, I am. 

25. And he said, Bring it near to 
me, and I will eat of my son's venison, 
that my soul may bless thee. And he 
brought it near to him, and he did eat : 
and he brought him wine, and he 
drank. 

Note. 
When, at the baptism of Jesus, the 
voice from heaven testified of him, who 
was apparently no other than a mere 
man, — " This is my beloved Son, in whom 
I am well pleased," — did it not require 
all the corroborating proofs which were 
given of him, to confirm this testimony? 
So also the Messiahship of Jesus of Naza- 
reth must be attested by many infallible 
proofs. The body prepared for him, 
was the theme of promise and prophecy 
from the garden of Eden, to the manger 
in Bethlehem, and the cross in Jerusa- 
lem. Its appearance in the world, was 



the divine nature of Jesus appeared in 
all the gracious words which he spake ; 
but this was an additional testimony to 
his being the Christ. 



The Spirit. 

John viii. 14. * * Jesus answered 
and said unto them, Though I bear 
record of myself, yet my record is 
true, &c. 

Matt. xvi. 15. He saith unto them, 
But whom say ye that I am 1 

16. And Simon Peter answered and 
said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of 
the living God. 

17. And Jesus answered and said 
unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar- 
jona : for flesh and blood hath not re- 
vealed it unto thee, but my Father 
which is in heaven. 

Rom. i. 2. (Which he had promised 
afore by his prophets in the holy scrip- 
tures.) 

3. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord, which was made of the seed 
of David according to the flesh ; 

4. And declared to be the Son of 
God with power, according to the Spirit 



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according to "the fulness of time," as 
predicted from the beginning. "While 
seen of men, it was the subject of wonder 
and speculation ; and, at a point of time, 
so precise as to be measured by days and 
even hours, this body was offered up a 
sacrifice. But though the fire of the Al- 
mighty drank up and consumed the holy 
soul which dwelt in it, the flesh and 
blood became meat and drink, the "bread 
and wine " of the kingdom, which should 
give life unto the world. 

All these things, every "jot and tittle" 
of them, were settled and appointed by 
the determinate counsel and foreknow- 
ledge of God, written "in the volume of 
the book," and exactly fulfilled, even to 
the letter, in the life and death of the Son 
of God. 

To the superficial reader, it may seem 
inconsistent to represent God, in this 
figure, as eating and drinking the sacri- 
fice of the Son. But this figure is cho" 
sen by God, and must be consistent 
with itself. In Mai. iii., God calls upon 
Israel to bring to his house' the savory 
meat required by the law ; — meat sea- 
soned with the " salt of the covenant" 
the grace of faith. Such meat they 
never did and never would bring, and 
he repeatedly tells them he would accept 
no other. In the 50th Psalm he says, 
" Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink 
the blood of goats?" Having himself 
adopted this figure, how could he more 
suitably and consistently express his ac- 
ceptance of the true sacrifice which he 
himself had provided and sanctified, 
than in the satisfaction signified in the 
words of this 25th verse ? 

This figure also has respect to the 
words of Christ at the last supper, 
"But I say unto you, I will not drink, 



The Letter. 

26. And his father Isaac said unto 
him, Come near now, and kiss me, my 
son. 

27. And he came near, and kissed 
bin : and he smelled the smell of his 
raiment, and blessed him, and said, 
See, the smell of my son is as the 



of holiness, by the resurrection from the 
dead. 

Acts xiii. 32. And we declare unto 
you glad tidings, how that the promise 
which was made unto the fathers, 

33. God hath fulfilled the same unto 
us their children, in that he hath raised 
up Jesus again ; as is also written in 
the second psalm, Thou art my Son, 
this day have I begotten thee. 

34. And as concerning that he raised 
him up from the dead, now no more to 
return to corruption, he said on this 
wise, I will give you the sure mercies 
of David. 

Matt. iii. 16. And Jesus, when he 
was baptized, went up straightway out 
of the water: and lo, the heavens were 
opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit 
of God descending like a dove, and 
lighting upon him : 

17. And lo, a voice from heaven, 
saying, This is my beloved Son, in 
whom I am well pleased. 

Heb. viii. 20. And inasmuch as not 
without an oath he was made priest, 
&c. 

Ps. 1. 12. If I were hungry, I would 
not tell thee : for the world is mine, 
and the fulness thereof. 

13. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or 
drink the blood of coats? 



henceforth, of this fruit of the vine, un- 
til that day when I shall drink it anew 
with you in my Father's kingdom." 
Compare the circumstances of the figure 
with those of this passage, and we shall 
see an evident coincidence between 
them. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lxxxv. 10. Mercy and truth are 
met together ; righteousness and peace 
have kissed each other. 

11. Truth shall spring out of the 
earth ; and righteousness shall look 
down from heaven. 

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smell of a field which the Lord hath 
blessed. 

Note. 

By reason of Adam's transgression, 
the ground was cursed for his sake, — 
even the whole mass of the dust of the 
earth, out of which he had been taken, 
and of which all his posterity were to 
be formed after his image and likeness. 
This curse, the " seed of the woman " 
pledged himself in the covenant of grace 
to bear in behalf of his people, that they 
might be made the righteousness of God 
in him. This pledge, with its fulfilment, 
was continually exhibited by types and 
shadows until it was fully redeemed by 
Christ upon the cross. Especially was 
it seen in the sacrifice of Noah after the 
flood, and the blessing which followed. 
The death, burial, and resurrection of 
the Son of God, by which the c 
should be removed, had been repre- 
sented by the flood, and then followed 
the blessing as recorded in Gen. viii. 21, 
22. In the words of Isaac to Jacob, in 
the 27th verse of this chapter, we find 
the same idea presented. The accept- 
able sacrifice of a perfect righteousness, 
had been typically brought in, by whish 
the curse was taken away from the 
church, mystically represented by the 
body of flesh, or garments of Esau, which 
were worn by Jacob; whereby this as- 
sumed raiment was rendered like the 
"smell of afield" which the Lord had 
blessed. And thus was fulfilled the 
words of Paul, in Heb. x., where he 
speaks of "a new and living way, con- 
secrated for us through the vail, that is 
to say, his flesh ;" by which we may 
draw nigh with boldness to a throne of 
grace, in full assurance of faith. 



pleased for his righteousness' sake ; he 
will magnify the law, and make it 
honorable. 

Rom. iii. 21. But now the right- 
eousness of God without the law is 
manifested, being witnessed by the law 
and the prophets. 

Heb. x. 17. And their sins and in- 
iquities will I remember no more. 

18. Now where remission of these 
is, there is no more offering for sin. 

19. Having therefore, brethren, bold- 
ness to enter into the holiest by the 
blood of Jesus, 

20. By a new and living way, which 
he hath consecrated for us, through the 
vail, that is to say, his flesh ; &c. 

Ps. xlv. 8. All thy garments smell 
of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of 
the ivory palaces, whereby they have 
made thee glad. 

Sol. Song, i. 3. Because of the savor 
of thy good ointments thy name is as 
ointment poured forth, therefore do the 
virgins love thee. 

iv. 11. * * and the smell of thy gar- 
ments is like the smell of Lebanon. 

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13. Thy plants are an orchard of 
pomegranates, with pleasant fruits ; 
camphire, with spikenard, 

14. Spikenard and saffron; calamus 
and cinnamon, with all trees of frank- 
incense ; myrrh and aloes, with all the 
chief spices : 

15. A fountain of gardens, a well 
of living waters, and streams from 
Lebanon. 

Gen. viii. 21. And the Lord smelled 
a sweet savor ; and the Lord said in 
his heart, I will not curse the ground 
any more for man's sake ; for the ima- 
gination of man's heart is evil from his 
youth: neither will I again smite any 
more every thing living, as I have done. 

22. While the earth remaineth, seed- 
time and harvest, and cold and heat, 
and summer and winter, and day and 
night, shall not cease. 



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The Letter. 

28. Therefore God give thee of the 
dew of heaven, and the fatness of the 
earth, and plenty of corn and wine : 

29. Let people serve thee, and na- 
tions bow down to thee : be lord over 
thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons 
bow down to thee : cursed be every one 
that curseth thee, and blessed be he 
that blesseth thee. 

jSote. 
This blessing, and the promises in- 
volved in it, have respect to the pros- 
perity of the kingdom of Christ, under 
the gospel or ministration of the Spirit ; 
and accords with the promise of the 
Father to the Son, upon his becoming 
obedient unto the death of the cross. 
The Spirit of truth, the Holy Comforter, 
should be sent down to " convince the 
world of sin, of righteousness, and of 
judgment." Its influence, like that of 
the rain and the dew upon the earth, 
should cause the good seed of the king- 
dom to spring up and flourish like wil- 
lows by the water-courses. The hard 
and impenitent heart, dead in tres- 
passes and sins, should be quickened to 
life and fruitfulness. Its barren soil, 
watered by the river of God, should be 
prepared for the " incorruptible seed ;" 
its ridges should be made soft with 
showers; its furrows settled, and the 
springing of it, blessed. 

Against this divine influence, the 
" children of the wicked one " should 
rage and strive and blaspheme, as the 
seal and witness of their own damna- 
tion. For " on whomsoever this (foun- 
dation) stone shall fall it shall grind 
him to powder." 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xxvi. 19. Thy dead men shall 
live, together with my dead body shall 
they arise. Awake and sing, ye that 
dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the 
dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast 
out the dead. 



5. I will be as the dew unto Israel : 
he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth 
his roots as Lebanon. 

6. His branches shall spread, and his 
beauty shall be as the olive tree, and 
his smell as Lebanon. 

Zech. ix. 17. For how great is Ins 
goodness, and how great is his beauty ! 
corn shall make the young men cheer- 
ful, and new wine the maids. 

Ps. lxxii. 6. He shall come down 
like rain upon the mown grass: as 
showers that water the earth. 

* * * * % 

8. He shall have dominion also from 
sea to sea, and from the river unto the 
ends of the earth. 

9. They that dwell in the wilderness 
shall bow before him ; and his enemies 
shall lick the dust. 

Ps. lxv. 9. Thou visitest the earth, 
and waterest it : thou greatly enrichest 
it with the river of God, which is full of 
water : thou preparest them corn, when 
thou hast so provided for it. 

10. Thou waterest the ridges thereof 
abundantly: thou settlest the furrows 
thereof: thou makest it soft with 
showers: thou blessest the springing 
thereof. 

11. Thou crownest the year with thy 
goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. 

12. They drop upon the pastures of 
the wilderness : and the little hills re- 
joice on every side. 

13. The pastures are clothed with 
flocks; the valleys also are covered 
over with corn; they shout for joy, 
they also sing. 

Matt. xii. 31. Wherefore I say unto 
you, All manner of sin and blasphemy 
shall be forgiven unto men : but bias- 



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The Letter. 

30. And it came to pass, as soon as 
Isaac had made an end of blessing Ja- 
cob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out 
from the presence of Isaac his father, 
that Esau his brother came in from his 
hunting. 

31. And he also had made savory 
meat, and brought it unto his father ; 
and said unto his father, Let my father 
arise, and eat of his son's venison, that 
thy soul may bless me. 

Note. 
¥e have before seen in the typical 
history of Abraham and the promise 
made to his "seed," that the new cove- 
nant, which was " confirmed of God in 
Christ," was clearly revealed " by pro- 
mise" 430 years before the giving of the 
law. In Isaac, the promised seed, 
(" which is Christ,") was vested the heir 
ship and blessing, which he now con- 
firms to Jacob, and which Jesus in the 
gospel calls " the promise of the Father," 
or " the Spirit of truth," which was 
to be given to the church, to abide with 
them for ever. But 430 years after this 
covenant was given to Abraham, and 
confirmed by oath to all that were his 
children by faith in Christ, the nation 
of Israel, in which were included both 
the heirs of promise and the seed ac- 
cording to the flesh, were placed under 
a leo-al and conditional covenant at Si- 
nai; by the terms of which, if they were 
obedient and continued in all things 
written in the book of the law to do 
them, they should receive the blessings 
of that covenant ; but if they were dis- 
obedient, all the curses pertaining to it 
should rest upon them. This covenant 



phemy against the Holy Ghost shall 
not be forgiven unto men. 

32. And whosoever speaketh a word 
against the Son of man, it shall be for- 
given him : but whosoever speaketh 
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be 
forgiven him, neither in this world, 
neither in the world to come. 



The Spirit. 

Mal. i. 2. I have loved you, saith 
the Lord: yet ye say, Wherein hast 
thou loved us ? Was not Esau Jacob's 
brother'? saith the Lord: yet I loved 
Jacob, 

3. And I hated Esau, and laid his 
mountains and his heritage waste for 
the dragons of the wilderness. 

4. Whereas Edom saith, We are im- 
poverished, but we will return and 
build the desolate places; thus saith 
the Lord of hosts, They shall build, 
but I will throw down ; and they shall 
call them, The border of wickedness, 
and, The people against whom the 
Lord hath indignation for ever. 

***** 

7. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine 
altar; and ye say, Wherein have we 
polluted thee % In that ye say, The ta- 
ble of the Lord is contemptible. 

8. And if ye offer the blind for sa- 
crifice, is it not evil ? and if ye offer the 
lame and sick, is it not evil 1 offer it 
now unto thy governor : will he be 
pleased with thee, or accept thy person ? 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

9. And now, I pray you, beseech 

God that he will be gracious unto us : 

this hath been by your means : will he 

regard your persons ? saith the Lord of 

hosts. 
***** 

14. But cursed he the deceiver, which 
hath in his flock a male, and voweth, 
and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt 
thing : for I am a. great King, saith the 
Lord of hosts, and my name is dread- 
ful among the heathen. 



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"they brake;" "and God said, Behold 
I will make a new covenant with the 
house of Israel," etc. But it will readil y 
be seen, that it was called new, only be- 
cause in the order of time it was esta- 
blished or made manifest after the Si- 
nai covenant had become extinct. 

It will also be seen that it was after 
the inheritance had been secured by 
oath and promise to the true heirs, that 
the children of the first covenant blind- 
ly supposed themselves entitled to it, 
and continued to urge their claim. 



Tlie Letter. 

32. And Isaac his father said unto 
him, Who art thou ? And he said, I 
am thy son, thy first-born, Esau. 

33. And Isaac trembled very exceed- 
ingly, and said, Who 1 where is he that 
hath taken venison, and brought it me, 
and I have eaten of all before thou ea- 
rnest, and have blessed him ? yea, and 
he shall be blessed. 

iNOTE. 

In urging his claim to the blessing, 
after having voluntarily relinquished 
the birthright to which it pertained, in 
exchange for a mess of pottage, Esau well 
represents that self-righteous and self- 
deceived people, who rested in the law, 
and satisfied themselves with the empty 
form of legal rites, instead of seeking 
the " better thing" they foreshadowed. 
Even under the brow of the fiery 
mount, at whose terrible majesty the 
earth shook aud trembled, and Moses 
said, "I exceedingly fear and quake," 
they hesitated not to say, " All that the 
Lord hath said we will do." And on 



Rom. ix. 30. What shall we say 
then? That the Gentiles, which fol- 
lowed not after righteousness, have at- 
tained to righteousness, even the right- 
eousness which is of faith ; 

31. But Israel, which followed after 
the law of righteousness, hath not at- 
tained to the law of righteousness. 

32. Wherefore ? Because they sought 
it not by faith, but as it were by the 
works of the law : for they stumbled 
at that stumbling-stone. 

x. 2. For I bear them record, that 
they have a zeal of God, but not ac- 
cording to knowledge. 

3. For they, being ignorant of God's 
righteousness, and going about to es- 
tablish their own righteousness, have 
not submitted themselves unto the 
righteousness of God. 

4. For Christ is the end of the law 
for righteousness to every one that be- 
lieveth. 



The Spirit. 

Mal. i. 6. A son honoreth his fa- 
ther, and a servant his master : if then 
I he a father, where is mine honor ? and 
if I be a master, where is my fear ? 
saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O 
priests, that despise my name. And ye 
say, Wherein have we despised thy 
name ? 

Heb. xii. 18. For ye are not come 
unto the mount that might be touched, 
and that burned with fire, nor unto 
blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 

19. And the sound of a trumpet, and 
the voice of words ; which voice they 
that heard entreated that the word 
should not be spoken to them any 
more : 

20. (For they could not endure that 
which was commanded, And if so much 
as a beast touch the mountain, it shall 
be stoned, or thrust through with a 
dart : 

21. And so terrible was the sight, 
that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and 
quake :) 



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the blind presumption that they had 
done as he required, they claimed the 
blessing. 

In the trembling of Isaac, upon Esau's 
presenting his ill-founded and arrogant 
plea, we see, not only the shaking of the 
earth, as at Sinai, but the shaking of 
heaven also ; when, in view of the satis- 
faction demanded by the law, and which 
he had engaged to render, the divine 
Redeemer says, "Fearfulness and trem- 
bling are come upon me, and horror 
hath overwhelmed me." Ps. Iv. 5. But 
" the things that can be shaken*' have 
been removed as of things that are made, 
that those "things which cannot be 
shaken mag remain" — even the Mount 
Zion, the city of the living God, * * 
* * and Jesus the Mediator of the new 
covenant, &c. In the words of Isaac, 
"yea, and he shall be blessed" we see the 
firmness and immutability of the divine 
counsels ; and that the gifts and calling 
of God are without repentance. 



The Letter. 

34. And when Esau heard the words 
of his father, he cried with a great and 
exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his 
father, Bless me, even me also, O my 
father ! 

35. And he said, Thy brother came 
with subtilty, and hath taken away thy 
blessing. 

36. And he said, Is he not rightly 
named Jacob ? for he hath supplanted 
me these two times : he took away my 
birthright; and behold, now he hath 
taken away my blessing. And he said, 
Hast thou not reserved a blessing for 
me? 



* * * * * 

26. Whose voice then shook the 
earth ; but now he hath promised, say- 
ing, Yet once more I shake not the 
earth only, but also heaven. 

27. And this word, Yet once more, 
signifieth the removing of those things 
that are shaken, as of things that are 
made, that those things which cannot 
be shaken may remain. 

Gal. iii. 17. And this I say, that the 
covenant, that was confirmed before of 
God in Christ, the law, which was four 
hundred and thirty years after, cannot 
disannul, that it should make the pro- 
mise of none effect. 

18. For if the inheritance be of the 
law, it is no more of promise: but 
God gave it to Abraham by promise. 

Rev. v. 12. Saying with a loud 
voice, Worthy is •the Lamb that was 
slain to receive power, and riches, and 
wisdom, and strength, and honor, and 
glory, and blessing. 

13. And every creature which is in 
heaven, and on the earth, and under the 
earth, and such as are in the sea, and 
all that are in them, heard I saying, 
Blessing, and honor, and glory, and 
power, be unto him that sitteth upon 
the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever 
and ever. 



The Spirit 

Heb. xii. 16. Lest there be any for- 
nicator, or profane person, as Esau, 
who for one morsel of meat sold his 
birthright. 

17. For ye know how that after- 
ward, when he would have inherited 
the blessing, he was rejected: for he 
found no place of repentance, though 
he sought it carefully with tears. 

Rom. viii. 3. For what the law 
could not do, in that it was weak 
through the flesh, God sending his own 
Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and 
for sin condemned sin in the flesh ; 

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jN"ote. 

The word here translated " subtilty," 
is the same that in Proverbs viii. 5, is 
rendered prudence or understanding. It 
is applied to Christ as the " "Wonderful 
Counsellor," who alone was sufficient to 
devise and execute the work of redemp- 
tion ; and as being anointed for that 
work by the Spirit, as is described in 
Isa. xi. 

The Son of God was truly a " sup- 
planter," if by this is meant an almighty 
and all-sufficient substitute "in things 
pertaining unto God," for guilty, help- 
less sinners. If he took the birthright 
from the law, it was to do that which 
"the law could not do because it was 
weak through the flesh." If he took 
the blessing from the blood of bulls and 
goats, it was because he was slain, and 
has redeemed us to God by his blood, out 
of every kindred, and tongue, and people, 
and is worthy to receive "blessing, and 
honor, and glory, and power" for ever; 
while the sacrifices offered by the law 
could not take away sin, or make the 
comers thereunto perfect- 



forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, 
and a Branch shall grow out of his 
roots : 

2. And the Spirit of the Lord shall 
rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and 
understanding, the spirit of counsel 
and might, the spirit of knowledge and 
of the fear of the Lord ; 

3. And shall make him of quick un- 
derstanding in the fear of the Lord: 
and he shall not judge after the sight 
of his eyes, neither reprove after the 
hearing of his ears. 

Rom. xi. 33. O the depth of the 
riches both of the wisdom and know- 
ledge of God! how unsearchable are 
his judgments, and his ways past find- 
ing out ! 

34. For who hath known the mind 
of the Lord? or who hath been his 
counsellor ? 

35. Or who hath first given to him, 
and it shall be recompensed unto him 
again ? 

37. For of him, and through him, 
and to him, are all things : to whom be 
glory for ever. Amen. 

6. And if by grace, then is it no 
more of works ; otherwise grace is no 
more grace. But if it be of works, then 
is it no more grace ; otherwise work is 
no more work. 

7. What then ? Israel hath not ob- 
tained that which he seeketh for ; but 
the election hath obtained it, and the 
rest were blinded. 

Heb. vii. 18. For there is verily a 
disannulling of the commandment going 
before, for the weakness and unprofit- 
ableness thereof. 

19. For the law made nothing per- 
fect, but the bringing in of a better 
hope did ; by the which we draw nigh 
unto God, 

viii. 7. For if that first covenant had 
been faultless, then should no place 
have been sought for the second. 



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The Letter. 

37. And Isaac answered and said 
unto Esau, Behold, I have made him 
thy lord, and all his brethren have I 
given to him for servants ; and with 
corn and wine have I sustained him ; 
and what shall I do now unto thee, my 
son 1 ? 

38. And Esau said unto his father. 
Hast thou but one blessing, my father ? 
bless me, even me also, O my father ! 
And Esau lifted up his voice, and 
wept. 

39. And Isaac his father answered, 
and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling 
shall be the fatness of the earth, and of 
the dew of heaven from above ; 

40. And by thy sword shalt thou 
live, and shalt serve thy brother : and 
it shall come to pass when thou shalt 
have the dominion, that thou shalt 
break his yoke from off thy neck. 

Note. 

It was a matter of little consequence 
to Esau whether his portion was like 
that of Jacob; any other would do as 
well. The expression, "thy dwelling 
shall be the fatness of the earth," 
sfec, intimates, not only mere temporal 
good, but that Esau, though not & par- 
taker of the blessings of Jacob, yet 
should dwell in the midst of them and be 
surrounded by them. This has ever 
been very specially the case with the 
old covenant people of God. 

Under the law they were encom- 
passed with witnesses of spiritual things, 
and under the gospel they were favored 
by the personal ministry of Christ ; and 
since that time they have had their 
dwelling in the midst of the light and 
privileges of the Christian faith. The 
possession given to Esau, was Mount Seir, 
which signifies " a demon ;" and per- 
haps his rejection and hatred against 
the true light, may have sealed him as 
a reprobate — a " son of perdition." To 
this fact there seems to be an allusion 
in the last words of this pass?ge, which 
appear to intimate the change which 
takes place in the typical character of 



The Spirit. 

Num. xxiv. 17. I shall see him, but 
not now; I shall behold him, but not 
nigh ; there shall come a Star out of 
Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of 
Israel, and shall smite the corners of 
Moab, and destroy all the children of 
Sheth. 

18. And Edom shall be a possession, 
Seir also shall be a possession for his 
enemies ; and Israel shall do valiantly. 

19. Out of Jacob shall come he that 
shall have dominion, and shall destroy 
him that remaineth of the city. 

Gen. xxxvi. 6. And Esau took his 
wives, and his sons, and his daughters, 
and all the persons of his house, and 
his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his 
substance which he had got in the land 
of Canaan ; and went into the country 
from the face of his brother Jacob. 

7. For their riches were more than 
that they might dwell together: and 
the land wherein they were strangers, 
could not bear them, because of their 
cattle. 

8. Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir : 
Esau is Edom. 

Judges v. 4. Lord, when thou 
wentest out of Seir, when thou 
marchedst out of the field of Edom, 
the earth trembled, and the heavens 
dropped, the clouds also dropped 
water. 

5. The mountains melted from be- 
fore the Lord, even that Sinai from be- 
fore the Lord God of Israel. 

Isa. lxiii. 1. Who is this that com- 
eth from Edom, with dyed garments 
from Bozrah? this that is glorious in 
his apparel, travelling in the greatness 
of his strength ? I that speak in right- 
eousness, mighty to save. 

2. Wherefore art thou red in thine 
apparel, and thy garments like him that 
treadeth in the wine-fat? 

3. I have trodden the wine-press 
alone ; and of the people there was none 
with me : for I will tread them in mine 
anger, and trample them in my fury, 



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Esau after the blesssing had departed 
from him, similar to that in Said, after 
the Spirit of the Lord left him and an 
evil spirit rested upon him — or Judas 
after receiving the sop. "We are told 
that the prince of this world then had 
the dominion. It was " his hour, and 
the power of darkness." 



The Letter. 

41. And Esau hated Jacob because 
of the blessing wherewith his father 
blessed him : and Esau said in his heart, 
The days of mourning for my father 
are at hand, then will I slay my brother 
Jacob. 

Note. 

From this time Esau becomes openly 
and manifestly a " son of perdition," — a 
murderer, — doing despite to the Spirit 
of grace, and exhibiting all the features 
of the character drawn in Heb. x. 26-31. 
He looked forward to the event of 
Isaac's death, as opening the way for 
exterminating Jacob; even as the ene- 
mies of Christ devised his death, in order 
to put an end (as they hoped) to the re- 
ligion which they hated. It was also 
one of the family of Christ, " that lifted 
up his heel against him." It was one 
of the twelve who sought how he might 
betray him. 



and their blood shall be sprinkled upon 
my garments, and I will stain all my 
raiment. 

4. For the day of vengeance is in 
my heart, and the year of my redeemed 
is come. 

Luke xxi. 53. * * But this is your 
hour, and the power of darkness. 



The Letter. 

42. And these words of Esau her 
elder son were told to Rebekah. And 
she sent and called Jacob her younger 
son, and said unto him, Behold, thy 
younger brother Esau, as touching 



The Spirit. 

1 Johx iii. 15. Whosoever hateth his 
brother is a murderer: and ye know 
that no murderer hath eternal life 
abiding in him. 

***** 

10. In this the children of God are 
manifest, and the children of the devil : 
whosoever doeth not righteousness is 
not of God, neither he that loveth not 
his brother. 

Heb. x. 26. For if we sin wilfully 
after that we have received the know- 
ledge of the truth, there remaineth no 
more sacrifice for sins, 

27. But a certain fearful looking for 
of judgment and fiery indignation, which 
shall devour the adversaries. 

28. He that despised Moses' law 
died without mercy under two or three 
witnesses ; 

29. Of how much sorer punishment, 
suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy 
who hath trodden under foot the Son 
of God, and hath counted the blood of 
the covenant, wherewith he was sancti- 
fied, an unholy thing, and hath done 
despite unto the Spirit of Grace ? 

30. For we know him that hath said, 
Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will re- 
compense, saith the Lord. And again, 
The Lord shall judge his people. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. ex. 1. The Lord said unto my 
Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until 
I make thine enemies thy footstool. 

2 Sam. xxii. 1. And David spake 
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thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to 
kill thee. 

43. Now therefore, my son, obey my 
voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban 
my brother, to Haran ; 

44. And tarry with him a few days, 
until thy brother's fury turn away ; 

45. Until thy brother's anger turn 
away from thee, and he forget that 
which thou hast done to him : then I 
will send and fetch thee from thence. 
Why should I be deprived also of you 
both in one day ? 

Note. 

After the waters of the flood had 
abated, — or typically, when the curse 
had been removed from the earth, — 
Noah sent forth the " raven and the 
dove" from the ark. And, when the 
woman appeared in heaven, clothed 
with the sun, the moon under her feet, 
and upon her head a crown of twelve 
stars (the church in the gospel day); 
there also appeared her adversary, the 
dragon, who was cast out of heaven 
to the earth, drawing with him a third 
part of the stars, ready to persecute the 
woman and to devour the child she 
should bring forth. The raven and the 
dove, and the dragon and the woman, 
are doubtless one and the same symbol. 
For no sooner was the kingdom of 
Christ set up, than the devil and his 
angels prepared to war against it ; — and 
no sooner is the Holy Spirit, the " pro- 
mise of the Father," sent out to convince 
of sin, &c, than the spirit of Antichrist 
appears also, casting out of his mouth 
the flood by which he hoped to cause 
the woman to be carried away. 

Rebekah knew the fiery contest that 
had commenced between Esau, east out 
from the inheritance, and Jacob, the 
heir of all things ; — that there could be 
no concord between Christ and Belial ; 
and that they could never dwell toge- 
ther. 



in the day that the Lord had delivered 
him out of the hand of all his enemies, 
and out of the hand of Saul : 
***** 

5. When the waves of death com- 
passed me, the floods of ungodly men 
made me afraid ; 

6. The sorrows of hell compassed 
me about ; the snares of death prevent- 
ed me. 

***** 

8. Then the earth shook and trem- 
bled ; the foundations of heaven moved 
and shook, because he was wroth. 

***** 

17. He sent from above, he took 
me ; he drew me out of many waters ; 

18. He delivered me from my strong 
enemy, and from them that hated me : 
for they were too strong for me. 

***** 

41. Thou hast also given me the 
necks of mine enemies, that I might 
destroy them that hate me. 

***** 

44. Thou also hast delivered me 
from the strivings of my people, thou 
hast kept me to be head of the heathen : 
a people which I knew not shall serve 
me. 

45. Strangers shall submit them- 
selves unto me : as soon as they hear, 
they shall be obedient unto me. 

xxiii. 5. Although my house be not 
so with God ; yet he hath made with 
me an everlasting covenant, ordered in 
all things, and sure : for this is all my 
salvation, and all my desire, although 
he make it not to grow. 

6. But the sons of Belial shall be all 
of them as thorns thrust away, because 
they cannot be taken with hands : 

7. But the man that shall touch them 
must be fenced with iron and the staff 
of a spear ; and they shall be utterly 
burned with fire in the same place. 

1 John iii. 1. Beloved, believe not 
every spirit, but try the spirits whe- 
ther they are of God: because many 
false prophets are gone out into the 
world. 



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The Letter. 

46. And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am 
weary of my life because of the daugh- 
ters of Heth : if Jacob take a wife of the 
daughters of Heth, such as these which 
are of the daughters of the land, what 
good shall my life do me ? 

Note. 

The church of Christ, whether spoken 
of as his bride, "the children of the 
kingdom," or the " seed that shall serve 
him," are always represented as "chosen" 
and "called" and separated from the 
world ; a peculiar people, whom the 
world know not, because they know him 
not. This is allowed by all, — but all do 
not understand the more remote and 
original distinction between them. They 
do not trace the line of descent to its 
native stock. The " daughters of Heth " 
were of the seed of Canaan, the cursed 
nation ; and upon them should be visited 
"the iniquity of the fathers, unto the 
third and fourth generation of them that 
hate " God ; — but Jacob must be sent to 
the kindred of his mother — of the house- 
hold of Shem, upon whom was the 
blessing. They were the children of 
promise, even by the sentence of Noah ; 
and much more, by the blessing of Abra- 
ham and of Isaac. 

Between these two manner of people 
the Scriptures preserve a most special 
and peculiar line of distinction, from 
Cain and Abel to the ultimate separation 
of the "sheep and the goats" at the last 
day. 



2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of 
God : Every spirit that confesseth that 
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of 
God: 

3. And every spirit that confesseth 
not that Jesus Christ is come in the 
flesh, is not of God. And this is that 
spirit of Antichrist, whereof ye have 
heard that it should come ; and even 
now already is it in the world. 



The Spirit. 

2. Cor. vi. 14. Be ye not unequally 
yoked together with unbelievers : for 
what fellowship hath righteousness 
with unrighteousness ? and what com- 
munion hath light with darkness ? 

15. And what concord hath Christ 
with Belial ? or what part hath he that 
believeth with an infidel ? 

16. And what agreement hath the 
temple of God with idols ? for ye are 
the temple of the living God ; as God 
hath said, I will dwell in them, and 
walk in them ; and I will be their God, 
and they shall be my people. 

17. Wherefore come out from among 
them, and be ye separate, saith the 
Lord, and touch not the unclean thing, 
and I will receive you ; 

18. And will be a Father unto you, 
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, 
saith the Lord Almighty. 

Rom. viii. 29. For whom he did 
foreknow, he also did predestinate to 
he conformed to the image of his Son, 
that he might be the first-born among 
many brethren. 

Ps. ex. 2. The Lord shall send the 
rod of thy strength out of Zion : rule 
thou in the midst of thine enemies. 

3. Thy people shall he willing in the 
day of thy power, in the beauties of 
holiness from the womb of the morn- 
ing : thou hast the dew of thy 
youth. 



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CHAPTER XXVIII. 



The Letter. 

1. And Isaac called Jacob, and 
blessed him, and charged him, and said 
unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife 
of the daughters of Canaan. 

2. Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the 
house of Bethuel thy mother's father, 
and take thee a wife from thence of 
the daughters of Laban thy mother's 
brother. 

3. And God Almighty bless thee, 
and make thee fruitful, and multiply 
thee, that thou may est be a multitude 
of people ; 

4. And give thee the blessing of 
Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with 
thee ; that thou mayest inherit the land 
wherein thou art a stranger, which God 
gave unto Abraham. 

Note. 

Padan-aram signifies the field of Syria. 
This name, as applied to the place where 
the seed of Jacob were to be gathered 
and multiplied, has much interesting 
meaning. It alludes to the state of na- 
ture from which the Holy Spirit quick- 
ens and translates the children of the 
kingdom, who are there held in bondage 
by sin and Satan. This state is repre- 
sented by a field, while the church, when 
gathered, is called a garden. Hence it 
was a custom in Israel for every one of 
that typical people to do as is described 
in Deut. xxvi. 1-6 : 

(i 1. And it shall be, when thou art 
come in unto the land which the Lord 
thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, 
and possessest it, and dwellest therein: 

"2. That thou shalt take of the first 
of all the fruit of the earth, which thou 
shalt bring of thy land that the Lord 
thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it 
in a basket, and shalt go unto the place 
which the Lord thy God shall choose to 
place his name there. 

" 3. And thou shalt go unto the priest 



The Spirit. 

Matt. xiii. 37. He answered and 
said unto them, He that soweth the 
good seed is the Son of man ; 

38. The field is the world; the good 
seed are the children of the kingdom ; 
but the tares are the children of the 
wicked one ; 

39. The enemy that sowed them is 
the devil; the harvest is the end of 
the world; and the reapers are the 
angels. 

40. As therefore the tares are ga- 
thered and burned in the fire ; so shall 
it be in the end of this world. 

41. The Son of man shall send forth 
his angels, and they shall gather out of 
his kingdom all things that offend, and 
them which do iniquity ; 

42. And shall cast them into a fur- 
nace of fire: there shall be wailing 
and gnashing of teeth. 

43. Then shall the righteous shine 
forth as the sun in the kingdom of 
their Father. Who hath ears to hear, 
let him hear. 

Deut. vii. 1. When the Lord thy 
God shall bring thee into the land 
whither thou goest to possess it, and 
hath cast out many nations before 
thee, * * * 

2. * * thou shalt make no covenant 
with them, nor shew mercy unto them : 

3. Neither shalt thou make marriages 
with them ; thy daughter thou shalt 
not give unto his son, nor his daughter 
shalt thou take unto thy son. 

4. For they will turn away thy son 
from following me, that they may serve 
other gods : so will the anger of the 
Lord be kindled against you, and de- 
stroy thee suddenly. 

5. But thus shall ye deal with them : 
ye shall destroy their altars, and break 
down their images, and cut down their 



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that shall be in those day?, and say unto 
him, I profess this day unto the Lord 
thy God, that I am come unto the coun- 
try which the Lord sware unto our 
fathers for to give us. 

***** 
"5. And thou shalt speak and say 
before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready 
to perish was my father ; and he went 
down into Egypt, and sojourned there 
with a few, and became there a nation, 
great, mighty, and populous," &c. &c. 

This ceremonial service is equivalent 
to the confession of faith, made by a 
young convert under the gospel. 



The Letter. 

5. And Isaac sent away Jacob : and 
he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, 
son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother 
of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mo- 
ther. 

6. When Esau saw that Isaac had 
blessed Jacob, and sent him away to 
Padan-aram, to take him a wife from 
thence ; and that as he blessed him, he 
gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt 
not take a wife of the daughters of 
Canaan ; 

7. And that Jacob obeyed his father. 
and his mother, and was gone to Pa- 
dan-aram ; 

8. And Esau seeing that tke daugh- 
ters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his 
father ; 

9. Then went Esau unto Ishmael, 
and took unto the wives which he had, 
Mahal ath the daughter of Ishmael, 
Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, 
to be his wife. 

"Note. 

The children of Laban, living in Pa- 
dan-aram, afar off from the household of 
Isaac, were yet as much his kindred as 
if they had been with him in Canaan. 

So also the children of the kingdom, 
while servants to sin, and in bondage 
under the law, were as truly "sons" as 
when made manifest and brought nigh 
by the Spirit of adoption ; and it is 
"because they are sons," and not to 



groves, and burn their graven images 
with fire. 

6. For thou art an holy people unto 
the Lord thy God : the Lord thy God 
hath chosen thee to be a special people 
unto himself, above all people that are 
upon the face of the earth. 

7. The Lord did not set his love 
upon you, nor choose you, because ye 
were more in number than any people : 
for ye were the fewest of all people : 

8. But because the Lord loved you, 
and because he would keep the oath 
which he had sworn unto your fathers. 



The Spirit. 

Gal. iv. 1. Now I say, That the 
heir, as long as he is a child, differeth 
nothing from a servant, though he be 
lord of all ; 

2. But is under tutors and governors 
until the time appointed of the father. 

3. Even so we, when we were chil- 
dren, were in bondage under the ele- 
ments of the world : 

4. But when the fulness of the time 
was come, God sent forth his Son, 
made of a woman, made under the 
law, . 

5. To redeem them that were under 
the law, that we might receive the 
adoption of sons. 

6. And because ye are sons, God 
hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son 
into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

2 Thess. ii. 3. Let no man de- 
ceive you by any means : for that day 
shall not come, except there come a 
falling away first, and that man of sin 
be revealed, the son of perdition ; 

4. Who opposeth and exalteth him- 
self above all that is called God, or that 
is worshipped; so that he, as God, 
sitteth in the temple of God, showing 
himself that he is God. 

5. Remember ye not, that, when I 
was yet with you, I told you these 
things ? 

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make them so, that this Spirit " is sent 
into their hearts, whereby they cry 
Abba, Father." 

Jacob is sent to his mother's kindred 
to take a wife and raise up seed that 
should be of the household, and not of 
the heathen. So also the Son of God, 
the anointed of the Father, was sent to 
redeem them that were under the law, 
that they might receive the adoption of 
sons. Jacob here represents Jesus as 
coming in the "power of the Spirit" to 
accomplish this work ; to become a ser- 
vant under the law, and by fulfilling all 
that it required, to redeem from its yoke 
those that were held by it. 

When Esau saw that Jacob was sent 
to Padan-aram to take a wife, he cun- 
ningly adopts, as far as possible, the 
same course, and marries the daughter 
of Ishmael — unites with the children of 
the bondwoman, who have a form of 
godliness in the law, but deny the pow- 
er. The object of this was doubtless to 
gain favor with Isaac. In like man- 
ner Antichrist watches with care the 
movements of the kingdom of Christ, 
that he may " do so with his enchant- 
ments." He imitates the true church as 
far as possible by forms and ceremonies, 
and show of outward sanctity, that he 
may deceive the simple and unwary ; 
and then exalts himself in his own Babel 
to the seat of God, where he sits, show- 
ing himself that he is God. 



The Letter. 

10. And Jacob went out from Beer- 
sheba, and went toward Haran. 

11. And he lighted upon a certain 
place, and tarried there all night, be- 
cause the sun was set : and he took of 
the stones of that place, and put them 
for his pillows, and lay down in that 
place to sleep. 

ISTote. 
It was from the " well of the oath" 
that Jacob went out. And it was ac- 
cording to the oath and promise of the 



holdeth, that he might be revealed in 
his time. 

7. For the mystery of iniquity doth 
already work ; only he who now letteth 
will let, until he be taken out of the 
way. 

8. And then shall that Wicked be re- 
vealed, whom the Lord shall consume 
with the spirit of his mouth, and shall 
destroy with the brightness of his 
coming : 

9. Even him, whose coming is after 
the working of Satan, with all power, 
and signs, and lying wonders, 

10. And with all deceivableness of 
unrighteousness in them that perish ; 
because they received not the love of 
the truth, that they might be saved. 

11. And for this cause God shall 
send them strong delusion, that they 
should believe a lie ; 

12. That they all might be damned 
who believed not the truth, but had 
pleasure in unrighteousness. 

6. And the angels which kept not 
their first estate, but left their own ha- 
bitation, he hath reserved in everlasting 
chains under darkness unto the judg- 
ment of the great day. 

7. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, 
and the cities about them in like man- 
ner, giving themselves over to fornica- 
tion, and going after strange flesh, are 
set forth for an example, suffering the 
vengeance of eternal fire. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xxxv. 1. The wilderness, and 
the solitary place, shall be glad for 
them; and the desert shall rejoice, and 
blossom as the. rose. 

2. It shall blossom abundantly, and 
rejoice even with joy and singing; the 
glory of Lebanon shall be given unto 
it, the excellency of Carmel and Sha- 
ron ; they shall see the glory of the 
Lord, and the excellency of our 
God. 

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everlasting covenant, confirmed of God 
in Christ, that the Spirit of truth, the 
"promise of the Father" is sent out to 
"new create the face of the earth." 

The first night of Jacob's pilgrimage 
was spent in a place wild and untenant- 
ed, where he rested upon the bare earth 
and the flinty stones, while waiting for 
the day. In like manner the gospel of 
the kingdom was first preached in the 
wilderness of Judea, and not in the holy 
places made with hands, and within the 
gates of the holy city. In that wilder- 
ness were first prepared the "lively 
stones" of the spiritual temple; not 
such as were taken from the Jewish 
sanctuary, but such as were hewn and 
polished from the desert; for when the 
scribes and Pharisees came out to John 
to claim the ordinances of the gospel, 
upon the plea that they had " Abraham 
to their father," he tells them, " God is 
able of these stones to raise up children 
unto Abraham," &c. It will be remem- 
bered also, that we have before seen the 
promise of God to the " whole house of 
Israel," when they were yet in the con- 
dition of the valley of dry bones ; ano- 
ther figure similar to the stones of the 
desert, which Jacob anointed for the 
house of God. 



John the Baptist, preaching in the wil- 
derness of Judea, 

2. And saying, Repent ye, for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

3. For this is he that was spoken of 
by the prophet Esaias, saying, The 
voice of one crying in the wilderness, 
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make 
his paths straight. 

4. And the same John had his rai- 
ment of camel's hair, and a leathern 
girdle about his loins ; and his meat 
was locusts and wild honey. 

5. Then went out to him Jerusalem, 
and all Judea, and all the region round 
about Jordan, 

6. And were baptized of him in Jor- 
dan, confessing their sins. 

7. But when he saw many of the 
Pharisees and Sadducees come to his 
baptism, he said unto them, O genera- 
tion of vipers, who hath warned you to 
flee from the wrath to come ? 

8. Bring forth therefore fruits meet 
i for repentance : 

9. And think not to say within your- 
selves, We have Abraham to our fa- 
ther : for I say unto you, That God is 
able of these stones to raise up children 
unto Abraham. 

10. And now also the axe is laid 
unto the root of the trees: therefore 
every tree which bringeth not forth 
good fruit is hewn down, and cast into 
the fire. , 

Ezk. xxxvii. 1, 2, 3, 13, 14. The 
hand of the Lord was upon me, and 
carried me out in the Spirit of the 
Lord, and set me down in the midst of 
the valley of dry bones, &c. And he 
said unto me, Son of man, can these 
bones live ? And I answered, O Lord, 
thou knowest, &c. &c. And ye shall 
know that I am the Lord when I have 
opened your graves, O my people, and 
brought you up out of your graves, 
and shall put my Spirit in you, and ye 
shall live, &c. 



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The Letter. 

12. And he dreamed, and behold, a 
ladder set upon the earth, and the top 
of it reached to heaven : and behold, 
the angels of God ascending and de- 
scending on it. 

13. And behold, the Lord stood 
above it, and said, I am the Lord God 
of Abraham thy father, and the God of 
Isaac : the land whereon thou liest, to 
thee will I give it, and to thy seed. 

14. And thy seed shall be as the 
dust of the earth ; and thou shalt 
spread abroad to the west, and to the 
east ; and to the north, and to the 
south ; and in thee and in thy seed 
shall all the families of the earth be 
blessed. 

15. And behold, I am with thee, and 
will keep thee in all places whither 
thou goest, and will bring thee again 
into this land : for I will not leave thee, 
until I have done that which I have 
spoken to thee of. 

]S T OTE. 

This vision of the ladder explains that 
mystery of divine grace, which has 
opened a way of communication be- 
tween God and men, and how it is that 
the blessings of grace can come to the 
guilty and rebellious; — especially the 
gift of the Holy Spirit, whereby the 
wilderness \s made to bud and blossom 
as the rose. 

In this figure Jesus is presented as 
the Mediator of the new covenant — " the 
way, the truth, and the life." 

It is noticeable that the blessing here 
pronounced upon Jacob differs from that 
of Abraham and of Isaac; but only so 
far as the peculiar typical office-work of 
each of these fathers of the covenant va- 
ries from that of the others. Abraham 
sojourned in Canaan, but on one occasion 
went into Egypt. Isaac was told not 
to go into Egypt, but to dwell in the 
land of Canaan; but Jacob is not limit- 
ed to any place. He should spread 
abroad to the east and to the west, to 
the north and to the south, until all the 
nations of the earth should be blessed 



The Spirit. 

John. i. 51. And he saith unto him, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereaf- 
ter ye shall see heaven open, and the 
angels of God ascending and descend- 
ing upon the Son of man. 

Heb. xii. 22. But ye are come unto 
mount Zion, and unto the city of the 
living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, 
and to an innumerable company of 
angels, 

23. To the general assembly and 
church of the first-born, which are 
written in heaven, and to God the 
Judge of all, and to the spirits of just 
men made perfect, 

24. And to Jesus the mediator of the 
new covenant, and to the blood of 
sprinkling, that speaketh better things 
than that of Abel. 

Isa. liv. 2. Enlarge the place of thy 
tent, and let them stretch forth the cur- 
tains of thine habitations: spare not, 
lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy 
stakes : 

3. For thou shalt break forth on the 
right hand and on the left; and thy 
seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and 
make the desolate cities to be inha- 
bited. 

Isa. xliii. 5. Fear not; for I am 
with thee : I will bring thy seed from 
the east, and gather thee from the 
west ; 

6. I will say to the north, Give up : 
and to the south, Keep not back ; 
bring my sons from far, and my daugh- 
ters from the ends of the earth. 

xlix. 8. Thus saith the Lord, In an 
acceptable time have I heard thee, and 
in a day of salvation have I helped thee, 
and I will preserve thee, and give thee 
for a covenant of the people, to esta- 
blish the earth, to cause to inherit the 
desolate heritages : 

1 1 . And I will make all my moun- 
tains a way, and my highways shall be 
exalted. 

xli. 14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, 
and ye men of Israel : I will help thee : 



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in him ; until the whole valley of dry 
bones should be made alive. 



The Letter. 

BLESSINGS PROMISED. 

Isa. xliv. 1. Yet now hear, O Ja- 
cob my servant; and Israel, whom I 
have chosen ; 

2. Thus saith the Lord that made 
thee, and formed thee from the womb, 
which will help thee ; Fear not, O Ja- 
cob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, 
whom I have chosen. 

3. For I will pour water upon him 
that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry 
ground : I will pour my Spirit upon 
thy seed, and my blessing upon thine 
offspring : 

4. And they shall spring up as 
among the grass, as willows by the wa- 
ter-courses. 

5. One shall say, I am the Lord's ; 
and another shall call himself by the 
name of Jacob ; and another shall sub- 
scribe with his hand unto the Lord, and 
surname himself by the name of Is- 
rael. 

lxi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God 
is upon me, because the Lord hath 
anointed me to preach good tidings 
unto the meek : he hath sent me to 
bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim 
liberty to the captives, and the opening 
of the prison to them that are bound; 

2. To proclaim the acceptable year 



saith the Lord, and thy Redeemer, the 
Holy One of Israel. 

15. Behold, I will make thee a 
new sharp thrashing instrument having 
teeth : thou shalt thrash the mountains, 
and beat them small, and shalt make the 
hills as chaff. 

16. Thou shalt fan them, and the 
wind shall carry them away, and the 
whirlwind shall scatter them : and thou 
shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt 
glory in the Holy One of Israel. 

17. When the poor and needy seek 
water, and there is none, and their 
tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will 
hear them, /the God of Israel will not 
forsake them. 



The Spirit. 

FULFILLED IN THE DISPENSATION OF 
THE SPIRIT. 

John xiv. 12. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, He that believeth on me, the 
works that I do shall he do also ; and 
greater ivorhs than these shall he do; 
because I go unto my Father. 

13. And whatsoever he shall ask in 
my name, that will I do, that the Father 
may bo glorified in the Son. 

14. If ye shall ask any thing in my 
name, I will do it. 

15. If ye love me, keep my com- 
mandments. 

16. And I will pray the Father, and 
he shall give you another Comforter, 
that he may abide with you for ever ; 

17. Even the Spirit of truth ; whom 
the world cannot receive, because it 
seeth him not, neither knoweth him ; 
but ye know him, for he dwelleth with 
you, and shall be in you. 

xvi. 7. Nevertheless, I tell you the 
tpith : It is expedient for you that I go 
away: for if I go , not away, the 
Comforter will not come unto you; 
but if I depart, I will send him unto 
you. 

8. And when he is come, he will re- 
prove the world of sin, and of right- 
eousness, and of judgment: 



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of the Lord, and the day of vengeance 
of our God; to comfort all that 
mourn ; 

3. To appoint unto them that mourn 
in Zion, to give unto them beauty for 
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the 
garment of praise for the spirit of hea- 
viness ; that they might be called Trees 
of righteousness, The planting of the 
Lord, that he might be glorified. 

4. And they shall build the old 
wastes, they shall raise up the former 
desolations, and they shall repair the 
waste cities, the desolations of many 
generations. 

5. And strangers shall stand and 
feed your flocks, and the sons of the 
alien shall be your ploughmen, and your 
vine-dressers. 

6. But ye shall be named the Priests 
of the Lord : men shall call you the Mi- 
nisters of our God; ye shall eat the 
riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory 
shall ye boast yourselves. 

7. For your shame ye shall have dou- 
ble, and for confusion they shall rejoice 
in their portion : therefore in their land 
they shall possess the double ; ever- 
lasting joy shall be unto them. 

xxxv. 5. Then the eyes of the blind 
shall be opened, and the ears of the 
deaf shall be unstopped : 

6. Then shall the lame man leap as 
an hart, and the tongue of the dumb 
sing : for in the wilderness shall waters 
break out, and streams in the desert. 

7. And the parched ground shall 
become a pool, and the thirsty land 
springs of water : in the habitation of 
dragons, where each lay, shall be grass, 
with reeds and rushes. 

8. And an highway shall be there, 
and a way, and it shall be called, The 
way of holiness ; the unclean shall not 
pass over it ; bi\t it shall be for those : 
the wayfaring, men, though fools, shall 
not err therein. 

9. No lion shall be there, nor any 
ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it 
shall not be found there ; but the re- 
deemed shall walk there. 



9. Of sin, because they believe not 
on me; 

10. Of righteousness, because I go 
to my Father, and ye see me no more ; 

11. Of judgment, because the prince 
of this world is judged. 

12. I have yet many things to say 
unto you, but ye cannot bear them 
now. 

13. Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of 
truth is come, he will guide you into all 
truth: for he shall not speak of him- 
self; but whatsoever he shall hear, that 
shall he speak : and he will show you 
things to come. 

xv. 26. But when the Comforter is 
come, whom I will send unto you from 
the Father, even the Spirit of truth, 
which proceedeth from the Father, he 
shall testify of me. 

iv. 10. Jesus answered and said unto 
her, If thou knewest the gift of God, 
and who it is that saith to thee, Give 
me to drink; thou wouldest have 
asked of him, and he would have given 
thee living water. 

1 1 . The woman saith unto him, Sir, 
thou hast nothing to draw with, and the 
well is deep : from whence then hast 
thou that living water 1 

12. Art thou greater than our father 
Jacob, which gave us the well, and 
drank thereof himself, and his children, 
and his cattle ? 

13. Jesus answered and said unto 
her, Whosoever drinketh of this water 
shall thirst again : 

14. But whosoever drinketh of the 
water that I shall give him shall never 
thirst ; but the water that I shall give 
him shall be in him a well of water 
springing up into everlasting life. 

John vii. 37. In the last day, that 
great day of the feast, Jesus stood and 
cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him 
come unto me, and drink. 

38. He that belie veth on me, as the 
scripture hath said, out of his belly shall 
flow rivers of living water. 

39. (But this spake he of the Spirit, 
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10. And the ransomed of the Lord 
shall return, and come to Zion with 
songs, and everlasting joy upon their 
heads : they shall obtain joy and glad- 
ness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee 
away. 

Is a. If. 1. Ho, every one that thirst- 
eth, come ye to the waters, and he that 
hath no money ; come ye, buy, and eat ; 
yea, come, buy wine and milk without 
money and without price. 

2. Wherefore do ye spend money 
for that which is not bread ? and your 
labor for that which satisfieth not? 
hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye 
that which is good, and let your soul 
delight itself in fatness. 

3. Incline your ear, and come unto 
me ; hear, and your soul shall live ; 
and I will make an everlasting cove- 
nant with you, even the sure mercies of 
David. 

2ji ?}C 5fC 5fi SfC 

10. For as the rain cometh down, 
and the snow from heaven, and re- 
turneth not thither, but watereth the 
earth, and maketh it bring forth and 
bud, that it may give seed to the 
sower, and bread to the eater ; 

11. So shall my word be that goeth 
forth out of my mouth : it shall not re- 
turn unto me void ; but it shall accom- 
plish that which I please, and it shall 
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 

12. For ye shall go out with joy, and 
be led forthwith peace: the mountains 
and the hills shall break forth before 
you into singing, and all the trees of 
the field shall clap their hands. 

13. Instead of the thorn shall come 
up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier 
shall come up the myrtle-tree : and it 
shall be to the Lord for a name, for 
an everlasting sign, that shall not be 
cut off. 

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18. I will open rivers in high places, 
and fountains in the midst of the val- 
leys: I will make the wilderness a 
pool of water, and the dry land springs 
of water. 



receive, for the Holy Ghost was not 
yet given, because that Jesus was not 
yet glorified.) 

Mark i. 4. John did baptize in the 
wilderness, and preach the baptism of 
repentance, for the remission of sins. 

5. And there went out unto him all 
the land of Judea, and they of Jerusa- 
lem, and were all baptized of him, in 
the river of Jordan, confessing their 
sins. 

Acts ii. 37. Now when they heard 
this, they were pricked in the heart ; 
and said unto Peter and the rest of the 
apostles, Men and brethren, what shall 
we do 1 

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41. Then they that gladly received 
the word were baptized : and the same 
day there were added unto them about 
three thousand souls. 

xix. 17. And this was known to all 
the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at 
Ephesus : and fear fell on them all, and 
the name of the Lord Jesus was magni- 
fied. 

18. And many that believed came, 
and confessed, and shewed their deeds. 

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20. So mightily grew the word of 
God, and prevailed. 

xiii. 46. Then Paul and Barnabas 
waxed bold, and said, It was necessary 
that the word of God should first have 
been spoken to you: but seeing ye 
put it from you, and judge yourselves 
unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn 
to the Gentiles: 

47. For so hath the Lord command- 
ed us, saying, I have set thee to be a 
light of the Gentiles, that thou should- 
est be for salvation unto the ends of 
the earth. 

48. And when the Gentiles heard 
this, they were glad, and glorified the 
word of the Lord: and as many as 
were ordained to eternal life, believed. 

49. And the word of the Lord was 
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19. I will plant in the wilderness 
the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the 
myrtle, and the oil-tree ; I will set in 
the desert the fir-tree, and the pine, 
and the box-tree together ; 

20. That they may see, and know, 
and consider, and understand together, 
that the hand of the Lord hath done 
this, and the Holy One of Israel hath 
created it. 



The Letter. 

16. And Jacob awaked out of his 
sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is 
in this place ; and I knew it not. 

17. And he was afraid, and said, 
How dreadful is this place ! this is 
none other but the house of God, and 
this is the gate of heaven. 

Note. 
Not only the mediatorial office of 
Christ, but all that he is "made of God 
to his people " in the different characters 
of Prophet, Priest, and King, whereby 
the "ministration of the Spirit" is made 
effectual, was doubtless here revealed 
to Jacob. The vision is the same that 
was made to Ezekiel at the river Cheber, 
except that Jacob had a typical part to 
act in its accomplishment, which the 
prophet had not. Both had respect to 
the progress and prosperity of the church 
in the gospel day, when "spirit and life" 
should be given to the prophetic sym- 
bols of the divine WORD, and he should 
dwell in his church in all the fulness of 
his power, as Mediator, Prophet, Priest, 
and King, (the "four living creatures ;") 
and when all the wheels of divine pro- 
vidence should move forward in exact 
accordance with the purpose of grace 
-in redemption. Under various simili- 
tudes, and "at sundry times," these 
things were made known to holy men 
of old, who have recorded them for our 
instruction. Especially was the prophet 
Isaiah favored with glorious visions of 
the Redeemer's reign. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. cxviii. 17. I shall not die, but 
live, and declare the works of the Lord. 

18. The Lord hath chastened me 
sore : but he hath not given me over 
unto death. 

19. Open to me the gates of right- 
eousness : I will go into them, and I 
will praise the Lord : 

20. This gate of the Lord, into which 
the righteous shall enter. 

21.1 will praise thee : for thou hast 
heard me, and art become my salva- 
tion. 

22. The stone which the builders 
refused is become the head stone of the 
corner. 

23. This is the Lord's doing; it is 
marvellous in our eyes. 

24. This is the day which the Lord. 
hath made ; we will rejoice and be glad 
in it. 

25. Save me, I beseech thee, O Lord : 
O Lord, I beseech thee, send now pros- 
perity. 

Micah iv. 1. But in the last days it 
shall come to pass, that the mountain 
of the house of the Lord shall be esta- 
blished in the top of the mountains, and 
it shall be exalted above the hills ; and 
people shall flow unto it. 

2. And many nations shall come, 
and say, Come, and let us go up to the 
mountain of the Lord, and to the house 
of the God of Jacob : and he will teach 
us of his ways, and we will walk in his 
paths: for the law shall go forth of 
Zion, and the word of the Lord from 
Jerusalem. 



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The Letter. 

18. And Jacob rose up early in the 
morning, and took the stone that he 
had put for his pillows, and set it up 

for a pillar, and poured oil upon the 
top of it. 

19. And he called the name of that 
place Beth-el: but the name of that 
city was called Luz at the first. 

XOTE. 

When Jacob laid down to rest, the 
stones of the place were his pillow. 
And now he set up this same stone, and 
poured oil upon it, and called it Beth-el. 
In like manner, daring the dark night 
which preceded the gospel day, faith 
rested upon the bare promise of God as 
upon a rock; and when at length the 
morning dawned, and the light of life 
appeared, the Spirit witnessed to the 
first fruits of the gospel, as the fulfilment 
of " that which was spoken." Beth el 
signifies "house of God;" and Luz, 
which was its first name, siguifies 
"estrangement, alienation." 'Hie appli- 
cation of these names to the anointed 
stone, is explained by the apostle Paul, 
when he tells the Ephesians that they 
were " no more strangers and foreigners, 
but fellow citizens with the sainU, and of 
the household of God" &c. Jesus, the 
anointed of God, having been "set up 
from everlasting," as the "sure founda- 
tion-stone" of Zion, though rejected by 



Ps. cxxxii. 13. For the Lord hath 
chosen Zion ; he hath desired it for his 
habitation. 

14. This is my rest for ever: here 
will I dwell ; for I have desired it. 

15. I will abundantly bless her pro- 
vision : I will satisfy her poor with 
bread. 

Ezk. i. 26. And above the firma- 
ment that was over their heads was 
the likeness of a throne, as the appear- 
ance of a sapphire stone : and upon 
the likeness of the throne icas the like- 
ness as the appearance of a man above 
upon it. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xxviii. 16. Therefore thus saith 
the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for 
a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a 
precious corner-stone, a sure founda- 
tion : he that believeth shall not make 
haste. 

viii. 14. And he shall be for a sanc- 
tuary; but for a stone of stumbling 
and for a rock of offence to both the 
houses of Israel, for a gin and for a 
snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

15. And many among them shall 
stumble, and fall, and be broken, and 
be snared, and be taken. 

Acts ii. 16. But this is that which 
was spoken by the prophet Joel, 

17. And it shall come to pass in the 
last days, saith God, I will pour out of 
my Spirit upon all flesh : and your sons 
and your daughters shall prophesy, 
and your young men shall see visions, 
and your old men shall dream dreams : 

18. And on my servants, and on my 
hand-maidens, I will pour out in those 
days of my Spirit : and they shall pro- 
phesy. 

iv. 8. Then Peter, filled with the 
Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers 
of the people, and elders of Israel, 

* * * * * 

11. This is the stone which was set 
at nought of you builders, which Is be- 
come the head of the corner. 



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the Jewish builders, is made the " head 
of the corner," or chief corner-stone of 
the spiritual building; set up and built 
upon the testimony of apostles and pro- 
phets. 



The Letter. 

20. And Jacob vowed a vow, say- 
ing, If God will be with me, and will 
keep me in this way that I go, and 
will give me bread to eat, and raiment 
to put on, 

21. So that I come again to my fa- 
ther's house in peace ; then shall the 
Lord be my God : 

22. And this stone, which I have set 
for a pillar, shall be God's house and 

of all that thou shalt give me, I will 
surely give the tenth unto thee. 

Note. 

In this vow, Jacob appears to set his 
seal to the covenant, by pledging him- 
self to the work assigned him, as the 
typical representative of the "Spirit of 
truth, " the " promise of the Father." If 
he was prospered in all to which he was 
sent out, so as to return again in peace 
to his fathers house, then the pillar set 
up should be God's house; — in other 
words, the house which had here been 
set up should be built, and established. 
In all this language, especially where he 
speaks of giving tithes, the peculiar 
office-work of this divine agent is re- 
cognised, as the glorifier of Jesus, sent 
to testify of him, and to lead his people 
into all • truth, by taking of the things 
that are his, and showing to them. In 
all which he would teach no new truth, 
but only instruct into the mysteries of 
wisdom and knowledge which are trea- 
sured in Christ ; thus rendering all ho- 



Efh. ii. 19. Now therefore ye are 
no more strangers and foreigners, but 
fellow-citizens with the saints, and of 
the household of God ; 

20. And are built upon the founda- 
tion of the apostles and prophets, Jesus 
Christ himself being the chief corner- 
stone ; 

21. In whom all the building fitly 
framed together, groweth unto a holy 
temple in the Lord : 

22. In whom ye also are builded to- 
gether, for a habitation of God through 
the Spirit. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xii. 2. Behold, God is my sal- 
vation ; I will trust, and not be afraid : 
for the Lord Jehovah is my strength 
and my song ; he also is become my 
salvation. 

3. Therefore with joy shall ye draw 
water out of the wells of salvation. 

4. And in that day shall ye say, 
Praise the Lord, call upon his name, 
declare his doings among the people, 
make mention that his name is ex- 
alted. 

5. Sing unto the Lord; for he hath 
done excellent things: this is known 
in all the earth. 

6. Cry out and shout, thou inhabi- 
tant of Zion ; for great is the Holy 
One of Israel in the midst of thee. 

Ps. cxviii. 6. The Lord is on my 
side ; I will not fear : what can man do 
unto me ? 

7. The Lord taketh my part with 

them that help me : therefore shall 

I see my desire upon them that hate 

me. 
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13. Thou hast thrust sore at me 
that I might fall : but the Lord helped 
me. 

14. The Lord is my strength and 
song, and is become my salvation. 

Rom. vii. 36. (As it is written, For 
thy sake we are killed all the day long • 
we are accounted as sheep for the 
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nor to the Son, who, because he had 
become obedient unto death, should re- 
ceive " a name which is above every 
name that is named either in this world 
or that which is to come." Abraham 
paid tithes to the High Priest of the 
v:ew covenant, and Jacob promised 
tithes to the God of Bethel — but Isaac, 
the Son, paid no tithes : But because he 
"gave himself" — all that he had, to 
honor and glorify the Father — therefore 
unto him should be paid all honor and 
glory and dominion for ever. 

The " Three that bear record in hea- 
ven," are said to agree i®. one, — that is, 
all that is found in each separately, 
is found unitedly in each. So it is in 
the types which represent them ; and 
Jacob sometimes represents -the Spirit, 
sometimes the Messiah anointed of the 
Spirit, and sometimes the "dispensation 
of t/ie Spirit," or gospel. 



37. Nay, in all these things we are 
more than conquerors, through him 
that loved us. 

38. For I am persuaded, that neither 
death, nor life, nor angels, nor princi- 
palities, nor powers, nor things present, 
nor things to come, 

39. Nor height, nor depth, nor any 
other creature, shall be able to separate 
us from the love of God which is in 
Christ Jesus our Lord. 

Matt, xxviii. 18. And Jesus came 
and spake unto them, saying, All power 
is given unto me in heaven and in 
earth. 

19. Go ye therefore, and teach all 
nations, baptizing them in the name of 
the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost ; 

20. Teaching them to observe all 
things whatsoever I have commanded 
you: and, lo, I am with you alway, 
even unto the end of the world. 
Amen. 

xxiv. 14. And this gospel of the 
kingdom shall be preached in all the 
world, for a witness unto all nations \ 
and then shall the end come.. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



The Letter. 

1. Then Jacob went on his journey, 
and came into the land of the people 
of the east. 

2. And he looked, and behold, a well 
in the field, and lo, there were three 
flocks of sheep lyifcg by it ; for out of 
that well they watered the flocks: and 
a great stone was upon the well's 
mouth, 

3. And thither were all the flocks 
gathered: and they rolled the stone 
from the well's mouth and watered the 
sheep, and put the stone again upon 
the well's mouth in his place. 

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The Spirit. ' 

Zeck. xiii. 1 . In that day there shall bo 
a fountain opened to the house of Da- 
vid and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
for sin and for uncleanness. 

Sol. Song, i. 7. Tell me, O thou 
whom my soul loveth, where thou feed- 
est, where thou makest thy flock to rest 
at noon : for why should I be as one 
that turneth aside by the flocks of thy 
companions ? 

8. If thou know not, O thou fairest 
among women, go thy way forth by the 
footstepts of the flock, and feed th y 
kids beside the shepherds' tents. 



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1S"0TE. 

Jacob had now come to the "field of 
Syria" — " the land of the people of the 
east," to whom he was sent by Isaac, 
la this field he found a well, at which 
lay three flocks of sheep waiting to be 
watered. , Until Jacob came, a great 
stone closed the well's month ; and the 
sheep were watered only when the 
shepherds rolled away the stone. 

This figure, when taken in connection 
with what has already been explained, 
is easily understood. The well and its 
water, represent the blessings of grace 
and salvation, treasured in the cove- 
nant and bestowed by promise upon the 
sheep of Christ from the beginning. 
The three flocks — those that lived before 
the food, those tender the law, and those 
under the gospel — all were watered from 
the same '• well of living water." These 
flocks were waiting and looking for the 
promise — even the salvation of Israel ; 
and were persuaded of it and embraced 
it by faitb. But as yet the well was 
not opened ; for the shepherds, after 
watering the sheep with occasional 
draughts, again rolled back the stone. 
For, until the porter opened to the true 
Shepherd of the sheep, all that came 
before, professing to be shepherds, " were 
thieves and robbers." 



The Letter. 

4. And Jacob said unto them, My 
brethren, whence be yel And they 
said, Of Haran are we. 

5. And he said unto them, Know ye 
Laban the son of Nahor? And they 
said, We know him. 

6. And he said unto them, Is he 
well ? And thev said, He is well : and 



Isa. xii. 3. Therefore with joy shall 
ye draw water out of the wells of sal- 
vation. 

Detjt. xxxiii. 28. Israel then shall 
dwell in safety alone ; the fountain, of 
Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and 
wine ; also his heavens shall drop down 
dew. 

John vii. 37. In the last day, that 
great day of the feast, Jesus stood and 
cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him 
come unto me, and drink. 

38. He that believeth on me, as the 
scripture hath said, out of his belly 
shall flow rivers of living water.. 

Isa. xli. 17. When the poor and 
needy seek water, and there is none r 
and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the 
Lord will hear them, /the God of Israel 
will not forsake them. 

18. I will, open rivers in high, places, 
and fountains in the midst of the val- 
leys : I wall make the wilderness a pool 
of water, and the dry land springs of 
water. 

Joel hi. 18. And it shall come to 
pass in that day, that the mountains 
shall drop down new wine, and the 
hills shall flow with milk, and all the 
rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, 
and a fountain shall come forth of the 
house of the Lord, and shall water the 
valley of Shittim. 

Heb. xi. 13. These all died in faith, 
not having received the promises, but 
having seen them afar off, and were 
persuaded of them, and embraced them, 
and confessed that they were strangers 
and pilgrims on the earth. 



Tlie Spirit. 

Rom. ii. 17. Behold, thou art called 
a Jew, and restest in the law, and 
makest thy boast of God, 

18. And knowest his will, and ap- 
provest the things that are more ex- 
cellent, being instructed out of the 
law; 

19. And art confident that thou thy- 



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behold, Rachel his daughter cometh 
with the sheep. 

Kote. 

Jacob here assumes the character of 
the "Messenger of the Covenant," com- 
ing in the power of the Holy Ghost, — 
the brightness of the Father's glory and 
the express image of his person. He 
comes to his own, — to his brethren ac- 
cording to the flesh, to whom had been 
committed the care of the sheep ; but 
they knew him not, and received him 
not. 

These shepherds of Israel, being 
taught in the law, well understood that 
a promised "Deliverer" was to be raised 
up, who should turn away ungodliness 
from Jacob. But in this promise they 
looked only for a temporal saviour, that 
should deliver them from the Eoman 
power; therefore they recognised not, 
in the meek and lowly Jesus, Mm that 
should come ; but despised and rejected 
him ; and looked forward for the accom- 
plishment of their carnal and worldly 
expectations. They knew that the sheep 
of Laban were to be watered, but they 
bid them wait at the well till that which 
they looked for, should come, not know- 
ing that he who talked with them was 
he. Of the welfare and good condition 
of their own standing as the covenant 
people of God, to whom this promised 
Deliverer should be sent, they had no 
question ; and were ever ready to say 
concerning it, "all is well,"and ready for 
his coming. 



self art a guide of the blind, a light of 
them which are in darkness. 

John i. 10. He was in the world, 
and the world was made by him, and 
the world knew him not. 

11. He came unto his own, and his 
own received him not. 

Ezk. xxxiv. 7. Therefore, ye shep- 
herds, hear the word of the Lord ; 

8. As I live, saith the Lord God, 
surely because my flock became a 
prey, and my flock became meat to 
every beast of the field, because there 
was no shepherd, neither did my shep- 
herds search for my flbck, but the 
shepherds fed themselves, and fed not 
my flock : 

9. Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear 
the word of the Lord ; 

10. Thus saith the Lord God; Be- 
hold, I am against the shepherds ; and 
I will require my flock at their hand, 
and cause them to cease from feeding, 
the flock ; neither shall the shepherds 
feed themselves any more ; for I will 
deliver my flock from their mouth, that 
they may not be meat for them. 

11. For thus saith the Lord God, 
Behold, I, even I, will both search my 
sheep, and seek them out. 

12. As a shepherd seeketh out his 
flock in the day that he is among his 
sheep that are scattered; so will I seek 
out my sheep, and will deliver them out 
of all places where they have been 
scattered in the cloudy and dark 
day. 

13. And I will bring them out from 
the people, and gather them from the 
countries, and will bring them to their 
own land, and feed them upon the moun- 
tains of Israel by the rivers, and ;in all , 
the inhabited places of the country. 

14. I will feed them in a. good pas- 
ture, and upon the high mountains of 
Israel shall their fold be : there shall 
they lie in a good fold, and in a fat 
pasture shall they. feed upon the moun- 
tains of Israel.. 



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The Letter. 

7. And he said, Lo, it is yet 'high 
day, neither is it time that the cattle 
should be gathered together: water ye 
the sheep, and go and feed them. 

8. And they sard, We cannot, until 
all the flocks be gathered together, and 
till they roll the stone from the well's 
mouth ; then we water the sheep. 

Note. 

Jesus, the good Shepherd, was sent 
only " to the lost sheep of the house of 
Israel ;" therefore he said, " I come not 
to call the righteous, but sinners to re- 
pentance." To the "daughter of Zion," 
the kingdom must first come, by divine 
appointment; — even to the "poor of 
the flock," sometimes called "the flock 
•of slaughter," because they were an 
afflicted, and poor people, who, like 
their Master, were despised and rejected 
of men. 

But. the expectation of the people of 
the Jews, was altogether contrary to 
this. They supposed that the Messiah, 
so long promised,, would come with all 
the pomp and grandeur of an earthly 
monarch, and make himself first known 
to the Sanhedrim, — the wise, the pru- 
dent, and the noble. Therefore, when 
the common people heard him gladly, 
and testified to his wonderful works, the 
a*eply was, " Have any of the rulers be- 
lieved on him?" 

With such calculations, the shepherds, 
or rulera of the people, when they saw 
only the poor of the flock come to the 
preaching of the gospel, did not recog- 
nise the kingdom and the glory which 
they looked for, and rejected the whole ; 
insisting that the time had not come 
that the sheep should be watered, until 
the cattle should be gathered. Or, in 
other words, that any should enter the 
kingdom until the great and noble were 
first received to its honors and privi- 
leges. 



Tlie Spirit. 

Matt. x. 5. * * * Go not into* 
the way of the Gentiles, and into any 
city of the Samaritans enter ye not : 

6. But go rather to the lost sheep of 
the house of Israel. 

xv. 24. But he answered and said, 
I am not sent but unto the lost sheep 
of the house of Israel. 

John iv. 22. Ye worship ye know 
not what: we know what we worship: 
for salvation is of the Jews. 

23. But the hour cometh, and now 
is, when the true worshippers shall 
worship the Father in spirit and in 
truth : for the Father seeketh such to 
worship him. 

24. God is a Spirit : and they that 
worship him, must worship him in 
spirit and in truth. 

25. The woman saith unto him, I 

know that Messias cometh, which is 

called Christ ; when. he is come, he will 

tell us all things. 
* ># •* # * 

35. Say not ye, 'There are yet four 
months, and then cometh harvest ? be- 
hold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, 
and look on the fields; for they are 
white already to harvest. 

Acts xiii. 46. * * It was neces- 
sary that the word of God should first 
have been spoken to you. 

Luke xvii. 20. And when he was 
demanded of the Pharisees when the 
kingdom of God should come, he an- 
swered them, and said, The kingdom 
of God cometh not with observation. 

21. Neither shall they say, Lo here! 
or, Lo there ! for, behold, the kingdom 
of God is within you. 

Matt. xxi. 28. But what think ye ? 
A certain man had two sons, and he 
came to the first, and said, Son, go 
work to-day in my vineyard. 

29. He answered and said, I will 
not; but afterward he repented, and 
went. 

30. And he came to the second, and 
said likewise. And he answered and 
said, I go, sir ; and went not. 



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27' 



The Letter. 

9. And while he yet spake with them, 
Rachel came with her father's sheep : 
for she kept them, 

10. And it came to pass, when Jacob 
saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his 
mother's brother, and the sheep of La- 
ban his mother's brother, that Jacob 
went near, and rolled the stone from 
the well's mouth, and watered the flock 
of Laban his mother's brother. 

ISOTE. 

It was to "the daughter of Zion," 
that the kingdom must first be brought; 
and no sooner was the glad tidings of 
the gospel sounded in the wilderness of 
Judea, than the "poor of the flock" 
heard and rejoiced in it. They came to 
the -wells of salvation, seeking for the 
water of life and confessing their sins. 

As soon as Rachel appeared with her 
father's sheep, Jacob rolled away the 
stone from the well's mouth and watered 
the flock. So it is the Spirit of truth that 
takes of the things of Christ and shows 
them to his people. It is the Spirit 
that reveals those mysteries of the king- 
dom, which eye hath not seen, nor hath 
entered into the heart to conceive; but 
which God hath laid up for them that 
fear him. It is the Spirit that searches the 
deep things of God, and, by his teaching 
alone, are they spiritually discerned. 
Thus are the children of the kingdom 



31. Whether of them twam did the 
will of Ms father ? They say unto him, 
The first. Jesus saith unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, That the publi- 
cans and the harlots go into the king- 
dom of God before you. 

John iii. 5. Jesus answ r ered, Verily, 
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man 
be born of water, and of the Spirit, 
he cannot enter into the kingdom of 
God. 

6. That which is born of the flesh is 
flesh ; and that which is born of the 
Spirit is spirit. 



The Spirit. 

Zech. xi. 7. And I will feed the 
flock of -slaughter, even you, O poor of 
the flock. And I took unto me two 
staves; the one I called Beauty, and 
the other I called Bands ; and I fed the 
flock. 

ii. 10. Sing and rejoice, O daughter 
of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will 
dwell in the midst of thee, saith the 
Lord. 

Micah iv. 6. In that day, saith the 
Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, 
and I will gather her that is driven out, 
and her that I have afflicted ; 

7. And I will make her that halted 
a remnant, and her that was cast far 
off a strong nation: and the Lord shall 
reign over them in mount Zion from 
henceforth, even for ever. 

8. And thou, O tower of the flock, 
the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, 
unto thee shall it eome, even the first 
dominion ; the kingdom shall eome to 
the daughter of Jerusalem. 

Isa. lxii. 11. Say ye to the daughter 
of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh ; 
behold, his reward is with him, and his 
w T ork before him. 

12. And they shall call them, The 
holy people, The redeemed of the Lord : 
and thou shalt be called, Sought out, 
A city not forsaken. 

Johnx. 14. I am the good shepherd, 



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' ; sanctified through the truth," and 
made to grow in grace and in the know- 
ledge of Christ ; and thus, " to those that 
received him," did the Messenger of the 
covenant "give power to become the 
sons of God, even to them who believed 
on his name," 



The Letter. 

11. And Jacob kissed Rachel, and 
lifted up his voice and wept. 

12. And Jacob told Rachel that he 
was her father's brother, and that he 
was Rebekah's son ; and she ran and 
told her father. 

Note. 

The joy of Jacob at the sight of Ra- 
chel, not only alludes to the delight 
which Jesus, as the bridegroom of the 
church, has had in her, even from ever- 
lasting, but also represents the joy and 
rejoicing thut should come to Zion, 
when she should be visited by the 
" dayspring from on high," to give her 
" the oil of joy for mourning, and the 
garment of praise for the spirit of hea- 
viness." 

Jacob tells Rachel who he is, and 
whence he came, though he told not the 



, and am known of 



and know my 
mine. 
* * * * * 

27. My sheep hear my voice, and I 
know them, and they follow me : 

28. And I give unto them eternal 
life ; and they shall never perish, nei- 
ther shall any pluck them out of my 
hand. 

29. My Father, which gave them 
me, is greater than all; and none is 
able to pluck them out of my Father's 
hand. 

***** 

7. Then said Jesus unto them again , 
Vqrily, verily, I say unto you, I am the 
door of the sheep. 

8. All that ever came before me are 
thieves and robbers : but the sheep did 
not hear them. 

9. I am the door : by me if any man 
enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go 
in and out, and find pasture. 

10. The thief cometh not, but for to 
steal, and to kill, and to destroy : I am 
come that they might have life, and 
that they might have it more abun- 
dantly. 



The Spirit 

Isa. Ixii. 4. Thou shalt no more be 
termed Forsaken ; neither shall thy land 
any more be termed Desolate : but 
thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and 
thy land Bculah: for the Lord de- 
lighteth in thee, and thy land shall be 
married. 

5. For as a young man marrieth a 
virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee : 
and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over 
the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over 
thee. 

Isa. Ixi. 2. To proclaim the accept- 
able year of the Lord, and the day of 
vengeance of our God ; to comfort all 
that mourn ; 

3. To appoint unto them that mourn 
in Zion, to give unto them beauty for 
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the 
garment of praise for the spirit of hea- 



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shepherds. So Jesus manifests himself 
to his people, "as he does not to the 
world." "I know my sheep, and am 
known of mine." "If a man love me, 
my Father will love him, and I will 
love him and manifest myself unto 
him," &c. 

Rachel was in haste to tell her father 
that Jacob had come ; and so, when the 
disciples saw the Saviour, they hastened 
to make known the fact to others, that 
they had " found him, of whom Moses 
in the law and in the prophets spake ; 
is not this the Christ ?" 

The Spirit of truth reveals to the 
church the things of Christ, and in- 
structs her into the mysteries of the 
kingdom ; and she declares these things 
to others ; thus " holding forth the word 
of life." 



The Letter. 

13. And it came to pass when Laban 
heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's 
son, that he ran to meet him, and em- 
braced him, and kissed him, and brought 
him to his house. And he told Laban 
all these things. 

14. And Laban said to him, Surely 
thou art my bone and my flesh : and 
he abode with him the space of a 
month. 



Note. 
Laban signifies white, 



and 



viness ; that they might be called trees 
of righteousness, the planting of the 
Lord, that he might be glorified. 

4. And they shall build the old 
wastes, they shall raise tip the former 
desolations, and they shall repair the 
waste cities, the desolations of many 
generations. 

Jer. xxxi. 3. The Lord hath ap- 
peared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I 
have loved thee with an everlasting 
love ; therefore with loving kindness 
have I drawn thee. 

4. Again I will build thee, and thou 
shalt be built, O virgin of Israel : thou 
shalt again be adorned with thy ta- 
brets, and shalt go forth in the dances 
of them that make merry. 

John xvii. 6, I have manifested thy 
name unto the men which thou gavest 
me out of the world : thine they were, 
and thou gavest them me ; and they 
have kept thy word. 

7. Now they have known that all 
things whatsoever thou hast given me, 
are of thee : 

8. For I have given unto them the 
words which thou gavest me ; and they 
have received them, and have known 
surely that I came out from thee, and 
they have believed that thou didst 
send me. 

9. I pray for them : I pray not for 
the world, but for them which thou 
hast given me ; for they are thine. 



T7«? Spirit. 

Matt, xxiii. 25. Woe unto you, 
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for 
ye make clean the outside of the cup 
and the platter, but within they are 
full of extortion and excess. 

26. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse 
first that which is within the cup and 
platter, that the outside of them may 
be clean also. 

27. Woe unto you, scribes and Pha- 
risees, hypocrites ! for ye are like unto 
whited sepulchres, which indeed appear 



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has reference to the Jewish table of 
rites and ceremonies, that sanctified to 
the purifying of the flesh, making the 
comers thereunto outwardly and judi- 
cially clean, but could not take away 
sin, and never was intended to be any- 
thing more than a shadow of that which 
was to come. Hence Jesus says to the 
scribes and Pharisees, who rested in 
, these external services, and made a 
righteousness of them, instead of looking 
to the better things which they re- 
vealed, "ye make clean the outside of 
the cup and platter, but within are full 
of extortion and excess." 

Jacob was literally the kinsman of 
Laban, as Jesus was literally the kins- 
man of the first testament. He was 
also intimately connected with the table 
of rites and ceremonies which Laban 
here represents. In him were they all 
to have their fulfilment. He was the 
" body" or substance of all its shadows, 
the verifying of all its promises, the un- 
veiling or unfolding of all its mysteries. 
Truly then might Laban recognise and 
welcome Jacob, as being of his bone and 
of his flesh. 

But there was another service to be 
rendered by the " Messenger of the co- 
venant," before he could redeem the 
children of the kingdom from the bond- 
age of the law. The ritual code or 
handwriting of ordinances, which were 
fulfilled in him, only served to identify 
and point out the Lamb of God, as the 
great atoning sacrifice for sin ; the pro- 
pitiation which G.od had set forth for 
the transgressions of his people against 
the moral law ; by which they should be 
delivered from sin and the curse, and 
brought into the glorious liberty of the' 
sons of God. 



beautiful outward, but are within full 
of dead mens bones, and of all ira- 
cleanness. 

28. Even so ye also outwardly ap- 
pear righteous unto men, but within ye 
are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 

29. Woe unto you, scribes and Pha- 
risees, hypocrites ! because ye build the 
tombs of the prophets, and garnish the 
sepulchres of the righteous. 

Acts xxiii. 2. And the high priest 
Ananias commanded them that stood 
by him to smite him on the mouth. 

3. Then said Paul unto him, God 
shall smite thee, thou whited wall : for 
sittest thou to judge me after the law, 
and commandest me to be smitten con- 
trary to the law? • 

Luke iv. 14. And Jesus returned 
in the power of the Spirit into Galilee : 
and there went out a fame of him 
through all the region round about. 

* * * * % 

18. The Spirit of the Lord is upon 
me, because he hath anointed me to 
preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath 
sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to 
preach deliverance to the captives, and 
recovering of sight to the blind, to set 
at liberty them that are bruised, 

19. To preach the acceptable year 
of the' Lord. 

20. And he closed the book, and he 
gave it again to the minister, and sat 
down. And the eyes of all them that 
were in the synagogue were fastened 
on him. 

21. And he began to say unto them, 
This day is this scripture fulfilled in 
your ears. 

Gal. iv. 4. But when the fulness of the 
time was come, God sent forth his Son, 
made of a woman, made under the law, 

5. To redeem them that were under 
the law, that we might receive the 
adoption of sons. 



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The Letter. 

1 5. And Laban said unto Jacob, Be- 
cause thou art my brother, shouldest 
thou therefore serve me for nought? 
tell me, what shall thy wages be ? 

16. And Laban had two daughters: 
the name of the elder was Leah, and 
the name of the younger was Rachel. 

17. Leah was tender-eyed, but Ra- 
chel was beautiful and well-favored. 

Note. 

The two daughters of Laban, Leah 
the " tender (weak) eyed," and Rachel the 
" beautiful and well favored," represent 
two important truths in the redemption 
of Christ. First, they signify the two 
classes of people, which made up the 
commonwealth of Israel; the "seed of 
promise," and the "children of the 
flesh." Rachel, which means sheep, per- 
sonates the first class, and is referred to 
as " the lost sheep of the house of Is- 
rael," the "poor of the flock," "the 
daughter of Zion," <fec. For her, Jacob 
offers to serve Laban, and she was his 
promised wages or reward for that ser- 
vice. But Leah, who personates the 
children of the flesh, who are repre- 
sented as blind, and not able to "look 
to the end of that which was abolished ;" 
as " having eyes that they should not 
see, and ears that they should not hear," 
&c, was " imposed on him for the time 
then present," instead of the promised 
and chosen one. 

Thus also, the Son of God pledged 
himself to become the servant of the co- 
venant, that he might purchase to him- 
self as his chosen and espoused bride, 
his elect people, which his Father had 
given him. But, before he could receive 
the reward of his sufferings, in the peo- 
ple of his choice, he must take into co 
venant a " mixed multitude," whom he 
knew not and owned not as his " sheep," 
though they were called by his name. 
In the eleventh chapter of Zechariah 
these two classes of people are represent- 
ed by " two staves" in the hand of God, and 
his purpose concerning them is foretold. 
By the breaking of the first, the precious 
were to be separated from the vile ; the 
" poor of the flock" from "all the people." 



The Spirit. 

Sol. Song iv. 1. Behold thou art 
fair, my love ; behold, thou art fair ; 
thou hast dove's eyes within thy locks : 
thy hair is as a flock of goats, that ap- 
pear from mount Gilead. 

Rom. xi. 8. (According as it is 
written, God hath given them the spirit 
of slumber, eyes that they should not 
see, and ears that they should not hear) 
unto this day. 

9. And David saith, Let their table 
be made a snare, and a trap, and a 
stumbliDg-block, and a recompense unto 
them: 

10. Let their eyes be darkened, that 
they may not see, and bow down their 
back alway. 

2 Cor. iii. 13. And not as Moses, 
ichich put a vail over his face, that the 
children of Israel could not steadfastly 
look to the end of that which is abo- 
lished : 

14. But their minds were blinded: 
for until this day remaineth the same 
vail untaken away in the reading of the 
old testament ; which vail is done away 
in Christ. 

15. But even unto this day, when 
Moses is read, the vail is upon their 
heart. 

Zech. xi. a For I will no more 
pity the inhabitants of the land, saith 
the Lord : but lo, I will deliver the men 
every one into his neighbor's hand, and 
into the hand of his king: and they 
shall smite the land, and out of their 
hand I will not deliver them. 

7. And I will feed the flock of 
slaughter, even you, O poor of the 
flock. And I took unto me two 
staves; the one I called Beauty, and 
the other I called Bands ; and I fed the 

flock. 
* * * * * 

10. And I took my staff, even Beau- 
ty, and cut it asunder, that I might 
break my covenant which I had made 
with all the people. 

11. And it was broken in that day : 
and so the poor of the flock that waited 



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And when this people should sell him at 
the "goodly price" of "thirty pieces of 
silver," — then would be broken the 
other staff, or the "brotherhood be- 
tween Judab and Israel ;" because Ju- 
dah were no more a people, for Shiloh 
had come, and they had crucified their 
kins. 



The Letter. 

18. And Jacob loved Rachel; and 
said, I will serve thee seven years for 
Rachel thy younger daughter. 

19. And Laban said, It is better that 
I give her to thee, than that I should 
give her to another man : abide with 
me. 

20. And Jacob served seven years 
for Rachel ; and they seemed unto him 
but a few days, for the love he had to 
her. 

]Sote. 

This virtually represents the stipula- 
tions of the everlasting covenant, in 
which the Father engages to give to the 
Son, the church, which he should re- 
deem by becoming the Mediator of that 
covenant, and accomplishing the work 
given him to do. 

The first seven years' service of Jacob, 
has reference to the period which ended 
with the giving of the law at Sinai, 
when, by the typical redemption of Is- 
rael from the land of Egypt. Jesus 
shows how, "in the fulness of time," he 
would deliver his true Israel from the 
service of sin and Satan and the bond- 
age of the law, into the glorious liberty 
of the sons of God. 

At Sinai, however, instead of the wa- 
ges agreed upon, he receives only the 
typical and fleshly spouse of the legal or 
typical testament, — Leah instead of Ra- 



upon me knew that it was the word of 
the Lord. 

1 2. And I said unto them, If ye think 
good, give me my price; and if not, 
forbear. So they weighed for my 
price thirty pieces of silver. 

13. And the Lord said unto me, Cast 
it unto the potter : a goodly price that 
I was prized at of them. And I took 
the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them 
to the potter in the house of the 
Lord. 

14. Then I cut asunder mine other 
staff, even Bands, that 1 might break 
the brotherhood between Judah and 
Israel. 



The Spirit. 

Hose a xii. 12. And Jacob fled into 
the country of Syria, and Israel served 
for a wife, and for a wife he kept 



Eph. 25. Husbands love your wives, 
even as Christ also loved the church, 
and gave himself for it ; 

26. That he might sanctify and 
cleanse it with the washing of water 
by the word, 

27. That he might present it to him- 
self a glorious church, not having spot 
or wrinkle, or any such thing ; but that 
it should be holy and without blemish. 

John x. 11. I am the good shep- 
herd : the good shepherd giveth his life 
for the sheep. 

***** 

15. As the Father knoweth me, even 
so know I the Father : and I lay down 

my life for the sheep. 

***** 

18. No man taketh it from me, but 
I lay it down of myself: I have power 
to lay it down, and I have power to 
take it again. This commandment 
have I received of my Father. 

Rom. v. 6. For when we were yet 
without strength, in due time Christ 
died for the ungodly. 

7. For scarcely for a righteous man 
will one die; yet peradventure for a 



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285 



chel, — the natural instead of the spirit- 
ual; because under that testament, the 
wages must be of the same character as 
the service, both weak and unprofitable 
in bringing in the righteousness of faith, 
yet necessarily preceding that " better 
thing," which was promised and couched 
under the similitude of carnal ordinan- 
ces, which could not take away sin, but 
that were " imposed " for the time then 
present. The love of Christ for his 
church, could not be more strongly 
14 commended," than by his subsequent 
endurance of all the faithlessness and 
rebellion of that stiff-necked people, with 
whom he was so unequally yoked; but 
which he endured with much long suf- 
fering, as an ensample of what he would 
bear for his own best beloved. 



The Letter. 

21. And Jacob said unto Laban, 
Give me my wife, for my days are ful- 
filled, that I may go in unto her. 

22. And Laban gathered together all 
the men of the place, and made a feast. 

23. And it came to pass in the even- 
ing, that he took Leah his daughter, 
and brought her to him : and he went 
in unto her. 

24. And Laban gave unto his daugh- 
ter Leah Zilpah his maid for an hand- 
maid. 

ISTote. 
It was a multitude of people, even all 
the men of Israel, that were gathered to- 
gether at Sinai, when the marriage co- 
venant was ratified between them and 
the Lord God of Israel. On that occa- 



good man some would even dare to 
die. 

8. But God commendeth his love 
toward us, in that, while we were yet 
sinners, Christ died for us. 

Phil. ii. 6. Who, being in the 
form of God, thought it not robbery to 
be equal with God ; 

7. But made himself of no reputa- 
tion, and took upon him the form of a 
servant, and was made in the likeness 
of men ; 

8. And being found in fashion as a 
man, he humbled himself and became 
obedient unto death, even the death of 
the cross. 

1 Cor. xv. 45. And so it is written, 
The first man Adam was made a living 
soul, the last Adam icas made a quick- 
ening spirit. 

46. Howbeit, that loas not first which 
is spiritual, but that which is natural ; 
and afterward that which is spiritual. 

47. The first man is of the earth, 
earthy: the second man is the Lord 
from heaven. 

48. As is the earthy, such are they 
also that are earthy: and as is the 
heavenly, such are they also that are 
heavenly. 



The Spirit. 

Ex. xxiv. 1. And he said unto Mo- 
ses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and 
Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy 
of the elders of Israel ; and worship ye 
afar off. 

2. And Moses alone shall come near 
the Lord: but they shall not come 
nigh ; neither shall the people go up 
with him. 

3. And Moses came and told the 
people all the words of the Lord, and 
all the judgments: and all the people 
answered with one voice, and said, All 
the words which the Lord hath said 
will we do. 

4. And Moses wrote all the words 
of the Lord, and rose up early in the 
morning, and builded an altar under the 



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sion, he rightfully claimed that which 
had been promised and " confirmed" to 
him by the Father, four hundred and 
thirty years before, and which he had 
redeemed " with an high hand and an 
outstretched arm" from the bondage of 
Egypt. 

But this marriage feast was in the 
dark and shadowy night of the " minis- 
tration of condemnation;" and instead 
of the bride of his choice, for whom he 
had stipulated, lo! in her place he re- 
ceives a blind and gainsaying people 
that were not his. Even while the ar- 
ticles of this unequal union were being 
ratified in the mount, the woman that 
had hardly uttered her marriage vows, 
was committing adultery with the gods 
of Egypt, even within sight of the thun- 
derings and lightnings, that solemnized 
the nuptial feast. 

Even Aaron the high priest, who had 
just seen the God of Israel in the mount, 
in all the glory and majesty of the co- 
venant he was there entering into with 
that false and hypocritical nation, scru- 
pled not to form the calf, and bow down 
before it, and say to the people, "These 
be thy gods, O Israel, that brought 
thee up out of the land of Egypt." 



hill, and twelve pillars according to the 
twelve tribes of Israel. 

5. And he sent young men of the 
children of Israel, which offered bur»nt- 
offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings 
of oxen unto the Lord. 

6. And Moses took half of the blood, 
and put it in basons, and half of the 
blood he sprinkled on the altar. 

7. And he took the book of the co- 
venant, and read in the audience of the 
people : and they said, All that the 
Lord hath said will we do, and be obe- 
dient. 

8. And Moses took the blood, and 
sprinkled it on the people, and said, 
Behold the blood of the covenant, 
which the Lord hath made with you 
concerning all these words. 

9. Then went up Moses, and Aaron, 
Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the 
elders of Israel. 

10. And they saw the God of Israel : 
and there was under his feet as it were 
a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and 
as it were the body of heaven in his 
clearness. 

11. And upon the nobles of the chil- 
dren of Israel he laid not his hand : 
also they saw God, and did eat and 
drink. 

Ps. cvi. 19. They made a calf in 
Horeb, and worshipped the molten 
image. 

20. Thus they changed their glory 
into the similitude of an ox that eateth 
grass. 

21. They forga't God their saviour, 
which had done great things in Egypt : 

22. Wondrous works in the land of 
Ham, and terrible things by the Red 



The Letter. 

25. And it came to pass, that, in the 
morning, behold, it ivas Leah ; and he 
said to Laban, What is this thou hast 
done unto me? did not I serve with 
thee for Rachel ? wherefore then hast 
thou besruiled me ? 



The Spirit. 

Ex. xxxii. 1. And when the people 
saw that Moses delayed to come down 
out of the mount, the people gathered 
themselves together unto Aaron, and 
said unto him, Up, make us gods which 
shall go before us: for as for this Mo- 



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26. And Laban said, It must not be 
so done in our country, to give the 
younger before the first-born. 

27. Fulfil her week, and we will give 
thee this also, for the service which 
thou shalt serve with me yet seven 
other years. 

28. And Jacob did so, and fulfilled 
her week ; and he gave him Rachel his 
daughter to wife also. 

29. And Laban gave to Rachel his 
daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her 
maid. 

30. And he went in also unto Ra- 
chel, and he loved also Rachel more 
than Leah, and served with him yet 
seven other years. 

Note. 

The Spirit of truth cannot be beguiled 
into mistaking or accepting the carnal 
and worldly, for the spiritual and hea- 
venly ; neither would the Redeemer of 
Zion receive one, whom he had passed 
by and rejected, in making his choice 
of the " reward of his sufferings" and la- 
bors, in the place of his best beloved, for 
whom he had freely given himself to 
serve. Yet was the carnal and worldly 
"imposed upon him until the restitution 
of all things;" for it was the season of 
outward profession, and not of inward 
grace — of external and unprofitable 
forms, and not of vital and saving god- 
liness. 

Leah was suffered to remain, but Ra 
chel was given also. So. in like man- 
ner, the carnal ordinances of the world- 
ly sanctuary remained in force during 
the six days' labor of the law, but, by 
the seed of promise, the true " rest " 
was enjoyed by faith : they looked and 
waited for the better things which 
these ordinances shadowed forth. In 
the midst of Jerusalem, the city of 
carnal solemnities and legal rites, was 
the " strong hold of the daughter of 
Zion," in whose palaces God was known 
by her as a refuge ; and in whose " se- 
cret chambers " were hidden his chosen 
and best beloved, to whom even in that 
dark night of empty profession and 
heartless form, he manifested himself 
as he did not unto the world. Jacob 



ses, the man that brought us up out of 
the land of Egypt, we wot not what is 
become of him. 

2. And Aaron said unto them, Break 
off the golden ear-rings which are in 
the ears of your wives, of your sons, 
and of your daughters, and bring them 
unto me. 

3. And all the people brake off the 
golden ear-rings which were in their 
ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 

4. And he received them at their 
hand, and fashioned it with a gravino- 
tool, after he had made it a molten 
calf, and they said, These be thy gods, 
O Israel, which brought thee up out of 
the land of Egypt. 

5. And when Aaron saw it, he built 
an altar before it; and Aaron made 
proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a 
feast to the Lord. 

6. And they rose up early on the 
morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, 
and brought peace-offerings: and the 
people sat down to eat and to drink, 
and rose up to play. 

7. And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Go, get thee down: for thy people, 
which thou broughtest out of the land 
of Egypt, have corrupted themselves : 

8. They have turned aside quickly 
out of the way which I commanded 
them : they have made them a molten 
calf, and have worshipped it, and have 
sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be 
thy gods, O Israel, which have brought 
thee up out of the land of Egypt. 

9. And the Lord said unto Moses, I 
have seen this people, and behold, it is 
a stiff-necked people : 

10. Now therefore let me alone, 
that my wrath may wax hot against 
them, and that I may consume them. 

Num. xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech 
thee, the iniquity of this people, accord- 
ing unto the greatness of thy mercy, 
and as thou hast forgiven this people 
from Egypt even until now. 

20. And the Lord said, I have par- 
doned, according to thy word : 

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served seven years longer than lie 
agreed to do ; and God says to his first 
covenant people, " Thou hast made me 
to serve with thy sins, and wearied me 
with thine iniquities." 



The Letter. 

31, 32. And when the Lord saw that 
Leah was hated, he opened her womb, 
but Rachel was barren. And Leah 
conceived and bare a son, and she 
called his name Reuben, for she said, 
Surely the Lord hath looked upon my 
affliction ! now will my husband love 

me. 

Note. 

One part of the purpose to be an- 
swered by the first testament, with its 
worldly sanctuary, its carnal ordinan- 
ces, and legal covenant, was to show 
forth in a figure, the nature and ulti- 
mate results of the new-covenant state 
of things under the gospel : particularly 
the multitude, "numerous as the stars 
of heaven," which were to be raised up. 
The first fruits of the gospel, or dispen- 
sation of the Spirit, were the twelve apos- 
tles ; chosen and ordained to be the foun- 
dation stones of the visible kingdom. 
These twelve are represented by the 
twelve sons born to Jacob of the daugh- 
ters of Laban. But though Jesus first 
called and appointed twelve to a special 
work in his kingdom, we are not thence 
to conclude that all these were true 
disciples. One of them is expressly said 
to be a devil ; and it appears that ano- 
ther, who was the father of Judas, was 
a Canaanite — one of the accursed seed. 
It is also evident that others were sub- 
sequently called to fill the places and 
accomplish the ministry of several of 
these twelve, and that only five out of 
the twelve, are actually and expressly 
distinguished as men of faith. 

But while Leah bore children, Rachel 
was barren : so also there were twelve, 
seventy, and even five hundred disci- 



earth shall be filled with the glory of 
the Lord. 

Ex. xxxi. 16. Wherefore the chil- 
dren of Israel shall keep the sabbath, 
to observe the sabbath throughout their 
generations, for a perpetual covenant. 



The Spirit. 

Ex. i. 7. And the children of Israel 
were fruitful, and increased abundantly, 
and multiplied, and waxed exceeding 
mighty; and the land was filled with 
them. 

Deut. i. 10. The Lord your God 
hath multiplied you, and behold, ye are 
this day as the stars of heaven for mul- 
titude. 

11. (The Lord" God of your fathers 
make you a thousand times so many 
more as ye are, and bless you, as he 
hath promised you !) 

Gen. xlix. 3. Reuben, thou art my 
first-born, my might, and the beginning 
of my strength, the excellency of dig- 
nity, and the excellency of power* 

4. Unstable as water, thou shalt not 
excel ; because thou wentest up to thy 
father's bed; then defiledst thou it: 
he w T ent up to my couch. 

Deut. xxxiii. 6. Let Reuben live, 
and not die; and let not his men be 
few.f 



ples in Jerusalem, before the "promise 
of the Father " was given, or " power 
from on high" visited the "daughter of 
Zion," to increase her and make her 
fruitful. 

The 3d verse of Gen. xlix. seems to 
describe what Israel were, when God 
made a covenant with them ; and the 
4th verse, his sentence upon them for 
breakino- that covenant. 



* The prophetic sentence of Jacob. 

t The blessing of Moses upon Israel as a type 
of the church ; and upon Reuben as a type or 
representative of Peter. 



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The Letter. 

33. And she conceived again, and 
bare a son ; and said, Because the 
Lord hath heard that I was hated, he 
hath therefore given me this son also : 
and she called his name Simeon. 

3-4. And she conceived again, and 
bare a son; and said, Now this time* 
will my husband be joined unto me, 
because I have borne him three sons : 
therefore was his name called Levi. 

XOTE. 

From the quotation from Deuterono- 
my, it would appear, that this blessing 
of Moses upon Israel, as "king in Jeshu- 
run," had respect to the church under 
the new covenant, and the change of 
priesthood from the tribe of Levi to the 
order of Melchisedee ; of course, that 
the blessing is upon that priesthood and 
that "burnt sacrifice" and not upon 
Levi. The 11th verse especially speaks 
of the Redeemer, as king as well as 
priest. 

The prophetic sentence of Jacob, 
classes Simeon and Levi together. There 
is allusion made to the matter of the 
men of Shechem ; but it is evident that 
some other and greater cause exists for 
this signal curse' which rests upon them. 
By comparing these two passages with 
the names of the apostles, we discover 
that both Judas Iscariot, whose bishopric 
another took, and Simon his father, were 
under a curse; and thus were united, 
both by birth and character, with each 
other, as " brethren." 

The Jewish high priests and doctors 
of the law, were specially denounced 
by Christ ; and upon them rested the 
only curse which proceeded from his 
lips during his personal ministry. 



The Spirit. 

Detjt. xxxii. 8. And of Levi he 
said, Let thy Thummin and thy Urim 
be with thy holy one, whom thou didst 
prove at Massah, and with whom 
thou didst strive at the waters of 
Meribah ; 

9. Who said unto his father and to 
his mother, I have not seen him, nei- 
ther did he acknowledge his brethren, 
nor knew his own children : for they 
have observed thy word, and kept thy 
covenant. 

10. They shall teach Jacob thy judg- 
ments, and Israel thy law ; they shall 
put incense before thee, and whole 
burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. 

11. Bless, Lord, his substance, and 
accept the work of his hands : smite 
through the loins of them that rise 
against him, and of them that hate him, 
that they rise not again. 

Gen. xlix. 5. Simeon and Levi are 
brethren ; instruments of cruelty are in 
their habitations. 

6. O my soul, come not thou into 
their secret ; unto their assembly, mine 
honor, be not thou united ! for in their 
anger they slew a man, and in their 
self-will they digged down a wall. 

7. Cursed be their anger, for it was 
fierce: and their wrath, for it was 
cruel : I will divide them in Jacob, and 
scatter them in Israel. 

Matt. x. 2. Now the names of the 
twelve apostles are these ; The first, 
Simon, who is called Peter, and An- 
drew his brother; James the son of 
Zebedee, and John his brother ; 

3; Philip, and Bartholomew; Tho- 
mas, and Matthew the publican ; James 
the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose 
surname was Thaddeus ; 

4. Simon the Canaanite, and Judas 
Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 

John xiii. 26. Jesus answered, He 
it is to whom I shall give a sop, when 
I have dipped it. And when he had 
dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas 
Iscariot the son of Simon. 



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CHAPTER XXX. 



The Letter. 

35. And she conceived again, and 
bare a son : and she said, Now will I 
praise the Lord: therefore she called 
his name Judah, and left bearing. 

Chap. xxx. 1. And when Rachel 
saw that she bare Jacob no children, 
Rachel envied her sister; and said 
unto Jacob, Give me children, or else 
I die. 

2. And Jacob's anger was kindled 
against Rachel; and he said, Am I in 
God's stead, who hath withheld from 
thee the fruit of the womb ? 

4. And she said, Behold my maid 
Bilhah, go in unto her ; and she shall 
bear upon my knees, that I may also 
have children by her. 

Note. 

The prophetic vision of Jacob, con- 
cerning Judah, has special relation to 
the triumphant victory which Jesus 
should achieve, by reason of the body 
of flesh which he should assume, and 
which was to descend from this tribe. 
By stooping to become a servant for the 
obedience of death, he should rise up 
a "lion," to trample under foot the 
necks of his enemies, and to lead captive 
the " roaring lion " that presumed to 
dispute his power. This tribe were to 
be preserved (when the ten tribes of 
Israel were scattered and lost) until 
Shiloli came and assumed the throne 
and sceptre of his father David. The 
11th and 12th verses allude to the 
treading of the wine-press, described in 
the 63d chapter of Isaiah. 

The blessing pronounced by Moses, 
also has reference to the humiliation of 
Christ in his mediatorial work, and the 
sustaining power which should be 
granted him under it. 

Upon the birth of Jadak, Rachel be- 



The Spirit. 

Gen. xlix. 8. Judah, thou art lie 
whom thy brethren shall praise; thy 
hand shall be in the neck of thine ene- 
mies; thy father's children shall bow 
down before thee. 

9. Judah is a lion's whelp ; from the 
prey, my son, thou art gone up: he 
stooped down, he couched as a lion, 
and as an old lion : who shall rouse 
him up? 

10. The sceptre shall not depart 
from Judah, nor a lawgiver from be- 
tween his feet, until Shiloh come : and 
unto him shall the gathering of the 
people be. 

11. Binding his foal unto the vine, 
and his ass's colt unto the choice vine ; 
he washed his garments in wine, and 
his clothes in the blood of grapes : 

12. His eyes shall be red with wine, 
and his teeth white with milk. 

Deut. xxxiii. 7. And this is the 
blessing of Judah : and he said, Hear, 
Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring 
him unto his people : let his hands be 
sufficient for him, and be thou an help 
to him from his enemies. 



gins to murmur against her husband, 
because she was barren. But Jacob 
answers her, virtually as Jesus did his 
disciples, when they said, "Lord, wilt 
thou at this time restore the kingdom 
unto Israel ? And he said unto them, 
It is not for you to know the times or 
the seasons which the Father hath re- 
served in his own hand ; but ye shall 
receive power after that the Holy Ghost 
is come upon you," &c. 

The typical character of Judah will 
be considered under the examination of 
the prophetic blessing of Jacob, in the 
49th chapter. 



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The Letter. 

4. And she gave him Bilhah her 
handmaid to wife : and Jacob went in 
unto her. 

5. And Bilhah conceived, and bare 
Jacob a son. 

6. And Rachel said, God hath judged 
me, and hath also heard my voice, and 
hath given me a son : therefore called 
she his name Dan. 

7. And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, con- 
ceived again, and bare Jacob a second 
son. 

8. And Rachel said, With great 
wrestlings have I wrestled with my 
sister, and I have prevailed: and she 
called his name Naphtali. 

9. When Leah saw that she had 
left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, 
and gave her Jacob to wife. 

10. And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare 
Jacob a son. 

11. And Leah said, A troop cometh: 
and she called his name Gad. 

12. And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare 
Jacob a second son. 

13. And Leah said, Happy am I, for 
the daughters will call me blessed : 
and she called his name Asher. 

Note. 

Impatient at the delay of that which 
she looked for, Rachel devises a method I 
of her own, to bring it about, and 
gives her handmaid Bilhah to Jacob, 
as Sarah had given Hagar to Abra- 
ham. In this way, Dan became a judge 
of the people as one of the tribes of 
Israel ; but, from the words of both Jacob 
and Moses concerning him, he was but 
an adder in the path; — a lion's whelp, 
leaping from Bashan upon his prey, — 
even as the "strong bulls of Bashan," 
that compassed the Son of God. And 
still Rachel looked and waited for " the 
salvation of God," for she found her own 
device to fail. • Another son was given 
her in the same way ; but upon JSTaph- 
tali a blessing seems to rest. 
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The Spirit. 

Gen. xlix. 16. Dan shall judge his 
people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 

17. Dan shall be a serpent by the 
way, an adder in the path, that biteth 
the horse-heels, so that his rider shall 
fall backward. 

18. I have waited for thy salvation, 
O Lord. 

19. Gad, a troop shall overcome 
him : but he shall overcome at the 
last, 

20. Out of Asher his bread shall be 
fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 

21. Naphtali is a hind let loose: he 
giveth goodly words. 

Deut. xxxin. 20. And of Gad he 
said, Blessed be he that cnlargeth 
Gad : he dwelleth as a lion, and 
teareth the arm with the crown of the 
head. 

21. And he provided the first part 
for himself, because there, in a portion 
of the lawgiver, was he seated ; and he 
came with the heads of the people, he 
executed the justice of the Lord, and 
his judgments, with Israel. 

22. And of Dan he said, Dan is a 
lion's whelp : he shall leap from Ba- 
shan. 

23. And of Naphtali he said, O 
Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full 
with the blessing of the Lord ; possess 
thou the west and the south. 

24. And of Asher he said, Let Asher 
be blessed with children ; let him be 
acceptable to his brethren, and let him 
dip his foot in oil. 

25. Thy shoes shall be iron and 
brass; and as thy days, so shall thy 
strength be. 



Leah follows the example of Rachel, 
and gives her handmaid also to Jacob, 
who becomes the mother of Gad and 
Asher. Both of these sons have promise 
of favor and blessing:. 



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The Letter. 

14. And Reuben went, in the days 
of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes 
in the field, and brought them unto his 
mother Leah. Then Rachel said to 
Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's 
mandrakes. 

15. And she said unto her, Is it a 
small matter that thou hast taken my 
husband? and wouldest thou take 
away my son's mandrakes also ? And 
Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie 
with thee to-night for thy son's man- 
drakes. 

16. And Jacob came out of the field 
in the evening, and Leah went out to 
meet him, and said, Thou must come 
in unto me; for surely I have hired 
thee with my son's mandrakes. And 
lie lay with her that night. 

17. And God hearkened unto Leah, 
and she conceived, and bare Jacob the 
fifth son. 

18. And Leah said, God hath given 
me my hire, because I have given my 
maiden to my husband : and she called 
his name Issachar. 

19. And Leah conceived again, and 
bare Jacob the sixth son. 

20. And Leah said, God hath en- 
dowed me with a good dowry; now 
will my husband dwell with me, be- 
cause I have borne him six sons : and 
she called his name Zebulun. 

21. And afterwards she bare a daugh- 
ter, and called her name Dinah. 

Note. 

Zebulun and- Issachar are bidden to 
rejoice in their peculiar calling, — the 
one in " going out " upon the sea, the 
other in his tents on land, but both be- 
ing commissioned to " call the people to 
the mountain" of the Lord's house. 
The sons of Zebulun were thus to be- 
come "fishers of men" — while the sons 
of Issachar, as good shepherds of the 
flock, were to feed the sheep and lambs 
when thus gathered to the fold. They 
both have promise of abundant pros- 
perity. 



The Spirit. " 

Gen. xlix. 13. Zebulun shall dwell 
at the haven of the sea : and he shall 
be for a haven of ships ; and his border 
shall be unto Zidon. 

14. Issachar is a strong ass, couch- 
ing down between two burdens : 

15. And he saw that rest was good, 
and the land that it was pleasant ; and 
bowed his shoulder to bear, and be- 
came a servant unto tribute. 

Deut. xxxiii. 18. And of Zebulun 
he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going 
out ; and, Issachar, in thy tents. 

19. They shall call the people unto 
the mountain; there they shall offer 
sacrifices of righteousness: for they 
shall suck of the abundance of the 
seas, and of treasures hid in the 
sand. 

1 Pet. iv. 17. For the time is come 
that judgment must begin at the house 
of God : and if it first begin at us, what 
shall the end be of them that obey not 
the gospel of God 1 

18. And if the righteous scarcely be 
saved, where shall the ungodly and the 
sinner appear % 

19. Wherefore, let them that suf- 
fer according to the will of God, com- 
mit the keeping of their souls to him 
in well-doing, as unto a faithful Crea- 
tor. 



Thus had Leah and the two hand- 
maidens borne to Jacob ten sons. Leah 
afterwards bears a daughter, called 
Dinah. Dinah signifies Judgment ; and 
it appears from her subsequent history, 
in chapter xxxiv., that by her means 
judgments fell upon the family of Jacob, 
through her mixing with the people of 
the land, whose intercourse was forbid- 
den to Israel. 

But this is only a faint similitude of 
the evils brought upon the church of 
Christ by reason of the unholy associa- 
tion of her members with the ungod- 
ly ; by which their garments become 
" spotted with the flesh ;" — their spiritu- 



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alitj is destroyed, and their usefulness 
greatly diminished ; and, more than all, 
a reproach is brought upon the name 
and cause of Christ. 

When the sons of Jacob found the 
evil which had befallen their sister, they 
took a very unjustifiable revenge upon 



TJie Letter. 

22. And God remembered Rachel, 
and God hearkened to her, and opened 
her womb. 

23. And she conceived, and bare a 
son: and said, God hath taken away 
my reproach. 

24. And she called his name Joseph ; 
and said, The Lord shall add to me 
another son. 

Note. 

In the person and history of Joseph 
we are presented with a new type of 
the Redeemer and his work. 

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the fa- 
thers of Israel, as types of the Father, 
Son, and Holy Spirit, exhibit the dis- 
tinctive official part which each of the 
persons in the Godhead bears in the 
work of redemption, as pledged and 
revealed in the covenant of grace. In 
Joseph is presented the personal minis- 
try of Christ upon earth, as the ""Word 
that was made flesh and dwelt among 
men." 

As Rachel had long waited for this 
son, so the church had for ages waited 
for the coming of him who should take 
away her reproach. And in him she 
recognised the sure fulfilment of yet 
greater good, in the accessions which 
should be made to her through this gift. 
In the advent of the antitypical Joseph 
she saw by faith the accomplishment of 
all the glorious predictions of her own 
latter-day glory, — when she should be 
made the "joyful mother of children " — 
" not of the Jews only, but also of the 
Gentiles," — when she should become 
"an eternal excellency, the joy of the 
whole earth." 

The word Joseph signifies " adding," 
and doubtless alludes not only to the 
fact that his birth would be followed bv 



the offenders, instead of dealing with 
them in a proper and suitable manner. 
This, also, is often the case among pro- 
fessors of religion, who scruple not to 
avenge their own cause, instead of using 
right means of redress. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. Iiv. 1. Sing, O barren, thou 
that didst not bear; break forth into 
singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst 
not travail with child : for more are the 
children of the desolate than the chil- 
dren of the married wife, saith the 
Lord. 

2. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and 
let them stretch forth the curtains of 
thy habitations; spare not, length- 
en thy cords, and strengthen thy 
stakes : 

3. For thou shalt break forth on the 
right hand and on the left; and thy 
seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and 
make the desolate cities to be inha- 
bited. 

4. Fear not ; for thou shalt not be 
ashamed : neither be thou confounded : 
for thou shalt not be put to shame : for 
thou shalt forget the shame of thy 
youth, and shalt not remember the 
reproach of thy widowhood any 
more. 

5. For thy Maker is thy husband: 
The Lord of hosts is his name ; and 
thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel : 
The God of the whole earth shall he be 
called. 

6. For the Lord hath called thee as 
a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, 
and a wife of youth, when thou wast 
refused, saith thy God. 

xlix. 6. And he said, It is a light 
thing that thou shouldest be my ser- 
vant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and 
to restore the preserved of Israel : I 
will also give thee for a light to the 
Gentiles, that thou mayest be my sal- 
vation unto the end of the earth. 

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that of Benjamin, — but to the bringing 
in of the Gentiles, of whom Benjamin is 
the type. 



The Letter. 

25. And it came to pass, when Ra- 
chel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said 
unto Laban, Send me away, that I 
may go unto mine own place, and to 
my country. 

26. Give me my wives and my chil- 
dren, for whom I have served thee, and 
let me go ; for thou knowest my ser- 
vice which I have done thee. 

Note. 

During fourteen years Jacob had pa- 
tiently served Laban without any inti- 
mation of a cessation of that service, or 
wish to be released from it. But as 
soon as Joseph is born, as if this was the 
signal for departure and that " the ful- 
ness of time" had come, when the heirs 
of promise (who had hitherto "differed 
nothing from servants," though really 
children of the kingdom, and heirs of all) 
should be delivered from "bondage un- 
der the elements of the world," Jacob 
demands that they should be set at li- 
berty. 

In like manner, " before faith came" 
or before Jesus was made manifest in the 
flesh, the sons of God or heirs of the 
kingdom, were " kept under the law, 
■shut up unto the faith which should af- 
terwards be revealed." 

As a reason for this release, Jacob 
urges the fact of his own service; as if 
he had a right to demand the wages 
which had been stipulated, for which 
ample equivalent had been rendered by 
him according to agreement. He inti- 
mates that the birth of Joseph, the 
" seed of promise," was that which he 
had waited to accomplish, and now 
having all that he desired, he wished 
only to be set at liberty with his house- 
hold. 

In like manner, when Jesus had paid 



thy light, and kings to the brightness 
of thy rising. 

John xi. 52. And not for that na- 
tion only, but that also he should ga- 
ther together in one the children of 
God that were scattered abroad. 



The Spirit. 

John xvii. 1. These words spake 
Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, 
and said, Father, the hour is come ; 
glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may 
glorify thee. 

Gal. iii. 23. But before faith came, 
we were kept under the law, shut up 
unto the faith which should afterwards 
be revealed. 

24. Wherefore the law was our 
school-master to bring us unto Christ, 
that we might be justified by faith. 

25. But after that faith is come, we 
are no longer under'a school-master. 

26. For ye are all the children of 
God by faith in Christ Jesus. 

27. For as many of you as have 
been baptized into Christ, have put on 
Christ. 

28. There is neither Jew nor Greek, 
there is neither bond nor free, there is 
neither male nor female : for ye are all 
one in Christ Jesus. 

29. And if ye be Christ's, then are 
ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according 
to the promise. 

iv. 7. Wherefore thou art no more 
a servant, but a son ; and if a son, then 
an heir of God through Christ. 

8. Howbeit then, when ye knew not 
God, ye did service unto them which 
by nature are no gods. 

9. But now, after that ye have 
known God, or rather are known of 
God, how turn ye again to the weak 
and beggarly elements, whereunto ye 
desire again to be in bondage \ 

Gal. iv. 1 . Now I say, That the heir, 
as long as he is a child, differeth nothing 
from a servant, though he be lord of all ; 

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the redemption price of his people, he 
claims their full and complete discharge 
from all that could be brought against 
them. If they were in bondage, he had 
purchased their freedom ; if they were 
held under condemnation as sinners, it 
was Christ that had borne their sins in 
his own body, and paid the uttermost 
farthing of all that they owed to the 
claims of Justice. 



ors until the time appointed of the 
father. 

3. Even so we, when we were chil- 
dren, were in bondage under the ele- 
ments of the world : 

4. But when the fulness of the time 
was come, God sent forth his Son, 
made of a woman, made under the law, 

5. To redeem them that were under 
the law, that we might receive the adop- 
tinn of sons. 



The Letter. 

Isote. 

Joseph is here compared with a fruit 
ful bough or vine, planted by a well, &c 
This alludes to the oath aud promise of 
God made to Abraham respecting his 
" seed," in whom all the nations of the 
earth should be blessed. As a witness 
to the " men of Gerar " that this pro- 
mise was to be accomplished in their 
land, or among them, Abraham planted 
a tree by Beer-sheba or the well of the 
oath.* But the branches of this vine. 
which should grow from the stem of 
Jesse, were to run over the Jewish wall 
and extend to the Gentile?, even unto 
the ends of the earth. 

The hatred and persecution of Jesus 
from his brethren according to the flesh, 
together with blessings which should 
rest upon him in consequence of his be- 
coming subject to suffering and death, 
are also alluded to. The blessings which 
should rest upon him, should exceed 
that of his progenitors, even to the ut- 
most bound of the everlasting hills : — 
this being confirmed by the words of 
Paul in Philippians ii., " Therefore God 
hath highly exalted him, and given him 
a name that is above every name," &c. 

The blessing pronounced by Moses is 
also equally and specially full and 
abounding over all. 

Benjamin is represented first, as raven- 
ing like a wolf greedy of prey ; and at 
evening, as dividing the spoil. This 
seems to have allusion not only to the 
early and the latter condition of the 



See chapter xxix. 29-34. 



The Spirit. 

■ Deut. xxxiii. 13. And of Joseph he 
said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, 
for the precious things of heaven, for 
the dew, and for the deep that couch- 
eth beneath, 

14. And for the precious fruits 
brought forth by the sun, and for the 
precious things put forth by the moon, 

15. And for the chief things of the 
ancient mountains, and for the precious 
things of the lasting hills, 

16. And for the precious things of 
the earth and fulness thereof, and for 
the good will of him that dwelt in the 
bush: let the blessing come upon the 
head of Joseph, and upon the top of 
the head of him that was separated 
from his brethren. 

17. His glory is like the firstling of 
his bullock, and his horns are like the 
horns of unicorns : with them he shall 
push the people together to the ends 
of the earth : and they are the ten 
thousands of Ephraim, and they are 
the thousands of Manasseh. 

Gen. xlix. 22. Joseph is a fruitful 
bough, even a fruitful bough by a well, 
whose branches run over the w T all : 

23. The archers have sorely grieved 
him, and shot at him, and hated him : 

24. But his bow abode in strength, 
and the arms of his hands were made 
strong by the hands of the mighty God 
of Jacob : (from thence is the Shep- 
herd, the Stone of Israel :) 

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Gentiles, but also to the first and the 
subsequent character of their great 
apostle Paul ; once a savage persecutor, 
and afterwards a devoted servant, and 
partaker of the salvation which he 
would have destroyed, 



The Letter. 

27. And Laban said unto him, I 
pray thee, if I have found favour in 
thine eyes, tarry : for I have learned by 
experience that the Lord hath blessed 
me for thy sake. 

28. And he said, Appoint me thy 
wages, and I will give it. 

NOTE. 

The people of Israel could not be 
insensible to the advantages which 
they enjoyed as the peculiar people 
of God; and though they did not 
profit by them, yet, when threatened 
with their removal, they readily pro- 
mised all that he required. In their 
blind self-righteousness, they presumed 
that their imperfect obedience was an 
ample equivalent for all that they re- 
ceived at the hand of the Lord. " When 
he slew them, then they sought him ;" 
but they soon forgot his works. They 
remembered not his hand, nor the won- 
ders he had wrought. "All that the 
Lord hath said, we will do," was their 
language at Sinai ; and when the last 



who shall help thee, and by the Al- 
mighty, who shall bless thee with bless- 
ings of heaven above, blessings of the 
deep that lieth under, blessings of the 
breasts and of the womb : 

26. The blessings of thy father have 
prevailed above the blessings of my 
progenitors unto the utmost bound of 
the everlasting hills ; they shall be on 
the head of Joseph, and on the crown 
of the head of him that was separate 
from his brethren. 

27. Benjamin shall raven as a wolf; 
in the morning he shall devour the 
prey, and at night he shall divide the 
spoil. 

28. All these are the twelve tribes 
of Israel : and this is it that their fa- 
ther spake unto them, and blessed 
them; every one according to his 
blessing he blessed them. 



The Spirit. 

John. vi. 26. Jesus answered 
them, and said, Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye 
saw the miracles, but because ye did 
eat of the loaves, and were filled. 

Ps. cvi. 8. Nevertheless he saved 
them for his name's sake, that he might 
make his mighty power to be known. 

9 He rebuked the Red sea also, 
and it was dried up : so he led them 
through the depths, as through the 
wilderness. 

10. And he saved them from the 
hand of him that hated them. 

lxxviii. 34. When he slew them, then 
they sought him: and they returned 
and inquired early after God. 

35. And they remembered that God 
was their Rock, and the high God 
their Redeemer. 

36. Nevertheless they did flatter him 
with their mouth, and they lied unto 
him with their tongues. 

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prophet* was sent to warn and reprove 
them for their iniquities, and exhort 
them to return unto him, they presump- 
tuously reply, "Wherein shall we re- 
turn ?" So besotted were they in their 
blind confidence (after all this), that the 
promises and privileges of the everlast- 
ing covenant were theirs by right of 
birth, that when John came, preaching 
in the wilderness "the kingdom of 
heaven is at hand," they scrupled not 
to demand the ordinances and institu- 
tions of the new dispensation, upon the 
plea that they had " Abraham to their 
father /" Though expressly and repeat- 
edly admonished, that the coming of 
John was the signal of their being cast 
out of that kingdom for ever, yet they 
persisted to presume upon former favors, 
and upon the signal forbearance which 
had been exercised toward them, and 
imagined that its chief honors and im- 
munities were of right their own. 



The Letter. 

29. And he said unto him, Thou 
knowest how I have served thee, and 
how thy cattle was with me. 

30. For it was little which thou 
hadst before I came, and it is now in- 
creased unto a multitude : and the 



Malachi. 



ing in their synagogues, and preaching 
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing 
every sickness, and every disease, 
among the people. 

viii. 16. When the even was come, 
they brought unto him many that were 
possessed with devils : and he cast out 
the spirits with his words, and healed 
all that were sick : 

17. That it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by Esaias the prophet, say- 
ing, Himself took our infirmities, and 
bare our sicknesses. 

Isa. v. 1. Now will I sing to my 
well-beloved a song of my beloved 
touching his vineyard. My w T ell-be- 
loved hath a vineyard in a very fruit- 
ful hill. 

2. And he fenced it, and gathered 
out the stones thereof, and planted it 
with the choicest vine, and built a tower 
in the midst of it, and also made a wine- 
press therein: and he looked that it 
should bring forth grapes, and it 
brought forth wild grapes. 

3. And now, O inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray 
you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 

4. What could have been done more 
to my vineyard, that I have not done in 
it ? wherefore, when I looked that it 
should bring forth grapes, brought it 
forth wild grapes ? 

Hose a vii. 15. I will go and return 
to my place, till they acknowledge their 
offence, and seek my face : in their af- 
fliction they will seek me early. 



The Spirit. 

Deut. vii. 7. The Losd did not set 
his love upon you, nor choose you, be- 
cause ye were more in number than 
any people ; for ye were the fewest of 
all people : 

8. But because the Lord loved you, 
and because he would keep the oath 
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Lord hath blessed thee since my com- 
ing: and now, when shall I provide for 
mine own house also ? 

Note. 

God, by the mouth of his prophets, 
was continually calling the attention of 
his ancient people to the signal and un- 
merited mercies they had received from 
his hand. He reminds them of their 
original : — that they were the fewest of 
all people, — but he had made' them to 
increase " as the stars of heaven and the 
sands upon the sea-shore." He also 
gives them to understand that the days 
would come, when he should break his 
covenant connection with them as a na- 
tion and people, and when he would 
create " a new heaven and a new earth, 
in which dwelleth righteousness ;" — a 
fold to which he would gather his own 
sheep, and feed them as a true shepherd, 
whose own the sheep were; and from 
which they should be excluded. 

This purpose of grace, in "providing 
for his own household," was fully and 
frequently declared during the existence 
of the first testament; yet, when the 
time came that it should be accomplish- 
ed, those whom he had so long nourished 
and brought up as children, but who 
had rebelled against him, murmured 
and reviled and hated him, because he 
told them that the vineyard should be 
taken from them, and be given to those 
who should bring forth the fruits there- 
of; and that publicans and harlots 
should enter the kingdom before them. 



hath the Lord brought you out with a 
mighty hand, and redeemed you out of 
the house of bond-men, from the hand 
of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 

Ps. lxxviii. 12. Marvellous things 
did he, in the sight of their fathers, in 
the land of Egypt, in the field of 
Zoan. 

13. He divided the sea, arid caused 
them to pass through; and he made 
the waters to stand as a heap. 

14. In the day-time also he led them 
with a cloud, and all the night with a 
light of fire. 

15. He clave the rocks in the wilder- 
ness, and gave them drink as out of the 
great depths. 

16. He brought streams also out of 
the rock, and caused waters to run 
down like rivers. 

cv. 37. He brought them forth also 
with silver and gold: and there was 
not one feeble person among their 
tribes. 

38. Egypt was glad when they de- 
parted : for the fear of them fell upon 
them. 

39. He spread a cloud for a cover- 
ing; and fire to give light in the 
night. 

40. The people asked, and he brought 
quails, and satisfied them with the 
bread of heaven. 

41. He opened the rock, and the 
waters gushed out ; they ran in the dry 
places like a river. 

42. For he remembered his holy pro- 
mise, and Abraham his servant. 

43. And he brought forth his people 
with joy, and his chosen with glad- 



The Letter. 

31. 'And he said, What shall I give 
thee ? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not 
give me any thing. If thou wilt do this 



44. And gave them the lands of the 
heathen : and they inherited the labour 
of the people. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. 1. 13. Will I eat the flesh of 
bulls, or drink the blood of goats? 
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thing for me, I will again feed and keep 
thy flock. 

32. I will pass through all thy flock 
to-day, removing from thence all the 
speckled and spotted cattle, and all the 
brown cattle among the sheep, and the 
spotted and speckled among the goats ; 
and of such shall be my hire. 

33. So shall my righteousness an- 
swer for me in time to come, when it 
shall come for my hire before thy face : 
every one that is not speckled and 
spotted among the goats, and brown 
among the sheep, that shall be counted 
stolen with me. 

Note. 

So deep-rooted was the principle of a 
legal righteousness, in the hearts of the 
Jews, that they could never compre- 
hend any other mode of dealing than 
that of trade or barter ; — rendering an 
equivalent for value received. They 
could not understand the free grace of 
the gospel ; — justification by faith, with- 
out the deeds of the law. Xeither had 
they any conception of the spirituality 
of the law ; — that it required what, in 
itself, it furnished no ability to render ; 
that it took cognisance of the thoughts 
and intents of the heart ; and could be 
satisfied with nothing short of a perfect 
and spotless righteousness. 

But the " children of the kingdom" — 
those that he had chosen and formed 
for himself — were not like these. They 
were a peculiar people, called out and 
separated from the world, and consti- 
tuted, not only by choice, but by the 
renewing of the Holy Ghost, the sons 
and daughters of the Lord Almighty. 
They were not merely called by his 
name and numbered with his people, 
but they were actually and essentially 
different from the world. 

But, had Jesus redeemed this people 
by his blood ; — had he paid the ransom 
for them even by giving himself to die 
that they might live, — and then, had he 
left them in the world, to be the servants 
of sin, and of the same spirit and temper 
with the children of the wicked one, how 
would they have been known and re- 
cognised as his chosen people? How 



and pay thy vows unto the Most 
High. 

Mal. iii. 18. Then shall ye return 
and discern between the righteous 
and the wicked, between him that 
serveth God and him that serveth him 

not. 
% * * * * 

17. And they shall be mine, saith 
the Lord of hosts, in that day when I 
make up my jewels. 

1 Pet. ii. 9. But ye are a chosen 
generation, a royal priesthood, an holy 
nation, a peculiar people ; that ye 
should shew forth the praises of him 
who hath called you out of darkness 
into his marvellous light : 

10. Which in time past u-ere not a 
people, but are now the people of God : 
which had not obtained mercy, but now 
have obtained mercy. 

Deut. xiv. 2. For thou art a holy 
people unto the Lord thy God, and the 
Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar 
people unto himself, above all the na- 
tions that are upon the earth. 

John xv. 19. If ye were of the 
world, the world would love his 
own; but because ye are not of the 
world, but I have chosen you out of 
the world, therefore the world hateth 
you. 

Titus ii. 11. For the grace of God 
that bringeth salvation hath appeared to 
all men, 

12. Teaching us, that, denying un- 
godliness and worldly lusts, we should 
live soberly, righteously, and godly, in 
this present world ; 

13. Looking for that blessed hope, 
and the glorious appearing of the great 
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ ; 

14. Who gave himself for us, that 
he might redeem us from all iniquity, 
and purify unto himself a peculiar peo- 
ple, zealous of good works. 

Ezk. xxxiv. 17. And as for you, O 
my flock, thus saith the Lord God ; 
Behold, I judge between cattle and 
cattle, between the rams and the he- 
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cou 7 d he have claimed them, as his pro- 
perty, unless his own mark of ownership 
was put upon them ! 



The Letter. 

34. And Laban said, Behold, I would 
it might be according to thy word. 

35. And he removed that day the he- 
goats that were ring-streaked and spot- 
ted, and all the she-goats that were 
speckled and spotted, and every one 
that had some white in it, and all the 
brown among the sheep, and gave them 
into the hand of his sons. 

36. And he set three days' journey 
betwixt himself and Jacob : and Jacob 
fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 

Note. 

Laban is quite ready to yield to Jacob 
the spotted and speckled of his flock; — 
especially as such were prohibited in the 
offerings of the sanctuary. In choosing 
these for his portion, Jacob may possibly 
have been moved by a typical reference 
to this very fact, for the purpose of show- 
ing the difference between the outward 
and worldly service, in which respect 
was had to external purity, — and the 
inward spiritual grace ; and that he " is 
nob a Jew which is one outwardly ; nei- 
ther is that circumcision which is out- 
ward in the flesh ; but he is a Jew which 
is one inwardly ; and circumcision is 
that of the heart, in the spirit and not in 
the letter ; whose praise is not of men, 
but of God." Such as are of this cha- 
racter are always cast out by the world 
and worldly professors, who have no 
fellowship with them. 

The 'three days' journey which Laban 
set between himself and Jacob, may 
have reference, both to the figurative 



20. Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God unto them ; Behold, I, even I, will 
judge between the fat cattle and be- 
tween the lean cattle. 

2 1 . Because ye have thrust with side 
and with shoulder, and pushed all the 
diseased with your horns, till ye have 
scattered them abroad ; 

22. Therefore will I save my flock, 
and they shall no more be a prey. 



The Spirit. 

Matt. xxvi. 33. And he shall set 
the sheep on his right hand, but the 
goats on the left. 

34. Then shall the King say unto 
them on his right hand, Come, ye 
blessed of my Father, inherit the king- 
dom prepared for you from the founda- 
tion of the world ; 

35. For I was an hungered, and ye 
gave me meat : I was thirsty, and ye 
gave me drink : I was a stranger, and 
ye took me in : 

36. Naked, and ye clothed me: I 
was sick, and ye visited me : I was in 
prison, and ye came unto me. 

37. Then shall the righteous answer 
him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee 
an hungered, and fed thee 1 or thirsty, 
and gave thee drink ? 

38. When saw we thee a stranger, and 
took thee in 1 ? or naked, and clothed thee 1 

39. Or when saw we thee sick, or in 
prison, and came unto thee % 

40. And the King shall answer and 
say unto them, Verily I say unto you, 
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one 
of the least of these my brethren, ye 
have done it unto me. 

41. Then shall he say also unto 
them on the left hand, Depart from me, 
ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared 
for the devil and his angels : 

42. For I was an hungered, and ye 
gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and 
ye gave me no drink : 

43. I was a stranger, and ye took 
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or .emblematic death and resurrection in 
which believers are said to be one with 
Christ, and thus delivered from this pre- 
sent evil world ; also to the resurrection 
of the dead, and their final judgment 
before the throne of the Son of man. 
The resurrection of the righteous is re- 
presented to be first, — and afterwards 
" all the dead shall be raised," and all 
nations gathered before the judgment 
seat. Then the righteous will be sepa- 
rated from the wicked ; and the distin- 
guishing marks of the righteous will 
prove them to be the true children of 
the kingdom ; — while the absence of 
those marks upon the wicked, will show 
that they are not his. "So shall his 
righteousness answer for him in time 
to come, when it shall come for his hire 
before the face of Laban." 



Tlie Letter. 

37. And Jacob took him rods of 
green poplar, and of the hazel and 
chesnut-tree, and pilled white streaks 
in them, and made the white appear 
which was in the rods. 

38. And he set the rods which he 
had pilled before the flocks in the gut- 
ters in the watering-troughs, when the 
flocks came to drink, that they should 
conceive when they came to drink. 

39. And the flocks conceived before 
the rods, and brought forth cattle ring- 
streaked, speckled and spotted. 

40. And Jacob did separate the 
lambs, and set the faces of the flocks 
toward the ring-streaked, and all the 
brown in the flock of Laban ; and he 
put his own flocks by themselves, and 
put them not unto Laban's cattle. 

Note. 

The method employed by Jacob to 
increase the number of his flock, has al- 
lusion to the transforming efficacy of 
divine truth under the " dispensation of 
the Spirit." This sanctifying and quick- 
ening power of the word, was predicted 
thus under the first testament. "For 



not : sick, and in prison, and ye visited, 
me not. 

44. Then shall they also answer him, 
saying, Lord, when saw we thee an 
hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or 
naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not 
minister unto thee ? 

45. Then shall he answer them, say- 
ing, Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as 
ye did it not to one of the least of these, 
ye did it not to me. 

46. And these shall go away into 
everlasting punishment: but the right- 
eous into life eternal. 

Rev. xx. 5. But the rest of the dead 
lived not again until the thousand years 
were finished. This is the first resur- 
rection. 



The Spirit. 

2 Cor. iii. 18. But we all, with open 
face beholding as in a glass the glory of 
the Lord, are changed into the same 
image from glory to glory, even as by 
the Spirit of the Lord. 

Rom. xii. 1. 1 beseech you there- 
fore, brethren, by the mercies of God, 
that ye present your bodies a living 
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, 
ivliicli is your reasonable service. 

2. And be not conformed to this 
world ; but be ye transformed by the 
renewing of your mind, that ye may 
prove what is that good, and acceptable, 
and perfect will of God. 

viii. 29. For whom he did foreknow, 
he also did predestinate to he conform- 
ed to the image of his Son, that he 
might be the first-born among many 
brethren. 

30. Moreover, whom he did predes- 
tinate, them he also called; and whom 
he called, them he also justified ; and 
whom he justified, them he also glori- 
fied. 

1 Cor. xv. 48. As is the earthy, such 
are they also that are earthy : and as is 



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as the rain cometh down, and the snow 
from heaven, and return eth not thither, 
but watereth the earth, and maketh it 
bring forth and bud, that it may give 
seed to the sower and bread to the 
eater, so shall my word be that goeth 
forth out of my mouth: it shall not re- 
turn unto me void, but it shall accom- 
plish that which I please, and it shall 
prosper in the thing whereto I send 
it," <fcc. 

Of this same work, Jesus testifies to 
Nicodemus thus: — "Verily, verily, I 
say unto thee, Except a man be born of 
water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter 
into the kingdom of God. That which 
is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that 
which is born of the Spirit, is spirit." 
It is the special office-work of the Spirit 
to open the eyes of the understanding 
to discern spiritual things, so as to be 
changed into their image and con- 
formed to their nature; for it is a part 
of the divine purpose, that the children 
of the kingdom, those whom he has 
chosen and predestinated, should be 
conformed to the image of his Son, that 
he might be the first-born among many 
brethren. 



The Letter. 

41. And it came to pass, whenso- 
ever the stronger cattle did conceive, 
that Jacob laid the rods before the 
eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that 
they might conceive among the rods. 

42. But when the cattle were fee- 
ble, he put them not in : so the feebler 
were Laban's, and the stronger Ja- 
cob's. 

43. And the man increased exceed- 
ingly, and had much cattle, and maid- 



the heavenly, such are they also that 
are heavenly. 

49. And as we have borne the image 
of the earthy, we shall also bear the 
image of the heavenly. 

50. Now this I say, brethren, that 
flesh and blood cannot inherit the 
kingdom of God ; neither doth corrup- 
tion inherit incorruption. 

51. Behold, I shew you amystery: 
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all 
be changed. 

Isa. xliii. 21. This people have I 
formed for myself; they shall shew 
forth my praise. 

John xiv. 26. But the Comforter, 
which is the Holy Ghost, whom the 
Father will send in my name, he shall 
teach you all things, and bring all 
things to your remembrance, whatso- 
ever I have said unto you. 

xvi. 14. He shall glorify me: for he 
shall receive of mine, and shall shew it 
unto you. 

15. All things that the Father hath 
are mine : therefore said I, that he shall 
take of mine, and shall shew it unto 
you. 

xvii. 17. Sanctify them through thy 
truth : thy word is truth. 

18. As thou hast sent me into the 
world, even so have I also sent them 
into the world. 

19. And for their sakes I sanctify 
myself, that they also might be sancti- 
fied through the truth. 



The Spirit. 

John iii. 5. Jesus answered, Verily, 
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man 
be born of water, and of the Spirit, 
he cannot enter into the kingdom of 
God. 

6. That which is born of the flesh, is 
flesh ; and that which is born of the 
Spirit, is spirit. 

1 Pet. i. 22. Seeing ye have puri- 
fied your souls in obeying the. truth 
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servants, and men-servants, and camels, 
and asses. 

jSote. 

It is promised of the gospel day, that 
the " feeble shall be as David, and the 
house of David shall be as God," &c. 
The weak and faint-hearted are made 
to become strong in the Lord and the 
power of his might ; and strengthened 
by his Spirit in the inner man, they are 
enabled to "run through a troop and 
leap over a wall." 

How is this great work effected ? It 
is only by giving to those that have no 
might, who in themselves are with- 
out strength, and can do nothing, to see 
that "in the Lord Jehovah they have 
everlasting strength." He says to his 
fearful trembling saints, "Hast thou not 
known ? Hast thou not heard, that the 
everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator 
of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, 
neither is weary ? There is no searching 
of his understanding ; he giveth power 
to the faint, and to them that have no 
might he increaseth strength. Even the 
youths shall faint and be weary, and 
the young men shall utterly fall (of La- 
ban's flock), but they that wait upon 
the Lord shall renew their strength: 
they shall mount up with wings as 
eagles ; they shall run and not be 
weary; and they shall walk and not 
faint." 



love of the brethren, see that ye love 
one another with a pure heart fer- 
vently : 

23. Being born again, not of cor- 
ruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by 
the word of God, which liveth and 
abideth for ever. 

Zech. xii. 8. In that day shall the 
Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem ; and he that is feeble among them 
at that day shall be as David ; and the 
house of David shall be as God, as the 
angel of the Lord before them. 

Col. iii. 5. Mortify therefore your 
members which are upon the earth ; 
fornication, uncleanness, inordinate af- 
fection, evil concupiscence, and covet- 
ousncss, which is idolatry : 

6. For which things 1 sake the wrath 
of God cometh on the children of dis- 
obedience : 

7. In the which ye also walked some 
time, when ye lived in them. 

8. But now ye also put off all these; 
anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy 
communication out of your mouth. 

9. Lie not one to another, seeing 
that ye have put off the old man with 
his deeds ; 

10. And have put on the new man, 
which is renewed in knowlege after the 
image of him that created him : 

11. Where there is neither Greek 
nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumci- 
sion, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor 
free : but Christ is all, and in all. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



The Letter. 

1. And he heard the words of La- 
ban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken 
away all that was our father's ; and of 
that which ivas our father's hath he 
gotten all his glory. 

2. And Jacob beheld the counte- 
nance of Laban, and, behold, it was not 
toward him as before. 



Tlie Spirit. 

Acts v. 17. Then the high priest 
rose up, and all they that were with 
him, (which is the sect of the Saddu- 
cees,) and were filled with indigna- 
tion. 

xiii. 45. But when the Jews saw the 
multitudes, they were filled with envy, 
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Note. 

The increase and prosperity of the 
kingdom of Christ is sure to excite hatred 
and opposition in the ungodly, especially 
in false professors. Being ignorant of 
the vital power of godliness, and calling 
in question a divine agency, which is 
exerted in behalf of others, and not 
themselves, they ascribe all for which 
they cannot account on principles of 
reason, to an evil source. Hence the 
Jews accused Jesus of casting out devils 
by Beelzebub the prince of devils. The 
high priests and rulers of the people 
hated the divine image which shone 
through the vail of flesh in the person 
of the Son of God : and while they could 
not dispute that many mighty works 
did show themselves forth in him, they 
denied that this was the power of God, 
because in thus doing they condemned 
themselves for not believing on him. 

"When Laban received Jacob to his 
house, his design and expectation doubt- 
less was to promote his own interest: 
the services of Jacob were to be for his 
advantage. "When, therefore, he saw 
that it was Jacob and not himself who 
" increased exceedingly in men-servants 
and maid-servants, &c," his wrath and 
envy were roused against him. So also 
the Jewish rulers, when they saw the 
despised Nazarene — the servant of all, — 
the " least in the kingdom of heaven," — 
in spite of all this personal hnmiliation, 
— becoming great and mighty by the 
power of the Spirit, — making disciples 
and drawing multitudes after him, — and 
that he was acknowledged by many to 
be the "Christ of God," — they were 
" filled with indignation." This was not 
the Messiah which they looked for, — 
one who was to aggrandize and honor 
them, and raise them to preferment and 
dignity in the kingdom he should 
set up. 



were spoken by Paul, contradicting 
and blaspheming. 

John xii. 10. But the chief priests 
consulted that they might put Lazarus 
also to death ; 

11. Because that by reason of him 
many of the Jews went away, and be- 
lieved on Jesus. 

12. On the next day much people 
that were come to the feast, when they 
heard that Jesus was coming to Jeru- 
salem, 

1 3. Took branches of palm-trees, and 
went forth to meet him, and cried Ho- 
sanna. 

Acts v. 24. Now, when the high 
priest, and the captain of the temple, 
and the chief priests heard these things, 
they doubted of them whereunto this 
would grow. 

Matt. xxvi. 3. Then assembled to- 
gether the chief priests, and the scribes, 
and the elders of the people, unto the 
palace of the high priest, who was 
called Caiaphas, 

4. And consulted that they might 
take Jesus by subtilty, and kill Mm. 

John xi. 47. * * What do we ? for 
this man doeth many miracles. 

48. If we let him thus alone, all men 
will believe on him: and the Romans 
shall come, and take away both our 
place and nation. 

49. And one of them, named Caia- 
phas, being the high priest that same 
year, said unto them, Ye know nothing 
at all, 

50. Nor consider that it is expedient 
for us, that one man should die for the 
people, and that the whole nation 
perish not. 

51. And this spake he not of him- 
self: but being high priest that year, 
he prophesied that Jesus should die 
for that nation ; 

52. And not for that nation only, but 
that also he should gather together in 
one the children of God that were 
scattered abroad. 



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The Letter. 

3. And the Lord said unto Jacob, 
Return unto the land of thy fathers, 
and to thy kindred ; and I will be with 
thee. 

4. And Jacob sent and called Rachel 
and Leah to the field unto his flock, 

jSTote. 

The divine Redeemer, from the com- 
mencement of his ministry, repeatedly 
called the attention of his disciples to 
the death which he should accomplish 
at Jerusalem. He told them that he 
" came forth from the Father and came 
into the world ; again he would leave 
the world and go to the Father." 

It will be remembered also that on 
the night when Jacob was favored with 
the vision of the ladder, the Lord said 
to him, "Behold, I am with thee, and 
will keep thee in all places whither thou 
goest, and will bring thee again into this 
land ; for I will not leave thee until I 
have done that which I have spoken to 
thee of." In like manner, Jesus in his 
mediatorial character and service, re- 
ceived the promise of the Father that he 
would be with him and uphold him by 
the right hand of his righteousness, and 
that he should not fail nor be discou- 
raged until he had set judgment in the 
earth. But when he had finished the 
work given him to do, he should return 
to the glory which he had with the Fa- 
ther before the world was, and be seated 
at his right hand until his enemies were 
made his footstool. 

All these things Jesus made known to 
his disciples, yet were they slow of heart 
to understand and believe that which he 
taught; though he repeatedly assured 
them that Moses in the law and the pro- 
phets testified of these things. 



Tie Spirit. 

John xiii. 1. Now before the feast 
of the passover, when Jesus knew that 
his hour was come that he should de- 
part out of this world unto the Father, 
having loved his own which were in the 
world, he loved them unto the end. 

xvi. 28. I came forth from the Fa- 
ther, and am come into the world: 
again, I leave the world, and go to the 
Father. 

x. 13. The hireling fleeth, because 
he is an hireling, and careth not for the 
sheep. 

14. I am the good shepherd, and 
know my sheep, and am known of mine. 

Matt. xxvi. 1. And it came to 
pass, when Jesus had finished all these 
sayings, he said unto his disciples, 

2. Ye know that after two days is 
the feast of the passover, and the Son of 
man is betrayed to be crucified. 

John xii. 23. And Jesus answered 
them, saying, The hour is come, that 
the Son of man should be glorified. 

24. Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Except a corn of wheat fall into the 
ground and die, it abideth alone : but 
if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 

xiv. 1. Let not your heart be trou- 
bled : ye believe in God, believe also 
in me. 

2. In my Father's house are many 
mansions : if it icere not so, I would 
have told you. 1 go to prepare a 
place for you. 

3. And if I go and prepare a place 
for you, I will come again and receive 
you unto myself: that where I am, 
there ye may be also. 

4. And whither I go ye know, and 
the way ye know. 

Luke ix. 30. And behold, there 
talked with him two men, which were 
Moses and Elias : 

31. Who appeared in glory, and 
spake of his decease which he should 
accomplish at Jerusalem. 



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The Letter. 

5. And said unto them, I see your 
father's countenance, that it is not to- 
ward me as before ; but the God of my 
father hath been with me, 

6. And ye know, that with all my 
power I have served your father. 

7. And your father hath deceived 
me, and changed my wages ten times : 
but God suffered him not to hurt me. 

8. If he said thus, The speckled shall 
be thy wages ; then all the cattle bare 
speckled : and if he said thus, The 
ring-streaked shall be thy hire, then 
bare all the cattle ring-streaked. 

9. Thus God hath taken away the 
• cattle of your father, and given them 

to me. 

10. And it came to pass, at the time 
that the cattle conceived, that I lifted 
up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, 
behold, the rams which leaped upon 
the cattle were ring-streaked, speckled, 
and grizzled. 

Note. 
Jacob accused Laban of changing his 
wages ten times. This same form of 
speech is used by the Lord concerning 
the ten spies that were sent to spy out 
Canaan, and brought back an evil report 
of the land. In both cases the allusion 
is doubtless to the unbelieving character 
of the tribes of Israel which the ten sons 
of Jacob, and the ten spies represented. 
Jacob had received these sons in conse- 
quence of the substitution of Leah for 
Rachel ; therefore he regarded them 
as so many proofs of the breach of con- 
tract. The passage from Numbers xiv. 
is virtually the same. The false reports 
of the ten spies, were counted by the 
Lord as so many evidences that the peo- 
ple they represented were not those to 
whom he had promised the land of Ca 
naan; therefore he swears that they 
shall never see that land ; and their car- 
cases fell in the wilderness ; for only two 
out of the six hundred thousand that left 
Egypt, entered Canaan. These were 
Caleb and Joshua, the same who had 
brought a good report of the land. Ja- 
cob tells his wives that he had seen in a 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xxix. 13. Wherefore the Lord 
said, Forasmuch as this people draw 
near me with their mouth, and with 
their lips do honor me, but have re- 
moved their heart far from me, and 
their fear toward me is taught by the 
precept of men : 

14. Therefore behold, I will proceed 
to do a marvellous work among this 
people, ecen a marvellous work and a 
wonder : for the wisdom of their wise 
men shall perish, and the understanding 
of their prudent men shall be hid. 

Num. xiv. 22. Because all these 
men which have seen my glory, and my 
miracles, which I did in Egypt, and in 
the wilderness, and have tempted me 
now these ten times, and have not 
hearkened to my voice ; 

23. Surely they shall not see the 
land which I sware unto their fathers, 
neither shall any of them that provoked 
me see it. 

Isa. lx. 7. All the flocks of Kedar 
shall be gathered together unto thee, 
the rams of Nebaioth shall minister 
unto thee: they shall come up with 
acceptance on mine altar, and I will 
glorify the house of my glory. 

8. Who are these that fly as a cloud, 
and as the doves^to their windows? 

9. Surely the isles shall wait for me, 
and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring 
thy sons from far, their silver and then- 
gold with them, unto the name of the 
Lord thy God, and to the Holy One 
of Israel, because he hath glorified 
thee. 

10. And the sons of strangers shall 
build up thy walls, and their kings 
shall minister unto thee: for in my 
wrath I smote thee, but in my favor 
have I had mercy on thee. 

11. Therefore thy gates shall be 
open continually; they shall not be 
shut day nor night; that men may 
bring unto thee the forces of the Gen- 
tiles, and that their kings may be 
brought. 

12. For the nation and kingdom that 



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dream that which God had given him. 
So Jesus tells his disciples that all con- 
cerning himself was revealed in the 
Scriptures. 



The Letter. 

11. And the angel of God spake 
unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob : 
and I said, Here am I. 

12. And he said, Lift up now thine 
eyes and see, all the rams which leap 
upon the cattle are ring-streaked, 
speckled, and grizzled : for I have seen 
all that Laban doeth unto thee. 

13. 1 am the God of Beth-el, where 
thou anointedst the pillar, and where 
thou vowedst a vow unto me : now 
arise, get thee out from this land, and 
return unto the land of thy kindred. 

Note. 

Jacob continues to expound to his 
wives the dreams, in which God had 
spoken to him ; bidding him lift up his 
eyes to behold how his flocks were in- 
creased and how he had been blessed 
and multiplied according to the pro- 
mise of the God of Beth- el, who had been 
with him in all the way, and made him 
to prosper in spite of all that were 
against him. God also reminds him of 
the pillar which he had anointed in 
the desert, and the vow that he had 
made, that the Lord should be his God, 
and that pillar should be God's house. 

These dreams of Jacob point us to the 
visions of holy men of old, who saw afar 
off the day of Christ and the glory and 
prosperity of his kingdom. They saw 
and declared that the abundance of the 
sea and the forces of the Gentiles should 
be brought to that kingdom, — the mul- 
titude of camels and the dromedaries of 
Midian and Ephah : that all the flocks 
of Kedar should be gathered together, 
and the rams of JSTebaioth, to minister 
unto him, and to beautify the house of 
his glory. This house — this mountain 
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will not serve thee shall perish; yea, 
those nations shall be utterly wasted. 

13. The glory of Lebanon shall come 
unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, 
and the box together, to beautify the 
place of my sanctuary ; and I will make 
the place of my feet glorious. 



The Spirit. 

Is a. Ix. 4. Lift up thine eyes rou^d 
about, and see : all they gather them- 
selves together, they come to thee : 
thy sons shall come from far, and thy 
daughters shall be nursed at thy side. 

5. Then thou shalt see, and flow to- 
gether, and thine heart shall fear, and 
be enlarged; because the abundance 
of the sea shall be converted unto thee, 
the forces of the Gentiles shall come 
unto thee. 

6. The multitude of camels shall co- 
ver thee, the dromedaries of Midian 
and Ephah ; all they from Sheba shall 
come: they shall bring gold and in- 
cense ; and they shall show forth the 
praise of the Lord. 

7. All the flocks of Kedar shall be 
gathered together unto thee, the rams 
of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee : 
they shall come up with acceptance on 
mine altar, and I will glorify the house 
of my glory. 

8. Who are these that fly as a cloud, 
and as the doves to their windows ? 

■ lxi. 9. And their seed shall be known 
among the Gentiles, and their offspring 
among the people : all that see them 
shall acknowledge them, that they are 
the seed which the Lord hath blessed. 

xlix. 24. Shall the prey be taken 
from the mighty, or the lawful captive 
delivered ? 

25. But thus saith the Lord, Even 
the captives of the mighty shall be 
taken away, and the prey of the terri- 
ble shall be delivered : for I will con- 
tend with him that contendeth with 
thee, and I will save thy children. 

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of holiness, -which had been so long pro- 
phetically set up, and anointed to the 
Lord, should be established on the tops 
of the mountains ; for the stone which 
the builders rejected should be made the 
head of the corner. 



The Letter. 

14. And Rachel and Leah answered, 
and said unto him, Is there yet any por- 
tion or inheritance for us in our father's 
house ? 

15. Are we not counted of him 
strangers ? for he hath sold us, and 
hath quite devoured also our money. 

16. For all the riches which God 
hath taken from our father, that is 
ours, and our children's : now then, 
whatsoever God hath said unto thee, 
do. 

XOTE. 

By the answer of Rachel and Leah to 
Jacob, it is evident that they acted free 
ly and understandingly in leaving their 
father's house. He had received a 
full equivalent f:r them, in the ser- 
vices of Jacob ; and all that Jacob had 
acquired in his house had been the gift 
of God ; therefore they were no longer 
debtors to their father, neither had he 
any just claims upon them. 

Much more are the children of the 
kingdom, body and spirit, fully redeem 
ed from the claims, both of the moral 
and ceremonial law, by the mediatorial 
work of Christ; so that they may just- 
ly be set at liberty by the Spirit of 
adoption, and rejoice in the freedom of 
the sons of God. Full satisfaction has 
been rendered to divine justice in their 
behalf, by his atoning blood ; and all 
that bad been contained in the "hand- 
writing of ordinances," which for ages 
had been Jehovah's promissory note for 



press thee with their own flesh; and 
they shall be drunken with their own 
blood, as with sweet wine ; and all 
flesh shall know that I the Lord am 
thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the 
Mighty One of Jacob. 

Isa. xli. 13. For I the Lord thy God 
will hold thy right hand, saying unto 
thee, Fear not ; I will help thee. 

14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and 
ye men of Israel; I will help thee, 
saith the Lord, and thy Redeemer, the 
Holy One of Israel. 



The Spirit 

Rom. vii. 4. Wherefore, my brethren, 
ye also are become dead to the law by 
the body of Christ ; that ye should be 
married to another, even to him who is 
raised from the dead, that we should 
bring forth fruit unto God. 

5. For when we were in the flesh, 
the motions of sins, which were by the 
law, did work in our members to bring 
forth fruit unto death. 

6. But now we are delivered from 
the law, that being dead wherein we 
were held ; that we should serve in 
newness of spirit, and not in the old- 
ness of the letter. 

viii. 15. For ye have not received 
the spirit of bondage again to fear ; 
but ye have received the Spirit of 
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Fa- 
ther. 

16. The Spirit itself beareth witness 
with our spirit, that we are the children 
of God: 

17. And if children, then heirs : 
heirs of God, and joint-heirs with 
Christ; if so be that we suffer with 
him, that we may be also glorified to- 
gether. 

***** 

33. Wio shall lay any thing to the 
charge of God's elect 1 It is God that 
justifieth ; 

34. Who is he that condemneth ? 
It is Christ that died, yea rather, that 
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all that Jesus should " do and suffer," 
has been "taken out of the way and 
nailed to his cross ;" so that " there is 
now no condemnation to them that are 
in Christ Jesus ;" " for the law of the 
spirit of life in him, has made them free 
from the law of sin and death." 

If Leah was not the chosen wages of 
Jacob, it may be asked why she was not 
left behind ; — or rather, if the body of 
flesh, the eldest daughter of Jewish rites, 
was not that for which Jesus paid the 
price of his blood, why is it here brought 
to view as redeemed at all ? The rea- 
son is seen in the passage from Rom. viii. 
19, 20, 21, and Eph. i. 14. Jesus Christ 
has purchased the church, both body 
and soul, but in this life, only part of 
the "purchased possession" is manifest- 
ly his, — because flesh and blood cannot 
inherit the kingdom, but the body has 
promise of being changed and finally 
redeemed from corruption. 



The Letter. 

1 7. Then Jacob rose up, and set his 
sons and his wives upon camels ; 

18. And he carried away all his 
cattle, and all his goods which he had 
gotten, the cattle of his getting which 
he had gotten in Padan-aram ; for to 
go to Isaac his father in the land of 
Canaan. 

XOTE. 

The hour had now come when Jacob 
was to leave the house of Laban. Both 
the time and the event allude to a cor- 
responding period in the life of Jesus, 
when he ceased to walk openly among 
the Jews, or when he had fulfilled his 
public ministry, and retired with hi 
disciples to the city of Ephraim. 

This movement was in accordance 
with the law of the Jewish passover, 
which required that the lamb be taken 



hand of God, who also maketh inter- 
cession for us. 

35. Who shall separate us from the 
love of Christ? shall tribulation, or dis- 
tress, or persecution, or famine, or na- 
kedness, or peril, or sword ? 

***** 

38. For I am persuaded, that neither 
death, nor life, nor angels, nor princi- 
palities, nor powers, nor things present, 
nor things to come, 

39. Nor height, nor depth, nor any 
other creature, shall be able to separate 
us from the love of God, which is in 
Christ Jesus our Lord. 

***** 

19. For the earnest expectation of 
the creature waiteth for the manifesta- 
tion of the sons of God. 

20. For the creature was made^ sub- 
ject to vanity, not willingly, but hy 
reason of him who hath subjected ike 
same in hope : 

21. Because the creature itself also 
shall be delivered from the bondage of 
corruption, into the glorious liberty of 
the children of God. 



Tlxe Spirit. 

John xi. 54. Jesus therefore walked 
no more openly among the Jews ; but 
went thence unto a country near to the 
wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, 
and there continued with his disci- 
ples. 

xvii. 16. They are not of the world, 
even as I am not of the world. 

Col. iii. 1. If ye then be risen with 
Christ, seek those things which are 
above, where Christ sitteth on the right 
hand of God. 

2. Set your affection on things 
above, not on things on the earth. 

3. For ye are dead, and your life is 
hid with Christ in God. 

4. When Christ, who is our life, shall 
appear, then shall ye also appear with 
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out from the flock upon the tenth day 
of the month, and kept up until the four- 
teenth day at even, when it should be 
slain for the passover. As we have 
before found, through this typical his- 
tory, the Divine Redeemer never acted 
separately from his church. As the 
Head of his mystical body, the members 
were always one with him in every part 
of his mediatorial work. They were 
"crucified with him," and quickened 
with him from the dead ; they are also 
raised up with him to sit in heavenly 
places ; so that he says concerning them 
to the Father, "Here am I and the 
children thou hast given me." "Those 
whom thou hast given me I have kept, 
and none of them is lost but the son of 
perdition.' 7 

Representatively, therefore, believers 
are dead with Christ; "circumcised 
with the circumcision made without 
hands, in the putting off the body of 
sin by the circumcision of Christ." So 
that in him they are" as completely 
dead to sin, and delivered from the 
condemnation of the law as he is, and, 
except the quickening of the mortal 
body, are as much alive from the dead. 



Eph. ii. 1. And you hath he quicken- 
ed, who were dead in trespasses and 
sins; 

2. Wherein in time past ye walked 
according to the course of this world, 
according to the prince of the power of 
the air, the spirit that now worketh m 
the children of disobedience : • 

3. Among whom also we all had our 
conversation in times past in the lusts 
of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of 
the flesh and of the mind ; and were by 
nature the children of wrath, even as 
others. 

4. But God, who is rich in mercy y 
for his great love wherewith he loved, 
us, * * * 

Ps. lxxviii. 59. When God heard 
this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred 
Israel : 

60. So that he forsook the taberna- 
cle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed 
among men. 

John x. 27. My sheep hear my 
voice, and I know them, and they fol- 
low me : 

28. And I give unto them eternal 
life ; and they shall never perish, nei- 
ther shall any man pluck them out of 
my hand. 

29. My Father, which gave them me, 
is greater than all ; and no man is able 
to pluck them out of my Father's hand, 

30. I and my Father are one. 



Tlie Letter, 

19. And Laban went to shear his 
sheep: and Rachel had stolen the 
images that were her father's. 

20. And Jacob stole away unawares 
to Laban the Syrian, in that he told 
him not that he fled. 

21. So he fled with all that he had; 
and he rose up, and passed over the 
river, and set his face toward the mount 
Gilead. 

Note. 
The stealing of Laban's images by 
Rachel, illustrates the propensity of 
those who are delivered from the 



The Spirit 

Gal. fv. 7. Wherefore thou art 
no more a servant, but a son ; and if 
a son, then an heir of God through 
Christ. 

8. Howbeit then, when ye knew not 
God, ye did service unto them which by 
nature are no gods. 

9. But now, after that ye have known 
God, or rather are known of God, how 
turn ye again to the weak and beggarly 
elements, whereunto ye desire again to 
be in bondage ? 

10. Ye observe days, and months, 
and times, and years. 



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law, to cleave to its carnal rites and 
principles. The apostle Paul speaks of 
this same thing, when he says, *' I see 
another law in my members, warring 
against the law of my mind, and bringing 
me into captivity to the law of sin, and 
death." And it was this also that 
" bewitched " the Galatians, who lis- 
tened to Judaizing teachers, rather than 
to the gospel, and were thus brought 
again under bondage to the law. 

Jacob did not inform Laban of his in- 
tended departure; — neither did Jesus 
ever communicate to the Jews that 
which should befall him at Jerusalem, 
though he repeatedly conversed with 
the disciples of his sufferings and death. 
To them it was given to know the mys- 
teries of the kingdom, but to others he 
spoke in parables. 

Mount Gilead signifies mount of wit- 
ness. And well might that name be ap- 
plied to Jerusalem, that u spiritual So- 
dom, where our Lord was crucified." 
The first witness borne upon this spot 
was the offering up of Isaac by Abra- 
ham at Mount Mori ah, as it was then 
called; — the "Jehovah Jireh" where it 
should be seen that the Lord would 
" provide himself a lamb" for the sacri- 
fice. Here also for ages had flowed 
from the altars of the temple the blood 
of bulls and goats, that testified to the 
better blood which in the fulness of time 
should take away the sin of the world. 
And in this same city had Shiloh stood 
as an ensign for the people ; and the 
gospel of the kingdom had been preached 
as a witness. 



The Letter. 

22. And it was told Laban on the 
third day that Jacob was fled. 



11. I am afraid of you, lest I have 
bestowed upon you labor in vain. 

ii. 3. But neither Titus, who was 
with me, being a Greek, was compelled 
to be circumcised : 

4. And that because of false brethren 
unawares brought in, who came in pri- 
vily to spy out our liberty which we 
have in Christ Jesus, that they might 
bring us into bondage : 

5. To whom we gave place by sub- 
jection, no, not for an hour ; that the 
truth of the gospel might continue with 
you. 

6. But of those, who seemed to be 
'Somewhat, whatsoever they were, it 
maketh no matter to me : God accept- 
eth no man's person : for they who 
seemed to be somewhat, in conference 
added nothing to me. 

Luke ix. 51. And it came to pass, 
when the time was come that he should 
be received up, he steadfastly set his 
face to go to Jerusalem. 

John xviii. 1. When Jesus had spo- 
ken these words, he went forth with his 
disciples over the brook Cedron, where 
was a garden, into the which he entered, 
and his disciples. 

Luke xiii. 33. Nevertheless, I must 
walk to-day and to-morrow, and the day 
following : for it cannot be that a pro- 
phet perish out of Jerusalem. 

Col. ii. 20. Wherefore, if ye be dead 
with Christ from the rudiments of the 
world, why, as though living in the 
world, are ye subject to ordinances, 

21. (Touch not, taste not, handle not, 

22. Which all are to perish with the 
using,) after the commandments and 
doctrines of men 1 

23. Which things have indeed a show 
of wisdom in will-worship and humility, 
and neglecting of the body ; not in any 
honor to the satisfying of the flesh. 



The Spirit. 

John xi. 6. When he had heard 
therefore that he was sick, he abode 



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23. And he took his brethren with 
him, and pursued after him seven days' 
journey : and they overtook him in the 
mount Gilead. 

Note. 

On the third day of the month, Laban 
heard that -Jacob had fled, and he pur- 
sued after bim seven days, before he over- 
took him in the mount of Gilead ; mak- 
ing the time of their meeting exactly on 
the tenth day. It will be also seen by 
examining the 12th and 13th chapters 
of John, that it was the tenth day of the 
month that Jesus entered Jerusalem, as 
was predicted of him in Zech. ix. 9. All 
this was to fulfil that which is written 
in Ex. xii. 3-7, concerning the paschal 
lamb. 

Nothing can be more remarkable than 
the precision with which every item of 
prophecy concerning the Lord Jesus 
Christ is obviously and scrupulously ac- 
complished. This shows that an im- 
portance is attached to the corrobo- 
rating testimony of the different parts 
of revelation ; an importance which 
equally applies to the subject of types. 
How greatly this corroborating evidence 
would be increased in the mind of 
every scripture student, were he to ex- 
amine with suitable care, the wonderful 
analogy which most certainly exists, 
and which it is our privilege to trace, 
throughout the entire word of God, 
between that which was predicted un- 
der the figure of literal fact and histori- 
cal events, and that which is subse- 
quently developed in the person and 
works of Christ, to whom all scripture 
points. The illogical and inconsistent 
idea that types do not exist, except in 
the few and special instances referred to 
in the New Testament, robs the word of 
God of much of its glory, and cheats 
the believer of much of his legitimate 
privilege. 



two days still in the same place where 
he was. 
***** 

39. Jesus said, Take ye away the 
stone. Martha, the sister of him that 
was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this 
time he stinketh, for he hath been dead 
four days. 

***** 

53. Then, from that day forth, they 
took counsel together for to put him to 
death. 

54. Jesus therefore walked no more 
openly among the Jews; but went 
thence unto a country near to the wil- 
derness, into a city called Ephraim, and 
there continued with his disciples. 

xii. 1. Then Jesus, six days before 
the passover, came to Bethany, where 
Lazarus was which had been dead, 
whom he raised from the dead. 

Matt. v. 18. For verily I say unto 
you, Till heaven and earth pass, one 
jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass 
from the law, till all be fulfilled. 

John xi. 55. And the Jews' pass- 
over was nigh at hand : and many went 
out of the country up to Jerusalem 
before the passover, to purify them- 
selves. 

56. Then sought they for Jesus, and 
spake among themselves, as they stood 
in the temple, What think ye ? that he 
will not come to the feast ? 

57. Now both the chief priests and 
the Pharisees had given a command- 
ment, that, if any man knew where he 
were, he should shew it, that they 
might take him. 

Ex. xii. 3. Speak ye unto all the 
congregation of Israel, saying, In the 
tenth day of this month they shall take 
to them every man a lamb, according to 
the house of their fathers, a lamb for an 
house : 

***** 

5. Your lamb shall be without ble- 
mish, a male of the first year : ye shall 
take it out from the sheep or from the 
goats : 

6. And ye shall keep it up until the 



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The Letter. 

24. And God came to Laban the Sy- 
rian in a dream by night, and said unto 
him, Take heed that thou speak not to 
Jacob either good or bad. 

25. Then Laban overtook Jacob. 
Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the 
mount : and Laban with his brethren 
pitched in the mount of Gilead. 

Note. 

This prohibition to speak to Jaeob, 
either good or bad, seems to imply what 
is obviously true of the antitype, — that 
until Jesus, the servant of the covenant, 
had finished the work given him to do, 
he could neither be discharged from his 
obligations, nor be commended as right- 
eous in the eye of justice : — nor, on the 
other hand, could he be falsely accused 
of any intention of freeing himself from 
the bonds into which he had voluntarily 
entered, merely because his movements 
and conduct were not understood or 
appreciated by the blind and unbeliev- 
ing Jews, and their rulers. For Laban, 
as we have before said, not only repre- 
sents the ceremonial law, but also the 
perverted version of that law, as held 
by the scribes and Pharisees in the time 
of Christ. 

"We now behold Laban and Jacob 
drawn up in hostile array against each 
other in the mount of Gilead ; — or, typi- 
cally, we see Jesus, the surety of the 
covenant, proceeding deliberately and 
voluntarily to Jerusalem, which for ages 
had been the Jehovah- Jireh of prophecy, 
— there to give himself up as a sacrifice 
for the sins of his people ; as the Paschal 
Lamb, which should obtain " complete 
redemption for them," both from the just 
demands of the moral law, and also from 
the handwriting of ordinances which 
could be taken out of the way only by 
the actual fulfilment of all that it pro- 
mised, — the last item of which was the 



fourteenth day of the same month : 
and the whole assembly of the congre- 
gation of Israel shall kill it in the even- 
in Sf. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. cv. 14. He suffered no man to 
do them wrong : yea, he reproved 
kings for their sakes : 

15. Saying, Touch not mine anoint- 
ed, and do my prophets no harm. 

Matt, xxviii. 17. Therefore, when 
they were gathered together, Pilate said 
unto them, Whom will ye that I release 
unto you ? Barabbas, or Jesus, which 
is called Christ ? 

18. (For he knew that for envy they 
had delivered him.) 

19. When he was set down on the 
judgment-seat, his wife sent unto ram- 
saying, Have thou nothing to do with 
that just man : for I have suffered many 
things this day in a dream, because of 
him. 

Isa. xlii. 1. Behold my servant, 
whom I uphold : mine elect, in whom 
my soul delighteth ; I have put my 
Spirit upon him : he shall bring forth 
judgment to the Gentiles. 

***** 

4. He shall not fail nor be discou- 
raged, till he have set judgment in the 
earth : and the isles shall wait for his 
law. 

Ps. ii. 1. Why do the heathen rage, 
and the people imagine a vain thing ? 

2. The kings of the earth set them- 
selves, and the rulers take counsel toge- 
ther, against the Lord, and against his 
Anointed, saying, 

3. Let us break their bands asunder, 
and cast away their cords from us. 

4. He that sitteth in the heavens 
shall laugh: the Lord shall have them 
in derision. 

5. Then shall he speak unto them in 
his wrath, and vex them in his sore dis- 
pleasure. 

6. Yet have I set my King upon mv 
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passover. We also see, set in array 
against him, that law in its twofold 
character, with the menacing language 
of " pay that thou oivest ;" — demanding 
even the uttermost farthing, before it 
would relinquish its claim upon the pri- 
soner which it had apprehended. 



T\\e Letter. 

26. And Laban said to Jacob, What 
hast thou done, that thou hast stolen 
away unawares to me, and carried away 
my daughters, as captives taken with the 
sword ? 

27. Wherefore didst thou flee away 
secretly, and steal away from me, and 
didst not tell me, that I might have 
sent thee away with mirth, and with 
songs, with tabret, and with harp ? 

28. And hast not suffered me to kiss 
my sons, and my daughters ? thou hast 
now done foolishly in so doing. 

29. It is in the power of my hand to 
do you hurt : but the God of your fa- 
ther spake unto me yesternight, say- 
ing, Take thou heed that thou speak 
not to Jacob either good or bad. 

30. And now, though thou wouldest 
needs be gone, because thou sore 
longeds* after thy father's house ; yet 
wherefore hast thou stolen my gods ? 

Note. 

In this speech of Laban to Jacob, we 
may discover the judicial blindness of 
the Jewish rulers, who not only judged 
of the conduct and designs of the Son of 
God by themselves, but who could have 
not the least conception of the object of 
his mission into the world. And when 
Caiaphas, their high priest, uttered that 
remarkable prophecy in their hearing, 
which testified that Jesus was to die for 
the people, yet all the effect it had upon 
them, was to confirm their purpose of 
putting him to death ; not to fulfil the 
determinate decree of God, but, " with 
wicked hands," to gratify their hatred 



7. I will declare the decree: the 
Lord hath said unto, Thou art my 
Son ; this day have I begotten thee, a ; 

8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee 
the heathen for thine inheritance, and 
the uttermost parts of the earth for thy 
possession. 

9. Thou shalt break them with a rod 
of iron ; thou shalt dash them in pieces 
like a potter's vessel. 



The Spirit. 

Rom. ii. 1. Therefore thou art inex- 
cusable, O man, whosoever thou art, 
that judgest : for wherein thou judgest 
another, thou condemnest thyself; for 
thou that judgest, doest the same 
things. 

2. But we are sure that the judgment 
of God is according to truth, against 
them which commit such things. 

3. And thinkest thou this, O man, 
that judgest them which do such things, 
and doest the same, that thou shalt 
escape the judgment of God ? 

4. Or despisest thou the riches of 
his goodness, and forbearance, and 
long-suffering; not knowing that the 
goodness of God leadeth thee to re- 
pentance ? 

5. But, afte*r thy hardness and im- 
penitent heart, treasurest up unto thy- 
self wrath against the day of wrath, and 
revelation of the righteous judgment of 
God; 

6. Who will render to every man ac- 
cording to his deeds : 

7. To them who, by patient continu- 
ance in well-doing, seek for glory, and 
honor, and immortality; eternal life : 

8. But unto them that are conten- 
tious, and do not obey the truth, but 
obey unrighteousness; indignation and 
wrath, 

9. Tribulation and anguish upon 
every soul of man that doeth evil, of 
the Jew first, and also of the Gentile ; 

10. But glory, honor, and peace, to 
every man that worketh good, to the 
Jew first, and also to the Gentile. 



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against him. They vainly imagined 
they had power to take his life when- 
ever they pleased ; nor knew how 
strictly that life was guarded to the very 
"hour" which had been fixed from the 
beginning. " I must walk to-day and 
to-morrow and the day following ; for 
it is impossible that a prophet perish 
out of Jerusalem." To that city must he 
"steadfastly set his face," exactly four 
days before the passover — as a lamb to 
be kept up for the sacrifice. Laban's 
last charge was the stealing of his gods ; 
— equally true with all that were made 
against Jesus. ] 



John xix. 10. Then saith Pilate 
unto him, Speakest thou not unto me ? 
knowest thou not that I have power to 
crucify thee, and have power to release 
thee ? 

11. Jesus answered, Thou couldest 
have no power at all against me, ex- 
cept it were given thee from above : 
therefore he that delivered me unto 
thee hath the greater sin. 

xi. 49. And one of them, named 
Caiaphas, being the high priest that 
same year, said unto them, Ye know 
nothing at all, 

50. Nor consider that it is expedient 
for us, that one man should die for the 
people, and that the whole nation perish 
not. 

o 1 . And this spake he not of himself: 
but being high priest that year, he pro- 
phesied that Jesus should die for that 
nation ; 

52. And not for that nation only, but 
that also he should gather together in 
one the children of God that were scat- 
tered abroad. 

53. Then from that day forth they 
took counsel together for to put him 
to death. 



The Letter. 

31. And Jacob answered and said 
to Laban, Because I was afraid : for I 
said, Peradventure thou wouldest take 
by force thy daughters from me. 

32. With whomsoever thou findest 
thy gods, let him not live : before our 
brethren discern thou what is thine 
with me, and take it to thee : for Ja- 
cob knew not that Rachel had stolen 
them. 

33. And Laban went into Jacob's 
tent, and into Leah's tent, and into 
the two maid-servants' tents ; but he 
found them not. Then went he out of 
Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's 
tent. 

34. Now Rachel had taken the 
images, and put them in the camel's 
furniture, and sat upon them. And 



TJie Spirit. 

Matt. xxvi. 55. In that same hour 
said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye 
come out as against a thief with swords 
and staves for to take me 1 I sat daily 
with you teaching in the temple, and 
ye laid no hold on me. 

Ps. vii. 1. O Lord my God, in thee 
do I put my trust : save me from all 
them that persecute me, and deliver 
me: 

2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, 
rending it in pieces, while there is none 
to deliver. 

3. O Lord my God, if I have done 
this ; if there be iniquity in my hands ; 

4. If I have rewarded evil unto him 
that was at peace with me ; (yea, I have 
delivered him that without cause is 
mine enemy :) 



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Laban searched all the tent, but found 
them not. 

35. And she said to her father, Let 
it not displease my lord that I cannot 
rise up before thee ; for the custom of 
women is upon me. And he searched, 
but found not the images. 

Kote. 

It was well understood by the anti- 
typical Jacob, that until full satisfaction 
should be rendered to divine justice by 
the death of the cross, and the promis- 
sory note of ordinances should be fully 
cancelled and nailed to the accursed 
tree, — he could not lawfully claim the 
purchase of his blood, but could be held 
prisoner until all was finished. Yet was 
it needful, in forming the similitude, that 
Jus people should be one with him, both 
in his death and resurrection. They had 
been one with him even from everlast- 
ing, because the Father received the 
bond of the covenant as an all-sufficient 
pledge that the work would be accom- 
plished. But the law, strict in its de- 
mands, pursues its victim, to the last, 
and yields nothing until all is paid ; be- 
cause he that fails in one point, is guilty 
of all. 

Laban naturally supposes Leah to 
have taken his gods ; but Kachel is most 
likely to secrete them ; because those that 
are conscious of wrong, will be most 
afraid of being searched. But Jacob 
utterly denies the charge ; for the cleav- 
ing to the yoke of bondage " cometh 
not of him that calleth us." 



5. Let the enemy persecute my soul, 
and take it ; yea, let him tread down my 
life upon the earth, and lay mine honor 
in the dust. Selah. 

lv. 3. Because of the voice of the 
enemy, because of the oppression of 
the wicked : for they cast iniquity upon 
me, and in wrath they hate me. 

lxix. 4. They that hate me without 
a cause are more than the hairs of mine 
head : they that would destroy me, being 
mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty : 
then I restored that which I took not 
away. 

***** 

7. Because for thy sake I have borne 
reproach; shame hath covered my 
face. 

2 Cor. xi. 2. For I am jealous over 
you with godly jealousy : for I have 
espoused you to one husband, that I 
may present you as a chaste virgin to 
Christ. 

3. But I fear, lest by any means, as 
the serpent beguiled Eve through his 
subtilty, so your minds should be cor- 
rupted from the simplicity that is in 
Christ. 

4. For if he that cometh preacheth 
another Jesus, whom we have not 
preached, or if ye receive another 
spirit, which ye have not received, or 
another gospel, which ye have not ac- 
cepted, ye might well bear with Mm. 

John viii. 46. Which of you con- 
vinced me of sin ? And if' I say the 
truth, why do ye not believe me % 

Gal. v. 7. Ye did run well ; who 
did hinder you, that ye should not obey 
the truth? 

8. This persuasion comelhnot of him 
that calleth you. 

9. A little leaven leaveneth the whole 
lump. 

10. I have confidence in you through 
the Lord, that ye will be none other- 
wise minded : but he that troubleth you 
shall bear his judgment, whosoever he 
be. 

1 John v. 21. Little children, keep 
yourselves from idols. Amen. 



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The Letter. 

36. And Jacob was wroth, and 
chode with Laban: and Jacob an- 
swered, and said to Laban, What is my 
trespass? what is my sin, that thou 
hast so hotly pursued after me ? 

37. Whereas thou hast searched all 
my stuff, what hast thou found of all 
thy household-stuff? set it here before 
my brethren, and thy brethren, that 
they may judge betwixt us both. 

38. This twenty years have I been 
with thee ; thy ewes and thy she-goats 
have not cast their young, and the 
rams of thy flock have I not eaten. 

39. That which was torn of beasts, I 
brought not unto thee ; I bare the loss 
of it ; of my hand didst thou require it, 
whether stolen by day, or stolen by 
night. 

40. Thus I was : in the day the 
drought consumed me, and the frost by 
night; and my sleep departed from 
mine eyes. 

41. Thus have /been twenty years 
in thy house : I served thee fourteen 
years for thy two daughters, and six 
years for thy cattle: and thou hast 
changed my wages ten times. 

42. Except the God of my father, 
the God of Abraham, and the fear of 
Isaac had been with me, surely thou 
hadst sent me away now empty. God 
hath seen mine affliction, and the labor 
of my hands, and rebuked thee yester- 
night. 

ISote. 
It is said of Jesus, that " heioas led as 
a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep 
before her shearers is dumb, so he opened 
not his mouth" But ages before that 
event, the spirit of prophecy gives us to 
understand the conflict and agony of 
soul which the Son of God endured in 
view of those who "came tcpon him to 
eat up his flesh," and who " sought after 
his soul to destroy it." David was not 
speaking of himself, or his own personal 
foes, in the strong language of those 
many Psalms which exhibit the " man of 
sorrows," contending with the rage of his 



The Spirit. 

Ps. xxxv. 11. False witnesses did 
rise up ; they laid to my charge things 
that I knew not. 

12. They rewarded me evil for good 
to the spoiling of my soul. 

13. But as for me, when they were 
sick, my clothing was sackcloth : I 
humbled my soul with fasting: and 
my prayer returned into mine own bo- 
som. 

14. I behaved myself as though he 
had been my friend or brother ; I bowed 
down heavily, as one that mourneth 
for his mother. 

15. But in mine adversity they re- 
joiced, and gathered themselves toge- 
ther: yea, the abjects gathered them- 
selves together against me, and I knew 
it not; they did tear me, and ceased 
not. 

xvii. 1. Hear the right, O Lord, 
attend unto my cry, give ear unto my 
prayer, that goelh not out of feigned 
lips. 

2. Let my sentence come forth from 
thy presence ; let thine eyes behold the 
things that are equal. 

3. Thou hast proved mine heart ; 
thou hast visited me in the night ; thou 
hast tried me, and shalt find nothing ; 
I am purposed that my mouth shall not 
transgress. 

4. Concerning the works of men, by 
the word of thy lips I have kept me 
from the paths of the destroyer. 

xviii. 20. The Lord rewarded me 
according to my righteousness ; ac- 
cording to the cleanness of my hands 
hath he recompensed me. 

21. For I have kept the ways of the 
Lord, and have not wickedly departed 
from my God. 

22. For all his judgments were be- 
fore me, and I did not put away his 
statutes from me. 

23. I was also upright before him, 
and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 

24. Therefore hath the Lord recom- 
pensed me according to my righteous- 



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enemies, and defending himself against 
their malicious accusations. 

It was the promise of the Father there 
recorded, "thou wilt not leave my soul 
in hell, nor suffer thine Holy One to see 
corruption," that strengthened the 
"bruised reed" in the garden, "when 
with strong crying and tears, he offered 
supplication to him who was able to 
save him from death, and was heard in 
that he feared." 



ness, according to the cleanness of my 
hands in his eyesight. 

Matt. xxvi. 53. Thinkest thou that 
I cannot now pray to my Father, and 
he shall presently give me more than 
twelve legions of angels ? 

54. But how then shall the scrip- 
tures be fulfilled, that thus it must be 1 

Ps. vii. 10. My defence is of God, 
which saveth the upright in heart. 



The Letter. 

43. And Laban answered, and said 
unto Jacob, These daughters are my 
daughters, and these children are my 
children, and these cattle are my cattle, 
and all that thou seest is mine : and 
what can I do this day unto these my 
daughters, or unto their children which 
they have borne ? 

44. Now therefore come thou, let us 
make a covenant, I and thou ; and let 
it be for a witness between me and 
thee. 

Note. 

By the figure of the marriage cove- 
nant, the apostle Paul, in the seventh 
chapter of Romans, shows how the 
church becomes "dead to the law by 
the body of Christ," or by his death ; 
and that until thus delivered by death, 
in him and with him, as mystically one, 
she was held by the law as the husband 
to whom she was first wedded ; nothing 
but death, which was the penalty of 
transgressing that first covenant, being 
a legal deliverance from it. 

This explains the nature of Laban's 
claim to his "daughters," (fee. — they 
were legally his, until fully redeemed 
from his power by death. This death 
of Christ is not here actually repre- 
sented, because the nature of the figure 
would not allow it ; the history of Jacob 
being rather typical of that part of re- 
demption which was effected by the 
power of the Holy Spirit, and not that 
which relates to the body of Christ or 
his human nature. That which is ef- 
fected by his death, the deliverance 



The Spirit. 

Rom. vii. 1. Know ye not, bre- 
thren, (for I speak to them that know 
the law,) how that the law hath domi- 
nion over a man as long as he liveth % 

2. For the woman which hath a hus- 
band, is bound by the law to her hus- 
band so long as he liveth ; but if the 
husband be dead, she is loosed from 
the law of her husband. 

3. So then, if while her husband 
liveth, she be married to another man, 
she shall be called an adulteress : but if 
her husband be dead, she is free from 
that law; so that she is no adulteress, 
though she be married to another man. 

1 Cor. xi. 23. For I have received 
of the Lord, that which also I delivered 
unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the 
same night in which he was betrayed, 
took bread : 

24. And when he had given thanks, 
he brake it, and said, Take, eat : this is 
my body, which is broken for you ; 
this do in remembrance of me. 

25. After the same manner also he 
took the cup, when he had supped, say- 
ing, This cup is the new testament in 
my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye 
drink it, in remembrance of me. 

26. For as often as ye eat this bread, 
and drink this cup, ye do show the 
Lord's death till he come. 

27. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat 
this bread, and drink this cup of the 
Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the 
body and blood of the l>rd. 

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from the law, and the "witness" which 
is left to the world, that the satisfaction 
was rendered, by which not only Jesus 
but his people, are for ever free from 
condemnation, is therefore here brought 
to view by the covenant which Jacob 
and Laban made together, in the united 
feast of the passover and the institution 
of the Lord's supper; the one succeed- 
ing to, and taking place of the other, to 
show that "Jesus our passover has been 
slain for us." 

The importance and necessity of the 
ordinance of the supper, as a memorial 
of the vicarious death of Christ, is in- 
sisted on by Paul in 1 Cor. xi. 27, 
28, 29. He says, " that in eating this 
bread and drinking this cup, ye do shoiv 
the Lord's death till he come ;" therefore 
if any one eat and drink unworthily, or 
without an understanding of the mean- 



The Letter. 

45. And Jacob took a stone, and set 
it up for a pillar. 

46. And Jacob said unto his bre- 
thren, Gather stones ; and they took 
stones, and made an heap: and they 
did eat there upon the heap. 

47. And Laban called it Jegar-saba- 
dutha : But Jacob called it Galeed : 

48. And Laban said, This heap is a 
witness between me and thee this day. 
Therefore was the name of it called 
Galeed : 

Note. 
Jesus said to his disciples, " With de- 
sire have I desired to eat this passover 
with you before I suffer ; for I say unto 
you, I will not any more eat thereof 
until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of 
God." By this he doubtless meant that 
what was shadowed forth and predicted 
by that ordinance, he was about to suf- 
fer in his own person, by which the first 
stone would be set in the kingdom of 
heaven; that "stone which the builders 
refused would be made the head of the 
corner;" this being the last act of his 
public life as a " minister of the circum- 
cision for the truth of God," their next 



and so let him eat of that bread, and 
drink of that cup. 

29. For he that eateth and drinketh 
unworthily, eateth and drinketh dam- 
nation to himself, not discerning the 
Lord's body. 



ing and intention of this ordinance and 
faith in that which it "shows forth," 
they eat and drink condemnation to 
themselves, or virtually acknowledge 
themselves to be still under the condem- 
nation or curse of the law; for if Christ 
is not dead, then we are yet in our sins. 
In such case, that which was instituted 
to witness an important fact, would be 
rendered no better than an unmeaning 
sacrifice offered to idols, which would 
be counting the body and blood of 
Christ "an unholy thing." 



The Spirit. 

Josh. iv. 4. Then Joshua called the 
twelve men, whom he had prepared of 
the children of Israel, out of every tribe 
a man: 

5. And Joshua said unto them, Pass 
over before the ark of the Lord your 
God into the midst of Jordan, and take 
you up every man of you a stone upon 
his shoulder, according unto the num- 
ber of the tribes of the children of 
Israel : 

6. That this may be a sign among 
you, that when your children ask their 
fathers in time to come, saying, What 
mean ye by these stones ? 

7. Then ye shall answer them, That 
the waters of Jordan were cut off be- 
fore the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord ; when it passed over Jordan, the 
waters of Jordan were cut off: and 
these stones shall be for a memorial 
unto the children of Israel for ever. 

8. And the children of Israel did so 
as Joshua commanded, and took up 
twelve stones out of the midst of Jor- 
dan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, 
according to the number of the tribes of 
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interview would be in the kingdom of 
God ; for all would be then fulfilled. 

Jesus, having himself set up the " coi- 
ner stone,*' or first pillar of witness, 
calls and appoints twelve others who 
should be "eye-witnesses of his death 
and resurrection," and qualified to tes- 
tify of what they had seen and heard. 
Upon this "heap" was the passover 
eaten ; and in connexion with it, the 
supper was instituted as a memorial of 
his death, and as a guard or watch to 
his people that they may never doubt 
their perfect deliverance from guilt and 
condemnation; and that the law may 
never more put forth a claim upon 
them : it was a covenant between the 
debtor and creditor, that all was paid. 

The stones of witness that Jacob here 
set up, are subsequently brought to view 
under another figure of this same sub- 
ject as described in the -4th chapter of 
Joshua, when the Lord told him to take 
twelve stones from the place where the 
priests' feet stood in the midst of Jordan, 
until all Israel had passed clean over, 
and to set them up on the other side of 
the river, as a memorial unto the chil- 
dren of Israel for ever, of the events of 
that day when the Lord magnified Jo- 
shua (Jesus) in the sight of all Israel, 
and when he delivered them from the 
hand of their enemies. 



The Letter. 

49. And Mizpah ; for he said, The 
Lord watch between me and thee, 
when we are absent one from another. 

50. If thou shalt afflict my daugh- 
ters, or if thou shalt take oilier wives 
besides my daughters ; no man is with 
us; see, God is witness betwixt me 
and thee. 

51. And Laban said to Jacob, Be- 
hold this heap, and behold this pillar, 
which I have cast betwixt me and 
thee ; 

52. This heap be witness, and this 



over with them unto the place where 
they lodged, and laid them down there. 

9. And Joshua set up twelve stones 
in the midst of Jordan, in the place 
where the feet of the priests which 
bare the ark of the covenant stood: and 
they are there unto this day. 

Mark xiv. 16. And his disciples 
went forth, and came into the city, and 
found as he had said unto them : and 
they made ready the passover. 

17. And in the evening he cometh 

with the twelve. 
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22. And as they did eat, Jesus took 
bread, and blessed and brake it, and 
gave to them, and said, Take, eat : this 
is my body. 

23. And he took the cup, and when 
he had given thanks, he gave it to 
them : and they all drank of it. 

24. And he said unto them, This is 
my blood of the new testament, which 
is shed for many. 

25. Verily I say unto you, I will 
drink no more of the fruit of the vine, 
until that day that I drink it new in 
the kingdom of God. 

Acts i. 8. But ye shall receive 
power after that the Holy Ghost is 
come upon you : and ye shall be wit- 
nesses unto me, both in Jerusalem, and 
in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto 
the uttermost part of the earth. 



The Spirit. 

Acts v. 30. The God of our fathers 
raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and 
hanged on a tree : 

31. Him hath God exalted with his 
right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, 
for to give repentance to Israel, and 
forgiveness of sins. 

32. And we are his witnesses of 
these things ; and so is also the Holy 
Ghost, whom God hath given to them 
that obey him. 

iii. 13. The God of Abraham, and of 
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pillar be witness, that I will not pass 
over this heap to thee, and that thou 
shalt not pass over this heap and this 
pillar unto me, for harm. 

53. The God of Abraham, and the 
God of Nahor, the God of their father, 
judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by 
the fear of his father Isaac. 

54. Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon 
the mount, and called his brethren to 
eat bread : and they did eat bread, and 
tarried all night in the mount. 

55. And early in the morning Laban 
rose up, and kissed his sons and his 
daughters, and blessed them : and La- 
ban departed, and returned unto his 
place. 

XOTE. 

By the blood of the cross reconcilia- 
tion was made for iniquity, and peace 
proclaimed between God and transgres- 
sors. By the same blood was a com- 
plete satisfaction made to law and jus- 
tice, so that they could have no more 
demand upon the surety of the cove- 
nant. "Wherefore it is said, " Mercy and 
truth have met together ; righteousness 
and peace have embraced each other." 
The prisoner of justice could not there- 
fore be holden by death, but was de- 
clared " to be the Son of God with 
power," by the opening of the prison 
dooiVand the releasing of the prisoner 
from the tomb. The divine Mediator 
had finished his work as a servant to the 
law, and now entered into his rest. 

The sacrifice which Jacob offered in 
the mount, after eating with his bre- 
thren, alludes to the death of Christ 
which succeeded the passover ; and the 
tarrying " all night in the mount," to 
the dark scene of suffering in the garden 
of Gethsemane, together with that which 
followed : until the law (Laban) with- 
drew from him, whom he had so hotly 
pursued unto this hour. 

Gilead and Mizpah were not literally 
identical with Jerusalem, as towns, but 
were at some distance from it. So of 
Sodom and Egypt; and yet they are 
made figuratively to represent it. It 
was "without the camp" of legal rites, 
that Jesus suffered. 



fathers hath glorified his Son Jesus; 
whom ye delivered up, and denied him 
in the presence of Pilate, when he was 
determined to let him go. 

14. But ye denied the Holy One, 
and the Just, and desired a murderer 
to be granted unto you, 

15. And killed the Prince of life, 
whom God hath raised from the dead ; 
whereof we are witnesses. 

Rom. i. 3. Concerning his Son 
Jesus Christ, our Lord, which was 
made of the seed of David according to 
the flesh ; 

4. And declared to be the Son of 
God with power, according to the Spi- 
rit of holiness, by the resurrection from 
the dead ; 

5. By whom we have received grace 
and apostleship, for obedience to the 
faith among all nations for his name. 

Heb. vi. 16. For men verily swear 
by the greater : and an oath for confir- 
mation is to them an end of all strife. 

17. Wherein God, willing more 
abundantly to show unto the heirs of 
promise the immutability of his coun- 
sel, confirmed it by an oath : 

18. That by two immutable things, 
in which it icas impossible for God to 
lie, we might have a strong consola- 
tion, who have fled for refuge to lay 
hold upon the hope set before us : 

19. Which hope we have as an an- 
chor of the soul, both sure and stead- 
fast, and which entereth into that within 
the vail ; 

20. Whither the forerunner is for us 
entered, even Jesus made a high priest 
for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 

John xix. 30. When Jesus there- 
fore had received the vinegar, he said, 
It is finished : and he bowed his head, 
and gave up the ghost. 

31. The Jews therefore, because it 
was the preparation, that the bodies 
should not remain upon the cross on 
the sabbath-day, (for that sabbath-day 
was an high day,) besought Pilate that 
their legs might be broken, and thai 
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Heb. xiii. 11. For the bodies of 
those beasts, whose blood is brought 
into the sanctuary by the high priest 
for sin, are burned without the camp. 

12. Wherefore Jesus also, that he 
might sanctify the people with his own 
blood, suffered without the gate. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



The Letter. 

1. And Jacob went on his way, and 
the angels of God met him. 

2. And when Jacob saw them he 
said, This is God's host : and he called 
the name of that place Mahanaim. 

NOTE. 

Mahanaim signifies two hosts, typi- 
cally applied to the company of Michael 
and his angels, and the company of the 
Dragon and his angels, ready for the 
final conflict ; when the woman's " seed " 
should yield his " heel " to the power of 
the serpent ; but when he should also 
at the same time "bruise the serpent's 
head," and "thrown death destroy 
death, and him that had the power of 
death, that. is, the devil." For it was in 
view of this hour that Jesus cried, " Now 
is the judgment of this world ; now is 
the prince of this world cast out." 

Through the entire progress of the 
work of redemption, the heavenly host 
had been actively employed; nor had 
the hosts of hell — the powers of dark- 
ness been less busy or less interested in 
this great "mystery of godliness, God 
manifest in the flesh." 

While the " angels of God shouted for 
joy " at the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, 
Satan was stirring up the wicked to de- 
stroy him. When he failed in this, he 
stood ready to meet him in the first step 
of his public ministry, if possible then to 
put a stop to his further progress. Being 
foiled here also, he " left him for a little 
season ;" but it was only to marshal his 
forces against a power which was be- 



TJie Spirit. 

Ps. lxviii. 17. The chariots of God 
are twenty thousand, even thousands of 
angels : the Lord is among them, as in 
Sinai, in the holy place. 

xci. 11. For he shall give his angels 
charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy 
ways. 

12. They shall bear thee up in their 
hands, lest thou dash thy foot against 
a stone. 

John i. 51. And he saith unto him, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Here- 
after ye shall see heaven open, and the 
angels of God ascending and descend- 
ing upon the Son of man. 

Heb. xii. 22. But ye are come unto 
mount Sion, and unto the city of the 
living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, 
and to an innumerable company of 
angels, 

23. To the' general assembly and 
church of the first-born, which are 
written in heaven, and to God the 
Judge of all, and to the spirits of just 
men made perfect, 

24. And to Jesus the Mediator of 
the new covenant, and to the blood of 
sprinkling, that speaketh better things 
than that of Abel. 

Luke xxii. 43. And there appeared 
an angel unto liim from heaven, 
strengthening him. 

44. And being in an agony, he 
prayed more earnestly : and his sweat 
was as it were great drops of blood 
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coming too manifestly divine to be met 
single-handed. The "legions" of hell 
were let loose; men, and even beasts, 
were possessed by them. " This is your 
hour," said Jesus, " and the power of 
darkness." Well did they know that 
this, their hour was to be short, "I 
know thee who thou art, the Holy One 
of God," said the unclean spirit ; " art 
thou come to destroy us before the 
time ?" 



TJie Letter. 

3. And Jacob sent messengers be- 
fore him to Esau his brother, unto the 
land of Seir, the country of Edom. 

4. And he commanded them, saying, 
Thus shall ye speak unto my lord 
Esau ; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I 
have sojourned with Laban, and stayed 
there until now : 

5. AEd I have oxen, and asses, 
flocks, and men-servants, and women- 
servants : and I have sent to tell my 
lord, that 1 may find grace in thy 
sight, 

Xote. 

Xo act of the public ministry of Christ 
is more remarkable than his choosing 
the "son of perditiou" for oue of the 
twelve. "I have chosen you twelve, 
and one of you is a devil," said Jesus to 
his disciples. 

But it was evidently part of the di- 
vine plan, that Judas should be an eye- 
witness of the whole course of the mi- 
nistry of Jesus — be acquainted with all 
the evidences of his Messiahship, and the 
miracles which he wrought; in short, 
22 



Rev. xii. 7. And there was war in 
heaven : Michael and his angels fought 
against the dragon; and the dragon 
fought and his angels, 

8. And prevailed not; neither was 
then place found any more in heaven. 

9. And the great dragon was cast 
out, that old serpent, called the Devil, 
and Satan, which deceiveth the whole 
world : he was cast out into the earth, 
and his angels were cast out with him. 

10. And I heard a loud voice saying 
in heaven, Now is come salvation, and 
strength, and the kingdom of our God, 
and the power of his Christ: for the 
accuser of our brethren is cast down, 
which accused them before our God 
day and night. 

11. And they overcame him by the 
blood of the Lamb, and by the word 
of their testimony ; and they loved not 
then* lives unto the death. 



The Spirit. 

John vi. 70. Jesus answered them, 
Have not I chosen you twelve, and one 
of you is a devil 1 

71. He spake of Judas Iscariot the 
son of Simon : for he it was that 
should betray him, being one of the 
twelve. 

Acts i. 17. For he was numbered 
with us, and had obtained part of this 
ministry. 

18. Now this man purchased a field 
with the reward of iniquity ; and fall- 
ing headlong, he burst asunder in the 
midst, and all his bowels gushed out. 

19. And it was known unto all the 
dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as 
that field is called in then- proper 
tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The 
field of blood. 

John xiii. 18. I speak not of you 
all ; I know whom I have chosen : but, 
that the scripture may be fulfilled, He 
that e:Ueth bread with me hath lifted 
up his heel against me. 

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that no proof should be wanting that 
he was the Son of God. This fact may 
explain the words spoken when Jesus 
answered Pilate, "thou couldst have no 
power at all against me except it were 
given thee from above: therefore he 
that delivered me unto thee hath the 
greater sin." The course pursued in re- 
gard to Judas is remarkably illustrated 
by the conduct of Jacob toward Esau 
in sending this message. It would be 
quite unaccountable as a mere matter 
of fact, that Jacob should thus put him- 
self in the power of one who he knew 
stood ready to take his life. We have 
before stated in chapter xxviii. that 
from the time when Jacob received the 
blessing from Isaac, Esau became a type 
of Judas, the son of perdition ; and it is 
evident that the very prosperity which 
Jacob describes in his message, was that 
for which Esau hated him and proposed 
to kill him ; as the mighty and the holy 
works which Jesus did among the peo- 
ple, were the cause for which Judas 
sought to betray and murder him. This 
message therefore is virtually a volun- 
tary yielding of himself into the power 
of Esau, as was the conduct of Christ, a 
voluntary giving of himself into the 
hands of his betrayers and murderers. 



that, when it is come to passive may 
believe that I am lie. 

Matt. xxvi. 21. When Jesus had 
thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and 
testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, That one of you shall be- 
tray me. 

John xiii. 2 1 . But, behold, the hand 
of him that betrayeth me is with me on 
the table. 

22. And truly the Son of man goeth, 
as it was determined: but woe unto 
that man by whom he is betrayed ! 

26. Jesus answered, He it is to 
whom I shall give a sop, when I have 
dipped it. And when he had dipped 
the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, 
the son of Simon. 

27. And after the sop Satan entered 
into him. Then said Jesus unto him, 
That thou doest, do quickly. 

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30. He then, having received the 
sop, went immediately out ; and it was 
night. 

31. Therefore, when he was gone 
out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of 
man glorified, and God is glorified in 
him. 



The Letter. 



6. And the messengers returned to 
Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother 
Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, 
and four hundred men with him. 

7. Then Jacob was greatly afraid, 
and distressed: and he divided the 
people that was with him, and the 
flocks, and herds, and the camels into 
two bands ; 

8. And said. If Esau come to the one 
company, and smite it, then the other 
company which is left shall escape. 

Note. 

Had Esau's intention been peaceable, 
in coming out to Jacob, he would not 
have needed four hundred men. This 
Jacob well knew, and therefore his fear. 

The language of the Psalmist, in allud- 



The Spirit. 

John xiv. 30. Hereafter I will not 
talk much with you : for the prince of 
this world cometh, and hath nothing 
in me, 

31. But that the world may know 
that I love the Father; and as the 
Father gave me commandment, even 
so I do. Arise, let us go hence. 

xii. 31. Now is the judgment of 
this world : now shall the prince of this 
world be cast out. 

32. And I, if I be lifted up from the 
earth, will draw all men unto me. 

33. (This he said, signifying what 
death he should die.) 

Ps. lv. 4. My heart is sore pained 
within me: and the terrors of death 
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Ing to the encounter of the divine Re- 
deemer with those that should "come 
upon him to eat up his flesh," is strongly 
expressive of the terror and agony of 
his holy soul. "Fearfulness and trem- 
bling are come upon me, and horror 
hath overwhelmed me," 

But in the midst of all his own an- 
guish and suffering in view of the cup 
before him, the care and love of Jesus 
abounded toward his little flock, in 
comforting and providing for their wel- 
fare, in a manner of which that of Jacob 
is but a feeble similitude. This ar- 
rangement of Jacob's company, repre- 
sents the divine wisdom and grace, as 
displayed toward his mystical body the 
church, which was so guarded that none 
were " able to pluck them out of his 
hand ;" while his own body of flesh was 
freely given up to be sold, betrayed, and 
crucified. 

In these two bands there is again re- 
ference to the two staves mentioned by 
Zechariah. That which was surren- 
dered to the power of Esau, that the 
other might escape, being intended for 
the staff " binders " or " bands," which 
united together the tribes of Judah and 
Israel, and which was broken in that 
day when the Lion of Judah " stooped 
and couched " before his prey, that he 
might " rise up " to conquer, because it 
was only " through death," that he could 
destroy death, and '•him that had the 
power of death, that is, the devil," — and 



The Letter. 

9. And Jacob said, O God of my fa- 
ther Abraham, and God of my father 
Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, 
Return unto thy country, and to thy 
kindred, and I will deal well with thee : 

10. I am not worthy of the least of 
all the mercies, and of all the truth, 
which thou hast shewed unto thy ser- 
vant : for with my staff I passed over 
this Jordan, and now I am become two 
bands. 

11. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the 
hand of my brother, from the hand of 



5. Fearfulness and trembling are 
come upon me, and horror hath over- 
whelmed me. 

6. And I said, Oh that I had wings 
like a dove ! for then would I fly away, 
and be at rest. 

7. Lo, then would I wander far off, 
and remain in the wilderness. Selah. 

Zech. xi. 10. And I took my staff, 
even Beauty, and cut if/ asunder, that I 
might break my covenant which I had 
made with all the people. 

1 1 . And it was broken in that day : 
and so the poor of the flock that waited 
upon me knew that it was the word of 
the Lord. 

12. And I said unto them, If ye 
think good, give me my price ; and if 
not, forbear. So they weighed for my 
price thirty pieces of silver. 

13. And the Lord said unto me, 
Cast it unto the potter : a goodly price 
that I was prized at of them. And I 
took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast 
them to the potter in the house of the 
Lord. 

14. Then I cut asunder mine other 
staff, even Bauds, that I might break 
the brotherhood between Judah and 
Israel. 



it was only by putting t.n end to the 
worldly sceptre, that the spiritual domi- 
nion could be established. 



The Spirit. 

Heb. v. 7. Who in the days of his 
flesh, when he had offered up prayers 
and supplications, with strong crying 
and tears, unto him that was able to 
save him from death, and was heard in 
that he feared : 

8. Though he were a Son, yet 
learned he obedience by the things 
which he suffered. 

Ps. xxii. 11. Be not far from me, 
for trouble is near : for there is none to 
help. 

12. Many bulls have compassed me : 



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Esau : for I fear him, lest he will come 
and smite me, and the mother with the 
children. 

12. And thou saidst, I will surely do 
thee good, and make thy seed as the 
sand of the sea, which cannot be num- 
bered for multitude. 

ISOTE. 

This supplication of Jacob in the hour 
of his fear and terror, represents the 
language of the divine Redeemer, and is 
remarkably expressive of the different 
parts aud various features of his media- 
torial work. The parties and promises 
of the everlasting covenant are first 
brought to view ; then the humiliation 
of the Son of God as a " servant," and 
the object for which he assumed this 
position, and the reward which had 
been given him — the two bands. He 
then pleads for the upholding power of 
the Father, according to the promise 
given him when he was sent forth to 
redeem from the bondage of the law, 
those that were heirs of the kingdom. 

In the passage from Hebrews it is 
said, Jesus "was heard in that he feared." 
It may be asked, what did the Son of 
God fear? Certainly not the mere bo- 
dily suffering of death. Many have en- 
dured this in triumph. But here, as in 
all other scriptures, there may always be 
found an explanation in some other pas- 
sage ; and the 22d Psalm answers the 
question. It was a contest with the 
powers of darkness which the holy soul 
of the Son of God feared ; the " power 
of the dog," and the "mouth of the 
lion ;" for this lion must be encountered 
in his very den. We are also assured 
that he "was heard" in this supplica- 
tion ; for he is promised in another 
scripture, " thou wilt not leave my soul in 
hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy 
One to see corruption." 



strong bulls of Bashan have beset me 
round. 

13. They gaped upon me with their 
mouths, as a ravening and a roaring 
lion. 

***** 

16. For dogs have compassed me; 
the assembly of the wicked have in- 
closed me : they pierced my hands and 

my feet. 
***** 

20. Deliver my soul from the sword ; 
my darling from the power of the dog. 

21. Save me from the lion's mouth : 
for thou hast heard me from the horns 
of the unicorns. 

cix. 6. Set thou a wicked man over 
him ; and let Satan stand at his right 
hand. 

7. When he shall be judged, let him 
be condemned ; and let his prayer be- 
come sin. 

8. Let his days be few ; and let ano- 
ther take his office. 

9. Let his children be fatherless, and 
his wife a widow. 

10. Let his children be continually 
vagabonds, and beg : let them seek 
their bread also out of their desolate 
places. 

11. Let the extortioner catch all that 
he hath ; and let the stranger spoil his 
labor. 

12. Let there be none to extend 
mercy unto him ; neither let there be 
any to favor his fatherless children. 

13. Let his posterity be cut off; and 
in the generation following let their 
name be blotted out. 

14. Let the iniquity of his fathers 
be remembered with the Lord ; and 
let not the sin of his mother be blotted 
out. 

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17. As he loved cursing, so let it 
come unto him ; as he delighted not in 
blessing, so let it be far from him. 

18. As he clothed himself with curs- 
ing like as with his garment, so let it 
come into his bowels like water, and 
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The Letter. 

13. And he lodged there that same 
night ; and took of that which came to 
his hand a present for Esau his bro- 
ther ; 

14. Two hundred she-goats and 
twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes 
and twenty rams, 

15. Thirty milch camels with their 
colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty 
she-asses and ten foals. 

16. And he delivered them into the 
hand of his servants, every drove by 
themselves ; and said unto his servants, 
Pass over before me, and put a space 
betwixt drove and drove. 

jNTote. 

It was promised the Son of God, "I 
will divide him a portion with the great, 
and he shall divide the spoil with the 
strong ; because he hath poured out his 
soul unto death," &c. 

The professed people of God are often 
represented in scripture by " a flock ;" 
and in this character they will appear 
at the final judgment, the sheep and the 
goats in one company — to be separated 
by the Great Shepherd to their rightful 
owners, as we have before described, 
according to the distinguishing marks of 
ownership. 

It appears that from Jacob's two 
bands he takes a present for Esau, which 
he commits to the care of servants. In 
like manner, from the "two staves" 
which were in the Lord's hand, his old 
covenant people, he divides to his Son 
" a portion with the strong." Again, it 
is of one lump that all the vessels of the 
potter are formed, these unto honor and 
those unto dishonor. But we are not to 
suppose, from the fact of Jacob's taking 
that which came to his hand, that there is 



19. Let it be unto him as the gar- 
ment which covereth him, and for a gir- 
dle wherewith he is girded continually. 

20. Let this be the reward of mine 
adversaries from tne Lord, and of them 
that speak evil against my soul. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. liii. 12. Therefore will I divide 
him a portion with the great, and he 
shall divide the spoil with the strong ; 
because he hath poured out his soul 
unto death : and he was numbered with 
the transgressors ; and he bare the sin 
of many, and made intercession for the 
transgressors. 

Rom. ix. 21. Hath not the potter 
power over the clay, of the same lump 
to make one vessel unto honor, and 
another unto dishonor ? 

22. What if God, willing to show his 
wrath, and to make his power known, 
endured with much long-suffering the 
vessels of wrath fitted to destruction ; 

23. And that he might make known 
the riches of his glory on the vessels of 
mercy, which he had afore prepared 
unto glory? 

Matt. xiii. 37. He answered and 
said unto them, He that soweththe 
good seed is the Son of man : 

38. The field is the world ; the good 
seed are the children of the kingdom ; 
but the tares are the children of the 
wicked one ; 

39. The enemy that sowed them is 
the devil ; the harvest is the end of the 
world ; and the reapers are the angels. 

40. As therefore the tares are ga- 
thered and burned in the fire ; so shall 
it be in the end of this world. 

41. The Son of man shall send forth 
his angels, and they shall gather out of 
his kingdom all things that offend, and 
them which do iniquity, 

42. And shall cast them into a fur- 
nace of fire : there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth. 

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any such thing as indiscriminate chance 
in this selection, or appointment of the 
potter. With him all is according to 
an eternal purpose; and though the 
heirs of promise, while dead in tres- 
passes and sins, are children of wrath 
even as others, differing "nothing from 
servants, though they be lords of all ;" 
yet he that formed them for himself, 
knows them that are his ; and no com- 
mon exterior of clay can prevent his 
discerning a "vessel of honor before 
prepared unto glory" from " a vessel of 
wrath fitted to destruction." The wheat 
and the tares, though growing in the 
same field until the harvest, will then 
be separated from each other. 

The portion or present which Jacob 
gave to Esau, therefore properly repre- 
sents that which actually belonged to 
the son of perdition — the tares which 
he had planted — the seed of the wicked 



forth as the sun in the kingdom of their 
Father. Who hath ears to hear, let 
him hear. 

47. Again, the kingdom of heaven is 
like unto a net that was cast into the 
sea, and gathered of every kind : 

48. Which, when it was full, they 
drew to shore, and sat down, and ga- 
thered the good into vessels, but cast 
the bad away. 

49. So shall it be at the end of the 
world; the angels shall come forth, 
and sever the wicked from among the 
just, 

50. And shall cast them into the fur- 
nace of fire : there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth. 



The Letter. 

17. And he commanded the fore- 
most, saying, When Esau my brother 
meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, 
Whose art thou? and whither goest 
thou? and whose are these before 
thee? 

18. Then thou shalt say, They he 
thy servant Jacob's : it is a present 
sent unto my lord Esau : and behold 
also he is behind us. 

19. And so commanded he the se- 
cond, and the third, and all that fol- 
lowed the droves, saying, On this man- 
ner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye 
find him. 

20. And say ye moreover, Behold, 
thy servant Jacob is behind us. For 
he said, I will appease him with the 
present that goeth before me, and af- 
terward I will see his face ; peradven- 
ture he will accept of me. 

Note. 

It appears that this band "was subdi- 
vided into three parts, droves, or com- 
panies, each led by one of Jacob's ser- 
vants. Spiritually these three may very 



one, with all which pertained to him as 
the father of lies. 



The Spirit. 

1 John ii. 16. For all that is in the 
world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust 
of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not 
of the Father, but is of the world. 

17. And the world passeth away, 
and the lust thereof : but he that doeth 
the will of God abideth for ever. 

2 Pet. ii. 9. The Lord knoweth 
how to deliver the godly out of tempt- 
ations, and to reserve the unjust unto 
the day of judgment to be punished: 

10. But chiefly them that walk after 
the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and 
despise government. Presumptuous 
are they, self-willed ; they are not afraid 
to speak evil of dignities. 

11. Whereas angels, which are 
greater in power and might, bring not 
railing accusation against them before 
the Lord. 

12. But these, as natural brute 
beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, 
speak evil of the things that they un- 
derstand not ; and shall utterly perish 
in their own corruption : 

13. And shall receive the reward of 
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properly represent the powers of sin, 
marshalled under the ivorlcTs trinity, 
" the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the 
eyes, and the pride of life ;" these being 
separately and jointly the three grand 
agents of Satan in enslaving and leading 
captive the children of men. 

This army of lusts, to all of which the 
heirs of promise had been subject in 
common with the seed of the wicked, 
while under the law, were now to be 
"put off" by them, with the old man 
which is corrupt, and is crucified by the 
body of Christ; according to Col. ii. 
11, 12, 13. 

Jacob seems to .expect that this pre- 
sent would appease Esau, and he might 
be suffered to escape. But alas, the an- 
titypical Jacob had pledged himself to 
bear the sins and the curse of his people 
in his own body on the tree ; therefore 
the only way for sin to be destroyed, 
and him also who is the father of sin, 
" that is, the devil," was by submitting 
that body to his power. The seed of 
the woman must yield up his "heel" if 
he would bruise the serpent's head. 



pleasure to riot in the daytime. Spots 
they are and blemishes, sporting them- 
selves^ with their own deceivings while 

they feast with you. 
***** 

17. These are wells without water, 
clouds that are carried with a tempest ; 
to whom the mist of darkness is re- 
served for ever. 

18. For when they speak great 
swelling icords of vanity, they allure 
through the lusts of the flesh, through 
much wantonness, those that were 
clean escaped from them who live in 
error. 

***** 

20. For if after they have escaped 
the pollutions of the world through the 
knowledge of the Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ, they are again entangled 
therein, and overcome, the latter end is 
worse with them than the beginning. 

21. For it had been better for them 
not to have known the way of right- 
eousness, than, after they have known 
it, to turn from the holy commandment 
delivered unto them. 

22. But it is happened unto them 
according to the true proverb, The dog- 
is turned to his own vomit again; and, 
The sow that was washed, to her wal- 
lowing in the mire. 



The Letter. 

21. So went the present over before 
him ; and himself lodged that night in 
the company. 

22. And he rose up that night, and 
took his two wives, and his two wo- 
men-servants, and his eleven sons, and 
passed over the ford Jabbok. 

23. And he took them, and sent 

them over the brook, and sent over 

that he had. 

ISTote. 

Those readers who may be so little 
conversant with the mysteries of godli- 
ness, as to lose sight of the mystical one- 
ness of Christ and his church — that they 
are for ever inseparable as Head and 



The Spirit. 

John xviii. 1. When Jesus had 
spoken these words, he went forth with 
his disciples over the brook Cedron, 
where was a garden, into the which he 
entered and his disciples. 

Matt. xxvi. 36. Then cometh Je- 
sus with them unto a place called 
Gethsemane, and saith unto the disci- 
ples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray 
yonder. 

37. And he took with him Peter and 
the two sons of Zebedee, and began to 
be sorrowful and very heavy. 

38. Then saith he unto them, My 
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members of one body — will not be likely 
to understand how the analogy between 
this typical history and the life and 
death of the Son of God, can be sus- 
tained ; or how the wives of Jacob, as 
well as his sons, were with him in this 
last scene of suffering. 

We have already observed that these 
two wives allude to the two-fold purchase 
of the church by the suffering and death 
of Christ — that she is his, both soul and 
body. "The redemption of the soul is 
precious and ceaseth for ever," there be- 
ing no more death or bondage awaiting 
it. But, " for the adoption, to wit, the 
redemption of the body," the church 
waits until the resurrection, when Jesus 
will receive the full " redemption of the 
purchased possession," and " this vile 
body will be changed, and made like 
unto his glorious body;" and then will 
the bride be made ready for the mar- 
riage of the Lamb. 

These great and glorious truths being 
involved in the antitype, the type must 
be conformed to it, as far as natural can 
be similitudes of spiritual things. 



The Letter. 

24. And Jacob was left alone ; and 
there wrestled a man with him, until the 
breaking of the day. 

25. And when he saw that he pre- 
vailed not against him, he touched the 
hollow of his thigh : and the hollow of 
Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he 
wrestled with him. 

26. And he said, Let me go, for the 
day breaketh : And he said, I will not 
let thee go, except thou bless me. 

27. And he said unto him, What is 
thy name ? And he said, Jacob. 

28. And he said, Thy name shall be 
called no more Jacob, but Israel : for 
as a prinee hast thou power with God, 
and with men, and hast prevailed. 

29. And Jacob asked him, and said, 
Tell me, I pray thee, thy name : And 



death: tarry ye here, and watch with 
me. 

John xiii. 1. Now before the feast 
of the passover, when Jesus knew that 
his hour was come that he should de- 
part out of this world unto the Father, 
having loved his own which were in the 
world, he loved them unto the end. 

xiv. 1. Let not your heart be trou- 
bled : ye believe in God, believe also 
in me. 

2. In my Father's house are many 
mansions : if it were not so, I would 
have told you. I go to prepare a place 
for you. 

3. And if I go and prepare a place 
for you, I will come again and receive 
you unto myself; that where I am, 
there ye may be also. 

4. And whither I go ye know, and 
the way ye know. 

Matt. xxvi. 45. Then cometh he to 
his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep 
on now, and take your rest : behold, 
the hour is at hand, and the Son of man 
is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 

46. Rise, let us be going : behold, 
he is at hand that doth betray me. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. xxii. 1. My God, my God, why 
hast thou forsaken me? why art thou 
so far from helping me, and from the 
words of my roaring? 

Luke xii. 41. And he was with- 
drawn from them about a stone's cast, 
and kneeled down, and prayed, 

42. Saying, Father, if thou be will- 
ing, remove this cup from me : never- 
theless, not my will, but thine, be done. 

43. And* there appeared an angel 
unto him from heaven, strengthening 
him. 

44. And being in an agony, he 
prayed more earnestly : and his sweat 
was as it were great drops of blood 
falling down to the ground. 

Heb. ii. 9. But we see Jesus, who 
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he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost 
ask after my name ? And he blessed 
him there. 

ISOTE. 

The wrestling of Jacob with the an- 
gel, or with Jesus himself in the form of 
man, is, literally, a remarkable event; 
but it is much more remarkable in its 
typical import. It has doubtless allusion 
to the mysterious conflict in the garden 
of Gethsemane, when the Father and the 
Son, "face to face," wrestled with' each 
other, until the Son, being in an agony, 
sweat as it were great drops of blood, 
falling to the ground. 

The Son, as the surety of his people, 
and bearing their sins, appears at the 
call of the Father, to receive the full 
penalty of the law in their behalf. In 
the garden of Eden, this "judgment of 
the great day" was typically set forth, 
when God called upon the first Adam 
to answer for what had been done ; and 
now in the garden of Gethsemane, it is 
actually fulfilled. The Son acknow- 
ledges having partaken of the woman's 
sin ; and Justice is called upon to strike 
the blow — to smite " the man that is Je- 
hovah's fellow,"— -not with the death of 
the body merely, for Jesus must "make 
his soid an offering for sin ;" he must 
taste of the " second death" and as he 
had assumed the accumulated load of 
his people's sins, must endure the full 
measure of the wrath of God due to 
them — thus bringing to pass the scrip- 
ture, " he hath made the depths of the 
sea, a way for the ransomed to pass 
over." 

In this ' : valley of Achor," where di- 
vine justice took such signal vengeance 
upon Jehovah's best Beloved, when sin 
was but charged to his account, the Fa- 
ther appears about to withdraw and 
leave the sacrifice to be consumed; but 
the Son, by virtue of his divine power, 
retains his hold of omnipotence, until he 
had drank the cup of wrath to the dregs, 
and could claim the promised blessing, 
" the reward of his sufferings." " I will 
not let thee go except thou bless me." 
Thus did he merit and receive "a name 
that is above every name," &c. 



for the suffering of death, crowned 
with glory and honor ; that he by the 
grace of God should taste death for 
every man. 

10. For it became him, for whom 
are all things, and by whom are all 
things, in bringing many sons unto 
glory, to make the Captain of their sal- 
vation perfect through sufferings. 

v. 6. As he saith also in another 
place, Thou art a priest for ever after 
the order of Melchisedec. 

7. Who in the days of his flesh, 
when he had offered up prayers and 
supplications with strong crying and 
tears unto him that was able to save 
him from death, and was heard, in that 
he feared. 

Ps. xvi. 9. Therefore my heart is 
glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh 
also shall rest in hope. 

10. For thou wilt not leave my soul 
in hell : neither wilt thou suffer thy 
Holy One to see corruption. 

1 1 . Thou wilt show me the path of 
life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; 
at thy right hand there are pleasures for 
evermore. 

Phil. ii. 6. Who, being in the form 
of God, thought it not robbery to be 
equal with God : 

7. But made himself of no reputa- 
tion, and took upon him the form of a 
servant, and was made in the likeness 
of men : 

8. And being found in fashion as a 
man, he humbled himself, and became 
obedient unto death, even the death of 
the cross. 

9. Wherefore God also hath highly 
exalted him, and given him a name 
which is above every name : 

10. That at the name of Jesus every 
knee should bow, of things in heaven, 
and things in earth, and things under 
the earth ; 

11. And that every tongue should 
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to 
the glory of God the Father. 



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The Letter. 

30. And Jacob called the name of 
the place Peniel : for I have seen God 
face to face, and my- life is preserved. 

31. And as he passed over Penuel, 
the sun rose upon him, and he halted 
upon his thigh. 

32. Therefore the children of Israel 
eat not of the sinew which shrank, 
which is upon the hollow of the thigh, 
unto this day ; because he touched the 
hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew 
that shrank* 

Note. 

When the mighty victor passed from 
this wondrous conflict, the Sun of right- 
eousness — the morning light of salva- 
tion rose upon a lost world! for the 
Lion of the tribe of Judah had prevailed 
to open the book of the " seven seals," 
by which the great question would be 
answered, "how God can be just and 
justify him that believes in Jesus!" 

But while the divinity triumphed, the 
human body of the Lamb of God halted 
under its stupendous load. Like the 
" red wine" of the vineyard of which 
Noah drank, it overpowered the mortal 
flesh, and caused it to be overcome " as 
with new wine." 

The sufferings and death of Christ 
were of a three-fold character. The pe- 
nalty he incurred in the room and stead 
of his people, was from the law, from 
the Father, and from Satan. First he 
submitted to the authority of the law, 
until every jot and tittle was fulfilled. 
This is seen in the twenty years' servi- 
tude of Jacob in Laban's house. Se- 
condly, the Redeemer endured the wrath 
of God and the stroke of justice due to 
sin ; as seen in the wrestling of Ja- 
cob. Thirdly, he endured the malice 
of the powers of darkness, the subtle 
hatred of the serpent; which he has 
yet to meet in the person of Judas or 
Emu — to whom he must yield the heel 
of his human nature. When his body 
was crucified, it was in company with 
malefactors, whose death was hastened 



See Appendix (h). 



The Spirit. 

Ps. xxi. 1 . The king shall joy in thy 
strength, O Lord ; and in thy salvation 
how greatly shall he rejoice ! 

2. Thou hast given him his heart's 
desire, and hast not withholden the re- 
quest of his lips. Selah. 

3. For thou preventest him with the 
blessings of goodness : thou settest a 
crown of pure gold on his head. 

4. He asked life of thee, and thou 
gavest it him, even length of days for 
ever and ever. 

5. His glory is great in thy salva- 
tion : honor and majesty hast thou laid 
upon him. 

6. For thou hast made him most 
blessed for ever; thou hast made 
him exceeding glad with thy coun- 
tenance. 

7. For the king trusteth in the Lord, 
and through the mercy of the Most 
High he shall not be moved. 

8. Thy hand shall find out all thine 
enemies : thy right hand shall find out 
those that hate thee. 

9. Thou shalt make them as a fiery 
oven in the time of thine anger : the 
Lord shall swallow them up in his 
wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 

10. Their fruit shalt thou destroy 
from the earth, and their seed from 
among the children of men. 

11. For they intended evil against 
thee: they imagined a mischievous 
device, which they are not able to 
perform. 

12. Therefore shalt thou make them 
turn their back, when thou shalt make 
ready thine arrows upon thy strings 
against the face of them. 

13. Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine 
own strength : so will we sing and 
praise thy power. 

John xix. 30. When Jesus there- 
fore had received the vinegar, he said, 
It is finished : and he bowed his head, 
and gave up the ghost. 

31. The Jews therefore, because it 
was the preparation, that the bodies 



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by breaking their legs ; but the human 
nature of Jesus, his mortal thigh, was 
touched by the hand of God himself, 
and halted at his command. 



should not remain upon the cross on 
the sabbath-day, (for that sabbath-day 
was a high-day,) besought Pilate that 
their legs might be broken, and that 
they might be taken away. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



The Letter. 

1. And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and 
looked, and behold, Esau came, and 
with him four hundred men. And he 
divided the children unto Leah, and 
unto Rachel, and unto the two hand- 
maids. 

2. And he put the handmaids and 
their children foremost, and Leah and 
her children after, and Rachel and Jo- 
seph hindermost. 

3. And he passed over before them, 
and bowed himself to the ground seven 
times, until he came near to his bro- 
ther. 

Note. 
Nothing of all which Jesus did and 
suffered^ but had been known and fore- 
seen by him from the beginning. The 
war which was proclaimed in Eden be- 
tween the woman and her seed, and the 
serpent and his seed, had been through 
all succeeding ages in progress and pre- 
paration for the decisive battle. From 
the day when, in that proclamation, he 
pledged himself unto the death of the 
cross for the redemption of the trans- 
gressors, up to the period of their com- 
plete deliverance — the " servant" of the 
covenant, had "bowed himself to the 
ground," in all the forms of humiliation, 
before his crafty and bloodthirsty foe. 
He had been represented by prophets 
as surrendering himself to the hands of 
Justice, to save his sheep from the 
stroke ; as submitting to the law as their 
surety and example, and as giving his 
life, the body and soul of his human na- 
ture, to be bruised and crushed under 
the power of death, that they might 
live. 



Ths Spirit. 

Matt. xxvi. 47. And while he yet 
spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, 
came, and with him a great multitude 
with swords and staves, from the chief 
priests and elders of the people. 

48. Now, he that betrayed him gave 
them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I 
shall kiss, that same is he ; hold him 
fast. 

John xviii. 2. And Judas also, 
which betrayed him, knew the place: 
for Jesus oft-times resorted thither 
with his disciples. 

3. Judas then, having received a 
band of men and officers from the chief 
priests and Pharisees, cometh thither 
with lanterns, and torches, and wea- 
pons. 

4. Jesus therefore, knowing all 
things that should come upon him, 
went forth, and said unto them, Whom 
seek ye ? 

5. They answered him, Jesus of 
Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I 
am he. And Judas also, which be- 
trayed him, stood with them. 

6. As soon then as he had said unto 
them, I am he, they went backward, 
and fell to the ground. 

7. Then asked he them again, 
Whom seek ye % And they said, Jesus 
of Nazareth. 

8. Jesus answered, I have told you 
that I am he. If therefore ye seek me, 
let these go their way : 

9. That the saying might be ful- 
filled which he spake, Of them which 
thou gavest me, have I lost none. 



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These things and these days had all 
been foretold; and Jesus exclaims 
against his disciples for their want of 
understanding of that, which the scrip- 
tures everywhere testified. But it was 
this humiliation of the Son of God, that 
rendered him a stone- of stumbling to 
the unbelieving Jews, Had he come in 
pomp and grandeur instead of the form 
of a servant, they would have believed 
on him. Instead of this, the meek and 
lowly Lamb of God, appeared in their 
sight "as a root out of a dry ground, 
with no form or comeliness that they 
should desire him." He humbled him- 
self to the death of the cross, instead of 
claiming a worldly sceptre. 



Acts ii. 23. Him, being delivered 
by the determinate counsel and fore- 
knowledge of God, ye have taken, and 
by wicked hands have crucified and 
slain. 

Luke xxv. 25. Then he said unto 
them, O fools, and slow of heart to be- 
lieve all that the prophets have spoken ! 

26. Ought not Christ to have suf- 
fered these things, and to enter into 
his glory'? 

27. And beginning at Moses, and all 
the prophets, he expounded unto them 
in all the scriptures the things concern- 
ing himself. 

Acts hi. 24. Yea, and all the pro- 
phets from Samuel, and those that fol- 
low after, as many as have spoken, 
have likewise foretold of these days. 



The Letter. 

4. And Esau ran to meet him, and 
embraced him, and fell on his neck, and 
kissed him : and they wept.* 

5. And he lifted up his eyes, and 
saw the women and the children, and 
said, Who are those with thee? And 
he said, The children which God hath 
graciously given thy servant. 

6. Then the handmaidens came near, 
they and their children, and they bowed 
themselves. 

7. And Leah also with her children 
came near, and bowed themselves ; and 
after came Joseph near and Rachel, and 
they bowed themselves. 

Note. 

Surely no one who has at all consi- 
dered the character and designs of Esau, 
can for a moment be deceived by this 
false show of affection for Jacob. "Was 
Judas ever known to embrace the 
Saviour, till he did it to betray him ? 
Deceit and guile are the characteristics 
of the serpent ; and hatred and murder 
had full possession of the heart of Esau. 



See Appendix (i). 



The Spirit. 

Matt. xxvi. 47. * * And he that was 
called Judas, one of the twelve, went 
before them, and drew near unto Jesus 
to kiss him. 

48. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, 
betrayest thou the Son of man with a 
kiss ? <■ 

Luke xxii. 52. Then Jesus said 
unto the chief priests, and captains of 
the temple, and the elders, which were 
come to him, Be ye come out, as 
against a thief, with swords and 
staves ? 

53. When T was daily with you in 
the temple, ye stretched forth no hands 
against me : but this is your hour, and 
the power of darkness. 

xxiii. 27. And there followed him a 
great company of people, and of wo- 
men, which also bewailed and lamented 
him. 

28. But Jesus turning unto them, 
said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep 
not for me, but weep for yourselves, 
and for your children. 

29. For behold, the days are coming, 
in the which they shall say, Blessed are 
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It is probable, however, that he was 
puzzled and subdued by the meekness 
and gentleness of Jacob, who he 
doubtless expected was approaching to 
dispossess him of that inheritance to 
which he was entitled, but which Esau 
until now had been suffered to occupy. 
He had not forgotten that Jacob had 
been made lord over him, and he feared 
as well as hated him. Even as Satan 
said to Jesus—" I know thee who thou 
art, the Holy One of God ; art thou 
come to torment us before the time ?" 
But when he saw the lowliness and for- 
bearance of Jesus, and that all his tempt- 
ations failed to excite in him the least 
feeling of self-exaltation or lust — he was 
unable, with all his subtlety, to account 
for the mystery, and was forced to change 
his mode of operations. 

As is the master of the house, so are 
his servants. No sooner are the saints 
of God called into his kingdom, than 
they also are obliged to put on the 
armor of Go.), that they may be able to 
stand against the wiles of the devil ; for 
carnal weapons are ineffectual in this 
warfare. 

Not only Jacob, but his household, are 
represented as bowing down and yield- 
ing themselves, in all the forms of sub- 
mission, to Esau. So also Jesus has told 
his disciples that they should drink of 
his cup, and be baptized with his bap- 
tism ; — for not only " the master of the 
house, but they of- his household," are 
alike the objects of hatred and malice 
to the serpent and his seed. The dra- 
gon not only sought to devour the 
"man-child," but also persecuted "the 
woman" that brought him forth. 



bare, and the paps which never gave 
suck. 

30. Then shall they begin to say to 
the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the 
hills, Cover us. 

31. For if they do these things in a 
green tree, what shall be done in the 
dry? 

Ps. lv. 21. The words of his mouth 
were smoother than butter, but war 
was in his heart : his words were softer 
than oil, yet were they drawn swords. 

lxii. 4. They only consult to cast 
him down from his excellency: they 
delight in lies : they bless with their 
mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. 

Prov. xxvi. 23. Burning lips and a 
wicked heart are like a potsherd cover- 
ed with silver dross. 

24. He that hateth dissembleth with 
his lips, and layeth up deceit within 
him ; 

25. When he speaketh fair, believe 
him not : for there are seven abomina- 
tions in his heart. 

26. Whose hatred is covered by de- 
ceit, his wickedness shall be shewed 
before the whole congregation. 

27. Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall 
therein : and he that rolleth a stone, it 
will return upon him. 

28. A lying tongue hateth those that 
are afflicted by it; and a flattering 
mouth worketh ruin. 

2 Cor. xi. 13. For such are false 
apostles, deceitful workers, transform- 
ing themselves into the apostles of 
Christ. 

14. And no marvel; for Satan him- 
self is transformed into an angel of 
light. 



TJie Letter. 

8. And he said, What meanest thou 
by all this drove which I met ? And 
he said, These are to find grace in the 
sight of my lord. 

9. And Esau said, I have enough, 
my brother ; keep that thou hast unto 
thyself. 



The Spirit 

Rev. xii. 7. And there was war in 
heaven : Michael and his angels fought 
against the dragon; and the dragon 
fought and his angels, 

8. And prevailed not; neither was 
then place found any more in hea- 
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Note. 

So accustomed are we to associate the 
idea of carnal weapons and open hos- 
tilities with the subject of war, that it is 
difficult to conceive this singular inter- 
view between Jacob and Esau, at the 
head of their respective bands, to be a 
similitude of the war, described in the 
12th chapter of Revelation, between 
Michael and his angels, and the dragon 
and his angels. But with all the actual 
meekness, gentleness, and forbearance, 
on the one hand, and all the semblance 
of them on the other, this encounter 
really and truly represents the mighty 
conflict between the two opposite prin- 
cipalities of light and darkness — heaven 
and hell. 

The judgment of this world had come ; 
when "the prince of this world should 
be cast out." As Jacob gave notice to 
Esau, therefore, of his being on the way 
to take possession of his inheritance, &c, 
so Jesus made known to the son of per- 
dition that his hour was come, and the 
power of darkness: — that what he did, 
he must do quickly. When he saw him 
approach, he says — "the prince of this 
world cometh, and hath nothing in me." 
Nothing which he could move by his 
temptations, either to fear or presump- 
tion ; for though the human nature of 
the Son of God trembled, and his holy 
soul revolted from contact with these 
powers of hell, yet in the firm purpose 
of his divine mission, he advances freely 
to the conflict, as to a scene of triumph ; 
while in view of his sufferings he says, 
" I have a baptism to be baptized withal, 
and how am I straitened till it be ac- 
complished." 

The Son of God owed nothing to the 
serpent, yet he gave him " his heel," — his 
body of flesh ; for so it was appointed 
in the determinate counsel of God. And 
Jacob owed nothing to Esau, yet volun- 
tarily surrendered to him this "present" 
of cattle ; and though he had been made 
his " lord," assumed a posture of humili- 
ty and submission before him in this 
mysterious encounter; thus confirming 
the words of Isaac to Esau— "When 
thou shalt have the dominion, thou shalt 
break his yoke from off thy neck."— 



9. And the great .dragon was cast 
out, that old serpent, called the Devil, 
and Satan, which deceiveth the whole 
world : he was cast out into the earth, 
and his angels were cast out with him. 

10. And I heard a loud voice saying 
in heaven, Now is come salvation, and 
strength, and the kingdom of our God, 
and the power of his Christ : for the 
accuser of our brethren is cast down 
which accused them before our God 
day and night. 

11. And they overcame him by the 
blood of the Lamb, and by the word of 
their testimony; and they loved not 
their lives unto the death. 

John xii. 23. And Jesus answered 
them, saying, The hour is come, that 
the Son of man should be glorified. 

24. Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Except a corn of wheat fall into the 
ground and die, it abideth alone : but 
if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 

25. He that loveth his life shall lose 
it ; and he that hateth his life in this 
world shall keep it unto life eternal. 

26. If any man serve me, let him fol- 
low me ; and where I am, there shall 
also my servant be : if any man serve 
me, him will my Father honor. 

27. Now is my soul troubled; and 
what shall I say ? Father, save me 
from this hour : but for this cause 
came I unto this hour. 

2 Cor. xi. 13. For such are false 
apostles, deceitful workers, transform- 
ing themselves into the apostles of 
Christ. 

14. And no marvel ; for Satan him- 
self is transformed into an angel of 
light. 

15. Therefore it is no great thing if 
his ministers also be transformed as 
the ministers of righteousness ; whose 
end shall be according to their works. 



"This is your hour, and the power of 
darkness," said Jesus to the prince of 
this world, when he submitted himsel 
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The Letter. 

10. And Jacob said, Nay, I pray 
thee, if now I have found grace in thy 
sight, then receive my present at my 
hand: for therefore I have seen thy 
face, as though I had seen the face of 
God, and thou wast pleased with me. 

11. Take, I pray thee, my blessing 
that is brought to thee ; because God 
hath dealt graciously with me, and be- 
cause I have enough: and he urged 
him, and he took it. 

Note. 

"Well might Jesus say, of his own vo- 
limtary sacrifice, "Therefore doth my 
Father love me, because I lay down my 
life that I miglit take it again. No man 
taketh it from me, but I lay it down of 
myself." How perfectly did he conform 
to the sentiment of this declaration; 
unmoved to any feeling but pity and 
compassion, by all the hatred and malice 
of his murderers, and unhesitatingly 
bent upon giving himself up to their 
power. 

From the beginning, it had been de- 
termined in the counsel of Father, Son, 
and Spirit, that this sacrifice should be 
made. For this purpose Jesus had been 
sent into the world; — and for this pur- 
pose he had " come to this hour." 
Therefore he met the face of his great 
adversary, into whose hands he should 
yield the offering, as " if it had been the 
face of God himself." For well he knew 
that till the heel of his human body 
should be given to the serpent, he would 
not cease to pursue him. 

But on the other hand, Esau, or typi- 
cally the son of perdition, was now in 
the element of his nature. He saw the 
object of his hatred and envy complete- 
ly in his power. He beheld him, who 
had been made his lord and master, 
now bowing in humble submission in 
his presence, and calling him lord, ac- 
cording to the word of Isaac — " When 
thou shalt have the dominion, thou shalt 
break his yoke from off thy neck," — or of 
Jesus himself — " TJtis is your hour, and 
the power of darkness." For this hour 
he had long watched, greedy to devour 



The Spirit. 

John x. 17. Therefore doth my 
Father love me, because I lay down 
my life, that I might take it again. 

18. No man taketh it from me, but 
I lay it down of myself: I have power 
to lay it down, and I have power to take 
it again. This commandment have I 
received of my Father. 

Luke xii. 50. But I have a baptism 
to be baptized with ; and how am 1 
straitened till it be accomplished. 

Gen. xxvii. 40. And by thy sword 
shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy bro- 
ther : and it shall come to pass, when 
thou shalt have the dominion, that 
thou shalt break his yoke from off thy 
neck. 

41. And Esau hated Jacob, because 
of the blessing wherewith his father 
blessed him: and Esau said in his 
heart, The days of mourning for my 
father are at hand ; then will I slay my 
brother Jacob. 

iii. 15. And I will put enmity be- 
tween thee and the woman, and be- 
tween thy seed .and her seed: it shall 
bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise 
his heel. 

2 Pet. ii. 4. For if God spared not 
the angels that sinned, but cast them 
down to hell, and delivered them into 
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto 
judgment. 

John xi. 31. Now is the judgment 
of this world : now shall the prince of 
tins world be cast out. 

32. And I, if I be lifted up from the 
earth, will draw all men unto me. 

33. (This he said, signifying what 
death he should die.) 

Heb. xii. 1. Wherefore, seeing we 
also are compassed about with so great 
a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside 
every weight, and the sin which doth 
so easily beset us, and let us run with 
patience the race that is set before 
us, 

2. Looking unto Jesus, the author 
and finisher of our faith ; who, for the 
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the promised "heel" of the woman's 
seed. And when the chains of darkness 
that bound him to this hour were loosed, 
he sprang upon his prey, like a roaring 
lion, or a ravening wolf! 



The Letter. 

12. And he said, Let us take our 
journey, and let us go, and I will go 
before thee. 

13. And he said unto him, My lord 
knoweth that the children are tender, 
and the flocks and herds with young 
are with me, and if men should over- 
drive them one day, all the flock will 
die. 

14. Let my lord, I pray thee, pass 
over before his servant : and I will lead 
on softly, according as the cattle that 
goeth before me and the children be 
able to endure ; until I come unto my 
lord unto Seir. 

Xotk. 

Here the cunning craftiness of the 
arch-deceiver discovers itself, in this 
proposal of Esau. It was evidently his 
design to take possession of Jacob and 
his company — not by an open and hos- 
tile attack, but by subtlety to draw 
them into his snare, and lead them cap- 
tive to his own habitation of Mount 
Seir. 

Of this same character were all the 
attacks of Satan upon the Son of God in 
the days of his flesh. The temptation 
in the wilderness, and the kiss in the 
garden, were expressions of his infernal 
diplomacy. He hoped that some inad- 
vertency — some little concession of the 
immaculate Lamb of God, to his spe- 
cious proposals, would betray him 
wholly to his power. But here the 
wily adversary was foiled : for, though 
Jesus freely gave himself to the power 
of death, it was impossible that he 
should be holden by it. The Father 
had promised that he would not leave 
him in the hands of the enemy. Satan, 
with all his subtlety, did not understand 
that, in consenting to enter the dark 
confines of the grave, the Son of God 



the cross, despising the shame, and is 
set down at the right hand of the 
throne of God. 



The Spirit. 

John x. 4. And when he putteth 
forth his own sheep, he goeth before 
them, and the sheep follow him : for 
they know his voice. 

5. And a stranger will they not fol- 
low, but will flee from him : for they 
know not the voice of strangers. 

* * * * • * 

27. My sheep hear my voice, and I 
know them, and they follow me : 

28. And I give unto them eternal 
life ; and they shall never perish, nei- 
ther shall any pluck them out of my 
hand. 

29. My Father, which gave them me, 
is greater than all; and none is able to 
pluck them out of my Father's hand. 

$ • * * * * 

10. The thief cometh not, but for to 
steal, and to kill, and to destroy : I am 
come that they might have life, and 
that they might have it more abund- 
antly. 

Heb. ii. 14. Forasmuch then as the 
children are partakers of flesh and blood, 
he also himself likewise took part of 
the same ; that through death he might 
destroy him that hath the power of 
death, that is, the devil ; 

15. And deliver them who through 
fear of death were all their lifetime 
subject to bondage. 

16. For verily he took not on him 
the nature of angels; but he took on 
him the seed of Abraham. 

17. Wherefore in all things it be- 
hoved him to be made like unto his 
brethren, that he might be a merciful 
and faithful High Priest in things per- 
taining to God, to make reconciliation 
for the sins of the people : 

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would for ever destroy that power, and 
burst those bonds, not only for himself, 
but in behalf of all those "who, through 
fear of death, had been all their lifetime 
subject to bondage." Thus would he 
bruise the head of the serpent who had 
"the power of death," and lead captivi- 
ty itself captive. Then would the scrip- 
ture be fulfilled — "He that diggeth a 
pit shall fall therein." 



The Letter. 

15. And Esau said, Let me now 
leave with thee some of the folk that 
are with me : And he said, What need- 
eth it ? Let me find grace in the sight 
of my lord. 

16. So Esau returned that day on 
his way unto Seir. 

Note. 

The devices of Satan to ensnare and 
deceive the unwary, are many and vari- 
ous. What he fails to do, in his own 
proper person, he employs his emissaries 
to accomplish. The powers of darkness 
are called "legion," for they are many, 
and while the redeemed of the Lord 
were dead in trespasses and sins, the 
" god of this world," the " prince of the 
power of the air," wrought in them ail 
manner of evil ; for they were led cap- 
tive by him at his will, and walked ac- 
cording to the course of this world, &e. 
But God, who is rich in mercy, hath 
delivered them from this present evil 
world, and translated them from the 
kingdom and power of darkness, into 
the kingdom of his dear Son. Sin hath 
now no more dominion over them, for 
they are not under the law, but under 
grace. 

We have before observed that Satan, 
the an ti typical Esau, had once a place 
and an habitation in the kingdom of 
heaven, over which the Son of God was 
set as Lord and King ; and that when 
the Father brought the First-Begotten 
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fered, being tempted, he is able to suc- 
cor them that are tempted. 

Ps. lxviii. 18. Thou hast ascended 
on high, thou hast led captivity captive : 
thou hast received gifts for men ; yea, 
for the rebellious also, that the Lord 
God might dwell among them. 

Hose a xiii. 14. I will ransom them 
from the power of the grave ; I will 
redeem them from death : O death, I 
will be thy plagues ; O grave, I will be 
thy destruction: repentance shall be 
hid from mine eyes. 



The Spirit. 

Eph. vi. 11. Put on the whole ar- 
mor of God, that ye may be able to 
stand against the wiles of the devil. 

12. For we wrestle not against flesh 
and blood, but against principalities, 
against powers, against the rulers of 
the darkness of this world, against 
spiritual wickedness in high places. 

13. Wherefore take unto you the 
whole armor of God, that ye may be 
able to withstand in the evil day, and 
having done all, to stand. 

14. Stand therefore, having your 
loins gut about with truth, and having 
on the breast-plate of righteousness, 

15. And your feet shod with the pre- 
paration of the gospel of peace ; 

16. Above all, taking the shield of 
faith, where with ye shall be able to 
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 

17. And take the helmet of salva- 
tion, and the sword of the Spirit, which 
is the word of God. 

Acts ii. 15. For these are not 
drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but 
the third hour of the day. 

2 Thess. ii. 9. Even him, whose 
coming is after the working of Satan, 
with all power, and signs, and tying 
wonders, 

10. And with all deceivableness of 
righteousness in them that perish ; be- 
cause they receive not the love of the 
truth, that they might be saved. 



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into the world, (Heb. i. 6,) as exhibited 
by the type of Adam in the garden of 
Eden, and had commanded all the an- 
gels of God to worship him, Satan re- 
fused to do so, but rebelled against the 
divine command, and resolved to bring 
this kingdom into subjection to his own 
power. For this sin he was cast out un- 
der the curse of God, which assigned him 
to his own place, to chains of darkness, 
unto the judgment of the great day. 

In like manner, when the decree of 
God had chosen Jacob to the birthright, 
and had conferred upon him the bless- 
ing promised to the " savory meat," 
and made him lord over his brethren, 
Esau refused submission to this decree, 
and wickedly devised to take the life of 
Jacob, and thus subvert the purpose of 
God, and obtain possession of the herit- 
age of his brother. But, though this 
bloody design of Esau, drove Jacob for 
a season from his home, (as the act of 
the first murderer caused the Son of 
God to leave the bosom of the Father,) 
yet was this all according to the " de- 
terminate counsel and foreknowledge of 
God," and resulted in the better esta- 
blishment of Jacob's birthright, and the 
utter banishment of Esau: for the de- 
cree of God sent Esau from the face of 
his brother Jacob, to his own place and 
possession of Mount Seir, which signi- 
fies a demon, or place of a demon. 



The Letter. 

17. And Jacob journeyed to Sue- 
coth, and built him a house, and made 
booths for his cattle : therefore the 
name of the place is called Succoth. 

18. And Jacob came to Shalem, a 
city of Shechem, which is in the land 
of Canaan, when he came from Padan- 
aram ; and pitched his tent before the 
city. 

19. And he bought a parcel of a 
field, where he had spread his tent, at 
the hand of the children of Hamor, 



Eph. ii. 1. And you liath he quick- 
ened, who were dead in trespasses and 
sins; 

2. Wherein in time past ye walked 
according to the course of this world, 
according to the prince of the power of 
the air, the spirit that now worketh in 
the children of disobedience : 

3. Among whom also we all had our 
conversation in times past in the lusts 
of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the 
flesh and of the mind; and were by 
nature the children of wrath, even as 
others. 

Rev. xii. 7. * * and the dragon 
fought and his angels, 

8. And prevailed not; neither was 
their place found any more in heaven. 

9. And the great dragon was cast 
out, that old serpent, called the Devil, 
and Satan, which deceiveth the whole 
world : he was cast out into the earth, 
and his angels were cast out with him. 

10. And I heard a loud voice saying 
in heaven, Now is come salvation, and 
strength, and the kingdom of our God, 
and the power of his Christ: for the 
accuser of our brethren is cast down, 
which accused them before our God 
day and night. 

11. And they overcame him by the 
blood of the Lamb, and by the word of 
their testimony; and they loved not 
their lives unto the death. 



The Spirit. 

Eph. ii. 19. Now therefore ye are 
no more strangers and foreigners, but 
fellow-citizens with the saints, and of 
the household of God ; 

20. And are built upon the founda- 
tion of the apostles and prophets, Jesus 
Christ himself being the chief corner- 
s/one ; 

21. In whom all the building, fitly 
framed together, groweth unto a holy 
temple in the Lord : 

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Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces 
of money. 

20. And he erected there an altar, 
and called it El-elohe-Israel. 

Nora 

Delivered from his strong enemy, Ja- 
cob "was soon at liberty to pursue his 
journey. Succoth means "a place of 
booths," implying the idea of temporary 
residence; though it is said here he 
built him a house, which is the first in- 
stance in scripture of the use of this ex- 
pression. It is not unlikely that, in this 
verse, there is a figurative allusion, both 
to the pilgrimage state of the redeemed 
in this life, and also to the fact that the 
militant kingdom of Christ, which is 
built upon a "sure foundation," and 
shall stand for ever, was now set up in 
visible gospel order. 

The first step of Jacob in establishing 
himself, was to purchase a field in Sha- 
lem or Salim, a city of Shechem, in the 
land of Canaan, where he might pitch 
his tent, and erect an altar to " the God 
of Israel." 

In this movement of Jacob, following 
immediately upon his deliverance from 
the hand of Esau, we have a figure of the 
"footsteps of the flock " under the guid- 
ance of the Spirit, when they followed 
the inspired shepherds to the banks of 
Jordan, " near to Salim," in that holy 
ordinance which Jesus set in the church 
as a witness for ever that his death, bu- 
rial, and resurrection had removed all 
condemnation from his people. As it 
was in Shechem (early in the morning) 
that Jacob's tent was pitched, so it was 
in the morning of the gospel day, and 
as a herald of the kingdom of heaven, 
that the ordinance of baptism was intro- 
duced, and afterwards was secured to 
the sons of Joseph, or the Israel of God, 
for a possession for ever. 

It was in this very spot, and as cor- 
roborating this same idea, that the bones 
of Joseph (figuratively the members of 
Christ's body) were buried, after being 
brought out of Egypt. Josh, xxiv, 32. 
This memorial of " the God of Israel," 
shall be seen in the heavens of the 
church, as a rainbow of peace and pro- 



gether for a habitation of God through 
the Spirit. 

Josh. xxiv. 32. And the bones of 
Joseph, which the children of Israel 
brought up out of Egypt, buried they 
in Shechem, in a parcel of ground 
which Jacob bought of the sons of 
Hamor the father of Shechem for a 
hundred pieces of silver ; and it became 
the inheritance of the children of Jo- 
seph. 

John iii. 22. After these things 
came Jesus and his disciples into the 
land of Judea; and there he tarried 
with them, and baptized. 

23. And John also was baptizing in 
iEnon, near to Salim, because there 
was much water there ; and they came, 
and were baptized. 

Matt, xxviii. 19. Go ye therefore, 
and teach all nations, baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. 

Rom. iii. 3. Know ye not that so 
many of us as were baptized into 
Jesus Christ, were baptized into his 
death ? 

4. Therefore we are buried with him 
by baptism into death; that like as 
Christ was raised up from the dead by 
the glory of the Father, even so we 
also should walk in newness of 
life. 

5. For if we have been planted to- 
gether in the likeness of his death, we 
shall be also in the likeness of his resur- 
rection : 

6. Knowing this, that our old man 
is crucified with him, that the body of 
sin might be destroyed, that henceforth 
we should not serve sin. 

7. For he that is dead is freed from 
sin. 

8. Now, if we be dead with Christ, 
we believe that we shall also live with 
him. 

Ps. Ix. 6. God hath spoken in his 
holiness: I will rejoice, I will divide 
Shechem, and mete out the valley of 
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raise, witnessing that there is no more 
curse, but seedtime and harvest, sum- 
mer and winter, cold and heat, shall not 
cease in the vineyard of the Lord to the 
end of time. 



7. Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is 
mine ; Ephraim also is the strength of 
mine head ; Judah is my lawgiver. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



The Letter. 

1. And Dinah the daughter of Leah, 
which she bare unto Jacob, went out 
to see the daughters of the land. 

2. And when Shechem the son of 
Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, 
saw her, he took her, and lay with her, 
and defiled her. 

3. And his soul clave unto Dinah, 

the daughter of Jacob, and he loved 

the damsel, and spake kindly unto the 

damsel. 
t 

4. And Shechem spake unto his fa- 
ther Hamor, saying, Get me this dam- 
sel to wife. 

5. And Jacob heard that he had de- 
filed Dinah his daughter : now his sons 
were with his cattle in the field : and 
Jacob held his peace until they were 
come. 

6. And Hamor the father of She- 
chem went out unto Jacob to commune 
with him. 

7. And the sons of Jacob came out 
of the field when they heard it : and 
the men were grieved, and they were 
very wroth, because he had wrought 
folly in Israel, in lying with Jacob's 
daughter ; which thing ought not to be 
done. 

8. And Hamor communed with them, 
saying, The soul of my son Shechem 
longeth for your daughter ; I pray you 
give her him to wife. 

9. And make ye marriages with us, 
and give your daughters unto us, and 
take our daughters unto you. 

10. And ye shall dwell with us : and 
the land shall be before you ; dwell and 



The Spirit. 

1 Pet. ii. 9. But ye are a chosen 
generation, a royal priesthood, a holy 
nation, a peculiar people; that ye 
should show forth the praises of him 
who hath called you out of darkness 
into his marvellous light : 

10. Which in time past were not a 
people, but are now the people of God : 
which had not obtained mercy, but now 
have obtained mercy. 

11. Dearly beloved, I beseech you 
as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from 
fleshly lusts, which war against the 
soul: 

12. Having your conversation ho- 
nest among the Gentiles : that, whereas 
they speak against you as evil-doers, 
they may by your good works, which 
they shall behold, glorify God in the 
day of visitation. 

Eph. iii. 17. This I say therefore, 
and testify in the Lord, that ye hence- 
forth walk not as other Gentiles walk, 
in the vanity of their mind ; 

18. Having the understanding dark- 
ened, being alienated from the life of 
God through the ignorance that is in 
them, because of the blindness of their 
heart : 

19. Who, being past feeling, have 
given themselves over unto lascivious- 
ness, to work all uncleanness with 
greediness. 

20. But ye have not so learned 
Christ ; 

21. If so be that ye have heard him, 
and have been taught by him, as the 
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trade ye therein, and get you posses- 
sions therein. 

11. And Shechem said unto her fa- 
ther, and unto her brethren, Let me 
find grace in your eyes, and what ye 
shall say unto me, I will give. 

12. Ask me never so much dowry 
and gift, and I will give according as 
ye shall say unto me : but give me the 
damsel to wife. 

13. And the sons of Jacob answered 
Shechem and Hamor his father deceit- 
fully, and said, Because he had defiled 
Dinah their sister : 

14. And they said unto them, We 
cannot do this thing, to give our sister 
to one that is uncircumcised ; for that 
were a reproach unto us. 

15. But in this will we consent unto 
you : If ye will be as we be, that every 
male of you be circumcised ; 

16. Then will we give our daugh- 
ters unto you, and we will take your 
daughters to us, and we will dwell 
with you, and we will become one 
people. 

17. But if ye will not hearken unto 
us, to be circumcised ; then will we 
take our daughter, and we will be gone. 

18. And their words pleased Hamor, 
and Shechem, Hamor's son. 

19. And the young man deferred not 
to do the thing, because he had delight 
in Jacob's daughter : and he was more 
honorable than all the house of his 
father. 

20. And Hamor and Shechem his 
son came unto the gate of their city, 
and communed with the men of their 
city, saying, 

21. These men are peaceable with 
us, therefore let them dwell in the land, 
and trade therein : for the land, behold, 
it is large enough for them : let us take 
their daughters to us for wives, and let 
us give them our daughters. 

22. Only herein will the men con- 
sent unto us for to dwell with us, to 
be one people, if every male among us 
be circumcised, as they are circum- 
cised. 



22. That ye put off, concerning the 
former conversation, the old man, 
which is corrupt according to the de- 
ceitful lusts ; 

23. And be renewed in the spirit of 
your mind ; 

24. And that ye put on the new 
man, which after God is created in 
righteousness and true holiness. 

25. Wherefore, putting away lying, 
speak every man truth with his neigh- 
bor : for we are members one of ano- 
ther. 

26. Be ye angry, and sin not; let 
not the sun go down upon your 
wrath ; 

27. Neither give place to the devil,. 

28. Let him that stole steal no more ; 
but rather let him labor, working with 
his hands the thing which is good, 
that he may have to give to him that 
needeth. 

1 Pet. iv. 1. Forasmuch then as 
Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, 
arm yourselves likewise with the same 
mind : for he that hath suffered in the 
flesh hath ceased from sin ; 

2. That he no longer should live the 
rest of Ms time in the flesh to the lusts 
of men, but to the will of God. 

3. For the time past of our life may 
suffice us to have wrought the will of 
the Gentiles, when we walked in las- 
civiousness, lusts, excess of wine, re- 
vellings, banquetings, and abominable 
idolatries : 

4. Wherein they think it strange 
that you run not with them to the same 
excess of riot, speaking evil of you. 

* * * * * 

12. Beloved, think it not strange, 
concerning the fiery trial which is to 
try you, as though some strange thing 
happened unto you : 

13. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are 
partakers of Christ's sufferings ; that, 
when his glory shall be revealed, ye 
may be glad also with exceeding joy. 

14. If ye be reproached for the name 
of Christ, happy are ye ; for the Spirit 
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23. Shall not their cattle, and their 
substance, and every beast of theirs be 
ours? only let us consent unto them, 
and they will dwell with us. 

24. And unto Hamor, and unto She- 
chem his son, hearkened all that went 
out of the gate of his city : and every 
male was circumcised, all that went out 
of the gate of his city. 

25. And it came to pass on the thud 
day, when they were sore, that two of 
the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, 
Dinah's brethren, took each man his 
sword, and came upon the city boldly, 
and slew all the males. 

26. And they slew Hamor and She- 
chem his son with the edge of the 
sword, and took Dinah out of She- 
chem's house, and went out. 

27. The sons of Jacob came upon 
the slain, and spoiled the city ; because 
they had defiled their sister. 

28. They took their sheep, and their 
oxen, and their asses, and that which 
was in the city, and that which was in 
the field. 

29. And all their wealth, and all 
their little ones, and their wives took 
they captive, and spoiled even all that 
was in the house. 

30. And Jacob said to Simeon and 
Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me 
to stink among the inhabitants of the 
land, among the Canaanites, and the 
Perizzites : and I being few in number, 
they shall gather themselves together 
against me, and slay me, and I shall be 
destroyed, I and my house. 

31. And they said, Should he deal 
with our sister as with an harlot 1 



On their part he is evil spoken of, but 
on your part he is glorified. 

15. But let none of you suffer as a 
murderer, or as a thief, or as an 
evil-doer, or as a busybody in other 
men's matters. 

16. Yet if any man suffer as a 
Christian, let him not be ashamed ; but 
let him glorify God on this behalf. 

17. For the time is come that judg- 
ment must begin at the house of God : 
and if it first begin at us, what shall 
the end be of them that obey not the 
gospel of God ? 

Rom. xii. 17. Recompense to no 
man evil for evil. Provide things ho- 
nest in the sight of all men. 

18. If it be possible, as much as 
lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 

1 9. Dearly beloved, avenge not your- 
selves; but rather give place unto 
wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is 
mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. 

20. Therefore, if thine enemy hun- 
ger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him 
drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap 
coals of fire on his head. 

21. Be not overcome of evil, but 
overcome evil with good. 

James i. 20. For the wrath of man 
worketh not the righteousness of God. 

James ii. 12. So speak ye, and so 
do, as they that shall be judged by the 
law of liberty. 

13. For he shall have judgment with- 
out mercy that hath showed no mercy: 
and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. 

14. What doth it profit, my brethren, 
though a man say he hath faith, and 
have not works 1 can faith save him ? 



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CHAPTER XXXV. 



The Letter. 

1. And God said unto Jacob, Arise 
go np to Beth-el, and dwell there, and 
make there an altar unto God, that 
appeared unto thee when thou fleddest 
from the face of Esau thy brother. 

Note. 

*The literal location of Beth-el was 
about twelve miles northeast of Jerusa- 
lem. But the "house of God" whose 
sure foundation-stone was the Lord 
Jesus Christ, the anointed of God, was 
first visibly set up in Jerusalem. That 
the two places differ, while the figura- 
tive signification is the same, may be to 
show that neither to Jerusalem, nor any 
other spot, should the true worshippers 
be limited or confined ; but wherever 
two or three were gathered in the name 
of Jesus, there would he be. 

We know that when Jesus, the high 
priest of good things to come, had 
offered himself, without spot to God, 
he entered not into the holy place 
made with hands, but into heaven 
itself, there to appear in the presence of 
God for us ; — into the " house of God 
eternal in the heavens," and not the 
church militant, where his visible pre- 
sence is no longer seen. Therefore he 
tells his disciples — " It is needful for you 
that I go away ; for if I go not away, the 
Comforter will not come unto you ; but 
if I go away, I will send him unto you." 
It is the Holy Spirit that " dwells " in 
Beth-el. Yet must we keep in mind, 
that these divine persons are never dis- 
united. Jesus, walking in the midst of 
his golden candlesticks ; — God making 
Zion his rest for ever ; — and the Holy 
Spirit taking np his abode with the 
church, as the glorifier of Jesus — are all 
one and the same, only presented under 
different modes. 



* See Appendix (h). 



The Spirit. 

Luke xxiv. 46. And said unto them. 
Thus it is written, And thus it behoved 
Christ to suffer, and to rise from the 
dead the third day : 

47. And that repentance and remis- 
sion of sins should be preached in his 
name among all nations, beginning at 
Jerusalem. 

48. And ye are witnesses of these 
things. 

49. And behold, I send the promise 
of my Father upon you : but Carry ye 
in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be 
endued with power from on high. 

Ps. ex. 1. The Lord said unto my 
Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until 
I make thine enemies thy footstool. 

2. The Lord shall send the rod of 
thy strength out of Zion : rule thou in 
the midst of thine enemies. 

3. Thy people shall ~be willing in the 
day of thy power, in the beauties of 
holiness from the womb of the morn- 
ing : thou hast the dew of thy youth. 

ii. 6. Yet have I set my King upon 
my holy hill of Zion. 

7. I will declare the decree : the 
Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my 
Son ; this day have I begotten thee. 

xvii. 43. Thou hast delivered me 
from the strivings of the people ; and 
thou hast made me the head of the 
heathen : a people wham I have not 
known shall serve me. 

44. As soon as they hear of me, they 
shall obey me : the strangers shall sub- 
mit themselves unto me. 

***** 

47. It is God that avengeth me, and 
subdueth the people under me. 

48. He delivereth me from mine 
enemies : yea, thou lif test me up above 
those that rise up against me : thou hast 
delivered me from the violent man. 



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Jacob bad set up tbe stone of Betb-el 
as a witness of tbe great things revealed 
and promised him tbere. So God set 
up tbe "sure foundation-stone" of Zion 
by prophetic promise, as a witness of 
tbe great and glorious events of the 
gospel day, when his own Anointed 
should be " exalted a Prince and a 
Saviour, to give repentance and for- 
giveness of sin to Israel." 

But perhaps the chief point alluded 
to in this removal from Salim to Beth- 
el, and the setting up of an altar there 
also, is the divine appointment of ano- 
ther memorial of the church, to follow 
that of baptism, for tbe purpose of com- 
memorating the Lord's death till he 
come ; — the body and blood of the Lord 
Jesus, as bruised by the serpent. 



49. Therefore will I give thanks 
unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, 
and sing praises unto thy name. 

50. Great deliverance giveth he to 
his king ; and sheweth mercy to his 
anointed, to David, and to his seed for 
evermore. 

Eph. i. 20. Which he wrought in 
Christ, when he raised him from the 
dead, and set him at his own right 
hand in the heavenly places, 

21. Far above all principality, and 
power, and might, and dominion, and 
every name that is named, not only in 
this world, but also in that which is to 
come: 

22. And hath put all things under 
his feet, and gave him to be the head 
over all things to the church, 

23. Which is his body, the fulness 
of him that filleth all in all. 



The Letter. 

2. Then Jacob said unto his house- 
hold, and to all that were with him, Put 
away the strange gods that are among 
you, and be clean, and change your 
garments : 

3. And let us arise, and go up to 
Beth-el ; and I will make there an altar 
unto God, who answered me in the day 
of my distress, and was with me in the 
way which I went. 

4. And they gave unto Jacob all the 
strange gods which were in their hand, 
and all their ear-rings which were in 
their ears; and Jacob hid him under 
the oak which was hy Shechem. 

Note. 

This preparation for going up to Beth- 
el, is but another version of the many 
injunctions and exhortations given to 
the household of faith, relative to their 
duty and privilege as members of the 
body of Christ. 

When first called into the kingdom, 
the love of Christ and the mercies of 
God constrain them to yield their bodies 
a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto 



The Spirit. 

1 Cor. vi. 19. What! know ye not 
that your body is the temple of the 
Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye 
have of God, and ye are not your 
own? 

20. For ye are bought with a price : 
therefore glorify God in your body, and 
in your spirit, which are God's. 

Eph. iv. 22. That ye put off, con- 
cerning the former conversation, the 
old man, which is corrupt according to 
the deceitful lusts ; 

23. And be renewed in the spirit of 
your mind ; 

24. And that ye put on the new man, 
which after God is created in righteous- 
ness and true holiness. 

Rom. xii. 1. I beseech you there- 
fore, brethren, by the mercies of God, 
that ye present your bodies a living 
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, 
which is your reasonable service. 

2. And be not conformed to this 
world : but be ye transformed by the 
renewing of your mind, that ye may 



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Him, which is their reasonable service. 
They then realize that they are dead to 
the world, and the things of the world; 
and hesitate not to profess this, by being 
buried in the similitude of his death; 
from which they also professedly rise to 
newness of life arid new obedience. 
But alas ! could they only carry out the 
whole injunction, — "As ye have re- 
ceived Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk 
ye in him," <fec. Could they but pre- 
serve a savor of "the love of their espou- 
sals," and not so soon turn again to fol- 
ly! It is said to the spouse of Christ, 
"How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, 
prince's daughter!" But when the 
shoes are "put off," and the feet become 
polluted by the dust of the wilderness, 
— then their beauty is gone, and they 
must be "washed" anew, and again 
" shod with the preparation of the gos- 
pel of peace." 

Jesus says to his disciples, " N ow ye 
are clean through the word which I 
have spoken to you ;" but this sanctifica- 
tion must be carried on and perfected 
by the Holy Spirit, the glorifier of Jesus, 
whose office it is to instruct them into 
the mysteries of the kingdom ; for it is 
through the truth that they are sancti- 
fied; — they behold the glory of God in 
the face of Jesus Christ, and are trans- 
formed into the same image from glory 
to glory, as by the Spirit of our God. 



prove what is that good, and accepta- 
ble, and perfect will of God. 

2 Cor. vi. 16. And what agreement 
hath the temple of God with idols 1 for 
ye are the temple of the living God ; 
as God hath said, I will dwell in them, 
and walk in them ; and I will be their 
God, and they shall be my people. 

17. Wherefore come out from among 
them, and be ye separate, saith the 
Lord, and touch not the unclean thing ; 
and I will receive you ; 

18. And will be a Father unto you, 
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, 
saith the Lord Almighty. 

v. 16. Wherefore henceforth know 
we no man after the flesh: yea, though 
we have known Christ after the flesh, 
yet now henceforth know we him no 
more. 

17. Therefore, if any man be in Christ, 
he is a new creature : old things are 
passed away; behold, all things are 
become new. 

Eph. ii. 19. Now therefore ye are 
no more strangers and foreigners, but 
fellow-citizens with the saints, and of 
the household of God ; 

20. And are built upon the founda- 
tion of the apostles and prophets, Jesus 
Christ himself being the chief corner- 
stone ; 

21. In whom all the building, fitly 
framed together, groweth unto a holy 
temple in the Lord : 

22. In whom ye also are builded to- 
gether, for a habitation of God through 
the Spirit. 

Rom. vi. 3. Know ye not, that so 
many of us as were baptized into Jesus 
Christ were baptized into his death? 

4. Therefore we are buried with 
him by baptism into death ; that like 
as Christ was raised up from the dead 
by the glory of the Father, so we also 
should walk in newness of life. 



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TJie Letter. 

■ ? 5. And they journeyed: and the ter- 
ror of God was upon the cities that were 
round about them, and they did not 
pursue after the sons of Jacob. 

6. So Jacob came to Luz, which is 
in the land of Canaan, (that is Beth-el,) 
he and all the people that were with 
him. 

7. And he built there an altar, and 
called the place El-beth-el; because 
there God appeared unto him, when he 
fled from the face of his brother. 

!N"ote. 

At the first establishment of churches, 
and the progress of the gospel among 
men, after the resurrection, when signs 
and wonders wrought by the apostles 
confirmed the word preached, great was 
the excitement among the people. The 
apostles were first accused of " new- 
wine ;" and as the word grew and mul- 
tiplied, wherever the Holy Spirit did 
not seal conviction of sin and of right- 
eousness, the spirit of terror or rage was 
stirred up. But the power of God was 
manifestly displayed in restraining the 
wrath of man, and giving efficacy to the 
word. 

Wherever the disciples went, preach- 
ing the gospel, there the Holy Spirit 
accompanied them, — so that the places 
which had been "alienated" as "Luz," 
became Beth-els — or houses of God; 
and thus was brought to pass that 
which had been spoken by Joel, and by 
" all the prophets from Samuel, and 
those that follow after, as many as have 
spoken, or foretold of these days ;" — 
especially, " How God anointed Jesus of 
Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, and with 
power ; who went about doing good and 
healing all that were oppressed with devils, 
for God was with him, &c, whom they 
slew and hanged on a tree. Him God 
raised up on the third day, and showed 
him openly, not to all the people, but unto 
loitnesses chosen of God, &c. To him 
give all the prophets vntness, that through 
his name whosoever believeth in him shall 
receive remission of sins." 

It will be remembered that it was 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lxviii. 7. O God, when thou 
wentest forth before thy people, when 
thou didst march through the wilder- 
ness ; Selah : 

8. The earth shook, the heavens also 
dropped at the presence of God : even 
Sinai itself was moved at the presence 
of God, the God of Israel. 

Acts v. 11. And great fear came 
upon all the church, and upon as many 
as heard these things. 

12. And by the hands of the apos- 
tles were many signs and wonders 
wrought among the people ; and they 
were all with one accord in Solomon's 
porch. 

13. And of the rest durst no man 
join himself to them: but the people 
magnified them. 

Ps. cii. 13. Thou shalt arise, and 
have mercy upon Zion : for the time to 
favor her, yea, the set time, is come. 

14. For thy servants take pleasure 
in her stones, and favor the dust there- 
of. 

15. So the heathen shall fear the 
name of the Lord: and all the kings of 
the earth thy glory. 

16. When the Lord shall build up 
Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 

17. He will regard the prayer of 
the destitute, and not despise their 
prayer. 

18. This shall be written for the 
generation to come: and the people 
which shall be created shall praise the 
Lord. 

Acts ii. 43. And fear came upon 
every soul: and many wonders and 
signs were done by the apostles. 

Luke v. 26. And they were all 
amazed, and they glorified God, and 
were filled with fear, saying, We have 
seen strange things to-day. 

Acts i. 4. And being assembled 
together with them, commanded them 
that they should not depart from Jeru- 
salem, but wait for the promise of the 
Father, which, saith he, ye have heard 
of me. 



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when Jacob fled from the face of Esau, 
that he first anointed the pillar which 
he called Beth-el — or, when the founda- 
tion-stone of the house of God was pro- 
phetically set up. 



The Letter. 

8. But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, 
died, and she was buried beneath 
Beth-el, under an oak : and the name 
of it was called Allon-bachuth. 

Note. 

Hitherto no mention has been made 
of such a person as this, being in the 
company : but none of these things oc- 
cur by chance. 

Deborah signifies word. The word of 
promise, by which the church had been 
nourished while "a child," under the 
first testament, was no longer needed 
after the promise had come ; but under 
the tree of sorrow and weeping (Allon- 
bachuth) — the tree of the cross — was 
buried all that pertained to the hand- 
writing of ordinances, never more to 
rise. 

The household of God, the spiritual 
Beth-el, are fed with the sincere milk of 
the word of the gospel — the ministrations 
of the new testament; "not of the let- 
ter, but of the spirit: for the letter 
killeth, but the spirit giveth life." It 
is by keeping this word pure and un- 
adulterated, by either dead ceremonies 
or human systems, that the church grows 
thereby. 

One of the promises made to Zion, 
which were to be fulfilled in the gospel 
day, was that " kings should be her 
nursing fathers, and queens her nursing 



12. Then returned they unto Jeru- 
salem, from the mount called Olivet, 
which is from Jerusalem a sabbath 
day's journey. 

13. And when they were come in, 
they went up into an upper room, where 
abode both Peter, and James, and John, 
and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bar- 
tholomew, and Matthew, James the son 
of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and 
Judas the brother of James. 

14. These all continued with one 
accord in prayer and supplication, with 
the women, and Mary the mother of 
Jesus, and with his brethren. 



The Spirit 

1 Pet. 2. As new-born babes, de- 
sire the sincere milk of the word, that 
ye may grow thereby. 

2 Cor. in. 6. Who also hath made 
us able ministers of the new testament ; 
not of the letter, but of the spirit : for 
the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth 
life. 

1 Pet. v. 2. Feed the flock of God 
which is among you, taking the over- 
sight thereof, not by constraint, but 
willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a 
ready mind ; 

3. Neither as being lords over God's 
heritage, but being ensamples to the 
flock. 

Heb. v. 12. For when for the time 
ye ought to be teachers, ye have need 
that one teach you again which be the 
first principles of the oracles of God ; 
and are beeome such as have need of 
milk, and not of strong meat. 

13. For every one that useth milk, 
is unskilful in the word of righteous- 
ness : for he is a babe. 

14. But strong meat belongeth to 
them that are of full age, even those 
who by reason of use have their senses 
exercised to discern both good and 
evil. 

Col. ii. 13. And you, being dead in 
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nursing mothers" for the " Gentiles 
should come to her light, and kings to 
* the brightness of her rising ;" — her " sons 
should come from far, and her daughters 
should be nursed at her side." And 
again — " I will abundantly bless her pro- 
vision ; I will satisfy her poor with 
bread." 

Twice had God reminded Jacob that 
Bethel, to which he now called him to 
remove, was the place where he had ap- 
peared to him when he fled from the 
face of Esau : — the place where the glo- 
rious vision of the ladder had been pre- 
sented to his view, and where all that 
had since been accomplished in his expe- 
rience, was promised. And now, when all 
had been fulfilled, — when the ladder, or 
divine mediator, had been visibly set up, 
when the former things were done away 
and all things had become new, — it was 
fit that those things should no more 
come into remembrance, but be buried 
beneath that sure foundation stone which 
shall never be removed. 



your flesh, hath he quickened together 
with him, having forgiven you all tres- 
passes ; 

14. Blotting out the hand-writing of 
ordinances that was against us, which 
was contrary to us, and took it out of 
the way, nailing it to his cross ; 

15. An d having spoiled principalities 
and powers, he made a shew of them 
openly, triumphing over them in it. 

16. Let no man therefore judge you 
in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a 
holy-day, or of the new-moon, or of the 
sabbath-days : 

17. Which are a shadow of things 
to come ; but the body is of Christ. 

1 Thess. ii. 7. But we were gentle 
among you, even as a nurse cherisheth 
her children : 

8. So being affectionately desirous 
of you, we were willing to have im- 
parted unto you, not the gospel of God 
only, but also our own souls, because 
ye were dear unto us. 



The Letter. 

9. And God appeared unto Jacob 
again when he came out of Padan 
aram ; and blessed him. 

10. And God said unto him, Thy 
name is Jacob : thy name shall not be 
called any more Jacob, but Israel shall 
be thy name ; and he called his name 
Israel. 

11. And God said unto him, I am 
God Almighty : be fruitful and multi- 
ply ; a nation and a company of na- 
tions shall be of thee, and kings shall 
come out of thy loins. 

Note. 

Jacob, the sup-planter, is now again 
declared to be Israel, a prince with God ! 

This name and dignity was first ob- 
tained on the night of that mysterious 
conflict with the God-man, when, look- 
ing forward to the fearful encounter 
with Esau, his mind was filled with 
horror and dismay. Nor was the name 
of Israel a mere empty title of honor. 



The Spirit. 

Is a. lxii. 2. And the Gentiles shall 
see thy righteousness, and all kings thy 
glory : and thou shalt be called by a 
new name, which the mouth of the 
Lord shall name. 

xlii. 6. And he said, It is a light 
thing that thou shouldest be my ser- 
vant, to raise up t^e tribes of Jacob, 
and to restore the preserved of Israel : 
I will also give thee for a light to the 
Gentiles, that thou mayest be my sal- 
vation unto the end of the earth. 

Jer. xxiii. 3. And I will gather the 
remnant of my flock out of all coun- 
tries whither I have driven them, and 
will bring them again to their folds ; 
and they shall be fruitful and increase. 

4. And I will set up shepherds over 
them which shall feed them : and they 
shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, 
neither shall they be lacking, saith the 
Lord. 

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It confirmed to Jacob all the overcoming 
power and prevailing influence which 
he then so signally put forth ; and not 
only to him personally, but to his seed 
after him : his posterity received in him 
and for his sake, all the blessings which 
by oath and promise, had been made to 
rest upon him as their representative 
head ; " A nation and a company of na- 
tions shall be of thee, and kings shall come 
out of thy loins." 

Who can forbear recognising, in all 
this, a typical allusion to the greater 
things of the spiritual kingdom — the 
events of that dark night in the garden 
of Gethsemane, when in view of all that 
awaited him, the divine Redeemer, 
" with strong crying and tears, agonized 
with him who was able to save him from 
death, and was heard in that he feared ;" 
the night when he gave " his soul an 
offering for sin," that he might " see his 
seed," the purchase of his blood, and be 
satisfied ; and when " being found in 
fashion as a man, he became obedient unto 
death, even the death of the cross ; where- 
fore God has highly exalted him and given 
him a name that is above every name," 
<fec. Nor did Jesus, in this mighty con- 
flict, contend for an empty triumph, but 
for the deliverance and everlasting vic- 
tory of his people, those whom his Fa- 
ther had given him, who were chosen 
and blessed with all spiritual blessings 
in Christ Jesus before the world was. 
" A nation and a company of nations" 
were to be of him, for he should " restore 
the preserved of Israel," and be " a 



Lord, that I will raise unto David a 
righteous Branch, and a King shall 
reign and prosper, and shall execute 
judgment and justice in the earth. 

6. In his days Judah shall be saved, 
and Israel shall dwell safely ; and this 
is his name whereby he shall be called, 
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUS- 
NESS. 

xxxiii. 1 5. In those days, and at that 
time, will I cause the Branch of right- 
eousness to grow up unto David; and 
he shall execute judgment and right- 
eousness in the land. 

16. In those days shall Judah be 
saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safe- 
ly : and this is the name wherewith she 
shall be called, The Lord our Right- 
eousness. 

Ps. lxxii. 11. Yea, all kings shall 
fall down before him ; all nations shall 
serve him. 

***** 

17. His name shall endure for ever; 
his name shall be continued as long as 
the sun ; and men shall be blessed in 
him ; all nations shall call him blessed. 

John x. 16. And other sheep I 
have, which are not of this fold : them 
also I must bring, and they shall hear 
my voice ; and there shall be one fold, 
and one shepherd. 

light to the Gentiles ;" and in him should 
all the nations of the earth be blessed. 



The Letter. 

12. And the land which I gave Abra- 
ham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, 
and to thy seed after thee will I give 
the land. 

Note. 

The reader may perhaps think it 
strange that the same promises and co- 
venant blessings have been repeated to 
each of the fathers of Israel ; and may 
conclude that the covenant which God 
made with Abraham, to give him all 
that was then promised, would, as mat- 



TJie Spirit. 

Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
hath blessed us with all spiritual bless- 
ings in heavenly places in Christ ; 

4. According as he hath chosen us 
in him before the foundation of the 
world, that we should be holy and 
without blame before him in love : 

5. Having predestinated us unto the 
adoption of children by Jesus Christ to 
himself, according to the good pleasure 
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ter of course, descend by right of inhe- 
ritance to his sons. 

But the typical relation which these 
three fathers bear to the covenant of 
grace and its promises, involves a mys- 
tery which does not appear, but by a 
careful consideration of the antitype. 
"We have seen through all their history, 
that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, repre- 
sent the three persons in the Godhead, 
whose great mystery is three in one and 
one in three. To understand the import 
of this, we must carefully attend to the 
manner in which it is revealed to us by 
the Scriptures. There we are taught 
that Jehovah, as one God, reveals him- 
self to us in three characters or modes, 
so that the " Son given " is also " the 
Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, and 
the Prince of Peace." Or, as it might 
stand, the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
Spirit. 

If then, in his mediatorial kingdom, 
Jesus makes himself known as one in 
three — or as one God in three persons — 
then of course the types referring to him 
as' such, would have respect to this fact; 
and whatever promises are prophetically 
made to him in either of these, his pro- 
per characters, would be ultimately the 
same. 

The land, here confirmed to Jacob as 
an inheritance, and which had also been 
given to Abraham and Isaac, was lite- 
rally the land of Canaan, but spiritually 
and prophetically, the blessings of the 
new and everlasting covenant, given, in 
both senses, to their seed after them for 
their sokes. But it must always be re- 
membered that both the spiritual and 
the temporal inheritance were sure only 
to the true seed. Canaan was forfeited 
by those whose carcasses fell in the wil- 
derness, to show that none would enter 
the true rest but by faith ; and that the 
covenant relation between God and the 
nation of Israel, would, in like manner, 
be forfeited and wholly disannulled, 
never more to come into remembrance, 
because of their unbelief. 



6. To the praise of the glory of his 
grace, wherein he hath made us ac- 
cepted in the Beloved : 

7. In whom we have redemption 
through his blood, the forgiveness of 
sins, according to the riches of his grace. 

1 Pet. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, 
according to his abundant mercy, hath 
begotten us again unto a lively hope, 
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ 
from the dead, 

4. To an inheritance incorruptible, 
and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, 
reserved in heaven for you, 

5. Who are kept by the power of 
God through faith unto salvation, ready 
to be revealed in the last time. 

Jer. xxxi. 31. Behold, the days 
come, saith the Lord, that I will make 
a new covenant with the house of Is- 
rael, and with the house of Judah : 

32. Not according to the covenant 
that I made with their fathers in the 
day that I took them by the hand to 
bring them out of the land of Egypt ; 
which my covenant they brake, al- 
though I was a husband unto them, 
saith the Lord : 

33. But this shall be the covenant 
that I will make with the house of Is- 
rael ; After those days, saith the Lord, 
I will put my law in their inward parts, 
and write it in their hearts ; and will be 
their God, and they shall be my people. 

34. And they shall teach no more 
every man his neighbor, and every 
man his brother, saying, Know the 
Lord : for they shall all know me, from 
the least of them unto the greatest of 
them, saith the Lord: for I will for- 
give their iniquity, and I will remember 
their sin no more. 

* * * * # 

40. And the whole valley of the dead 
bodies and of the ashes, and all the 
fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto 
the corner of the horse-gate toward the 
east, shall be holy unto the Lord: it 
shall not be plucked up, nor thrown 
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The Letter. 

13. And God went up from him, in 
the place where he talked with him. 

14. And Jacob set up a pillar in the 
place where he talked with him, even 
a pillar of stone : and he poured a 
drink-offering thereon, and he poured 
oil thereon. 

15. And Jacob called the name of 
the place where God spake with him, 
Beth-el. 

Note. 

Jacob here repeats, or confirms what 
he had done at Beth-el, on the night 
when God first appeared to him there. 
He had then promised, if he came again 
to his father's house in peace, the Lord 
should be his God, and that pillar should 
be God's house. 

In like manner, when Jesus first gave 
himself as the "sure foundation-stone" 
of Zion, it was with the promise that he 
should come again in peace to the glory 
which he had with the Father before 
the world was; and that this stone, 
though rejected by the builders, should 
be made the Head of the corner. And 
as the fulfilment of this promise, he had 
no sooner ascended to heaven, than the 
Spirit was poured out, and "living 
stones " built up on this sure founda- 
tion, for a dwelling of God through the 
Spirit. 

When the high priest went into the 
most holy place, upon the day of atone- 
ment, to bear the blood of the victim 
before the mercy-seat, to make atone- 
ment for the sins of the people, if that 
atonement was accepted, the high priest 
shook his robe of office, that the sound 
of the bells upon the border of the robe, 
might announce to the people without, 
the fact that the Lord had pardoned 
their sins. Just such a witness was the 
gift of the Spirit, and the sound of the 
preached word, to spiritual Israel on 
the gospel day. 

Beth-el, the house of God, or the visi- 
ble kingdom of heaven, had now been 
established according to the order of the 
gospel ; the ordinances of baptism and 
the supper, had been instituted, and the 
Holy Spirit, with both its gracious and 



Tlie Spirit. 

Acts i. 9. And when he had spoken 
these things, while they beheld, he was 
taken up; and a cloud received him 
out of their sight. 

10. And, while they looked stead- 
fastly toward heaven as he went up, be- 
hold, two men stood by them in white 
apparel ; 

11. Which also said, Ye men of Ga- 
lilee, why stand ye gazing up into hea- 
ven 1 ? this same Jesus, which is taken 
up from you into heaven, shall so come 
in like manner as ye have seen him go 
into heaven. 

12. Then returned they unto Jeru- 
salem from the mount called Olivet, 
winch is from Jerusalem a sabbath- 
day's journey. 

13. And when they were come in, 
they went up into an upper room, where 
abode both Peter, and James, and John, 
and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bar- 
tholomew, and Matthew, James the son 
of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and 
Judas the brother of James. 

14. These all continued with one 
accord in prayer and supplication, with 
the women, and Mary the mother of 
Jesus, and with his brethren. 

ii. 1. And when the day of Pente- 
cost was fully come, they were all with 
one accord in one place. 

2. And suddenly there came a sound 
from heaven, as of a lmshing mighty 
wind, and it filled all the house where 
they were sitting. 

3. And there appeared unto them 
cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it 

j sat upon each of them. 

4. And they were all filled with the 
Holy Ghost, and began to speak with 
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them 
utterance. 



miraculous influences, had descended to 
anoint the household on the day of Pen- 
tecost, and to take his abode with them, 
in all his comforting, reproving, and in- 
structing graces, for ever. 



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In this place, would God speak to his 
people by his word ; and from hence 



The Letter. 

16. And they journeyed from Beth- 
el ; and there was but a little way to 
come to Ephrath : and Rachel tra- 
vailed, and she had hard labor. 

17. And it came to pass when she 
was in hard labor, that the midwife 
said unto her, Fear not, thou shalt have 
this son also. 

18. And it came to pass as her soul 
was in departing (for she died) that 
she called his name Ben-oni : but his 
father called him Benjamin. 

Note. 

It was literally "hard labor" for the 
first gospel church, constituted wholly of 
the lost sheep of the house of Israel, to 
believe it possible for Gentiles to be- 
come fellow-heirs with them, or be born 
into the same kingdom. So deep-rooted 
was the feeling of a peculiar and favored 
nationality, and so accustomed had they 
been to the idea that all other people 
were outcast and unclean, while they 
only were entitled to the regard of hea- 
ven, by the various considerations of 
birth, of promise, and of long usage, — 
that they were not willing to admit the 
possibility of any other being admitted 
into the spiritual temple. To this fact, 
the travail of Rachel, when journeying 
from Beth-el, points. She was ap- 
proaching Ephrath. (fruitful or abun- 
dant,) even as the church was just at 
the point of receiving her Gentile con- 
verts, of the family of Cornelius. 

But the birth of Benjamin, has also 
allusion to the spiritual birth of Saul of 
Tarsus, the great apostle of the Gentiles, 
who was thus called into the kingdom, 
like Benjamin, as " one born out of due 
time,'''' — and not as the other apostles. 
The new birth of Paul, was truly the oc- 
casion, not only of wonder, but of trial 
and conflict to the church. For he was 
at that moment meditating their death, 
and on his way to put his purpose in 
execution. To the church, he was in 



should the Word and Spirit go forth, to 
give light to the ends of the earth. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. liv. 1. Sing, O barren, thou 
that didst not bear; break forth into 
singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst 
not travail with child : for more are the 
children of the desolate than the chil- 
dren of the married wife, saith the 
Lord. 

2. Enlarge the place of thy tent, 
and let them stretch forth the curtains 
of thine habitations : spare not, length- 
en thy cords, and strengthen thy 
stakes ; 

3. For thou shalt break forth on the 
right hand and on the left ; and thy 
seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and 
make the desolate cities to be inha- 
bited. 

4. Fear not; for thou shalt not be 
ashamed : neither be thou confounded ; 
for thou shalt not be put to shame : 
for thou shalt forget the shame of thy 
youth, and shalt not remember the re- 
proach of thy widowhood any more. 

5. For thy Maker is thine husband ; 
the Lord of hosts is his name; and 
thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel ; 
The God of the whole earth shall he 
be called. 

6. For the Lord hath called thee as 
a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, 
and a wife of youth, when thou wast 
refused, saith thy God. 

Acts ix. 15. But the Lord said unto 
him, Go thy way : for he is a chosen 
vessel unto me, to bear my name be- 
fore the Gentiles, and kings, and the 
children of Israel. 

1 Cor. xv. 7. After that, he was 
seen of James ; then of all the apos- 
tles. 

8. And last of all he was seen of 
me also, as of one bora out of due 
time. 

9. For I am the least of the apostles, 
that am not meet to be called an apos- 



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truth a Benoni, or " son of my sorrow ;" 
but to the Head of the church, he was 
Benjamin, the " son of my right hand." 

The new birth of Paul into the king- 
dom and apostleship of Jesus, introduces 
a new era of the church ; because, from 
this time, salvation was no longer con- 
fined to the "daughter of Zion" — the 
" tower of the flock " — but was extended 
like the bough of Joseph, " over the 
wall." 



The Letter. 

19. And Rachel died, and was buried 
in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth- 
lehem. 

20. And Jacob set a pillar upon her 
grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's 
grave unto this day. 

2 1 . And Israel journeyed, and spread 
his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 

Note. 

Ephrath, or Ephratah, is a place of 
peculiar interest, not only as that from" 
whence should come forth Him who 
should be Ruler in Israel, but as pro- 
phetically connected with the call of the 
Gentiles. By Mic. v. 3, it appears that 
God predicted the giving up of his an- 
cient covenant people, until the fulness 
of the Gentiles should be gathered in, — 
when the remnant according to the 
election of grace, should also return. 

The state of things which should take 
place when this prediction should be ful- 
filled, would be wholly new. For the 
church was no longer Rachel, the 
"daughter of Zion," — the Jerusalem 
which was so long barren and desolate, 
and whose very existence ceased when 
her other son was added, though so long 
promised and looked for, but not in such 
a manner, — for the New Jerusalem, in 
her gospel attire, should bear the name 
of her Lord and husband, — " her people 
should be all righteous," and she should 
be like him, whose righteousness she 
bore ; Jews and Gentiles united in one 
24 



tie, because I persecuted the church of 
God. 

Acts xxii. 4. And I persecuted 
this way unto the death, binding and 
delivering into prisons both men and 
women. 

xi. 17. Forasmuch then as God gave 
the like gift as he did unto us, who be- 
lieved on the Lord Jesus Christ, what 
was I, that I could withstand God ? 

18. When they heard these things, 
they held their peace, and glorified God, 
saying, Then hath God also to the Gen- 
tiles granted repentance unto life. 



Tlie Spirit. 

Mic. v. 2. But thou, Beth-lehem 
Ephratah, though thou be little among 
the thousands of Judah, yet out of 
thee shall he come forth unto me 
that is to be Ruler in Israel; whose 
goings forth have been from of old, from 
everlasting. 

3. Therefore will he give them up, 
until the time that she which travaileth 
hath brought forth : then the remnant 
of his brethren shall return unto the 
children of Israel. 

4. And he shall stand and feed in 
the strength of the Lord, in the majesty 
of the name of the Lord his God ; and 
they shall abide : for now shall he be 
great unto the ends of the earth. 

iv. 8. And thou, O tower of the 
flock, the stronghold of the daughter 
of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even 
the first dominion ; the kingdom shall 
come to the daughter of Jerusalem. 

9. Now, why dost thou cry out aloud ? 
is there no king in thee ? is thy coun- 
sellor perished ? for pangs have taken 
thee as a woman in travail. 

10. Be in pain, and labor to bring 
forth, O daughter of Zion, like a wo- 
man in travail : for now shalt thou go 
forth out of the city, and thou shalt 
dwell in the field, and thou shalt go 
even to Babylon ; there shalt thou be 
delivered ; there the Lord shall redeem 
thee from the hand of thine enemies. 



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fold, were one in Christ, and called by 
the common name of Christians. 

Thus was it, that Israel journeyed, 
and spread his tent, " beyond the tower of 
Edar" or beyond "the tower of the 
flock,'' or the walls of Jerusalem ; — for 
the church was now to "lengthen her 
cords," even to the Gentiles. 

The pillar of Rachel's grave, was the 
new name given to the disciples at An- 
tioeh. It commemorates the fulfilment 
of the promise of enlargement to the 
gospel day, and the fact that those who 
were afar off are made nigh by the 
blood of Christ, who hath made both 
one, and hath broken down the middle 
wall of partition between Jews and 
Gentiles, that he might reconcile both 
unto God in one body by the cross, hav- 
ing slain the enmity thereby. "For 
through him, we both have access by 
one Spirit unto the Father." "Now 
therefore ye are no more strangers and 
foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the 
saints, and of the household of God ; 
and are built upon the foundation of 
the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ 
himself being the chief corner-stone," 



The Letter. 

22. And it came to pass, when Israel 
dwelt in that land, that Reuben went 
and lay with Bilhah his father's concu- 
bine : and Israel heard it. Now the 
sons of Jacob were twelve : 

23. The sons of Leah ; Reuben, Ja- 
cob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, 
and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebu- 
lun : 



11. Now also many nations are ga- 
thered against thee, that say, Let her 
be defiled, and let our eye look upon 
Zion. 

12. But they know not the thoughts, 
of the Lord, neither understand they 
his counsel : for he shall gather them 
as the sheaves into the floor. 

Acts xiv. 24. And after they had 
passed throughout Pisidia, they came 
to Pamphylia. 

25. And when they had preached 
the word in Perga, they went down 
into Attalia ; 

26. And thence sailed to Antioch, 
from whence they had been recom- 
mended to the grace of God, for the 
work which they fulfilled. 

27. And when they were come, and 
had gathered the church together, they 
rehearsed all that God had done with 
them, and how he had opened the door 
of faith unto the Gentiles. 

28. And there they abode long time 
with the disciples. 

xi. 25. Then departed Barnabas to 
Tarsus, for to seek Saul : 

26. And when he had found him, he 
brought him unto Antioch. And it 
came to pass, that a whole year they 
assembled themselves with the church, 
and taught much people. And the 
disciples were called Christians first in 
Antioch. 

Isa. Ixii. 16. In those days shall 
Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall 
dwell safely: and this is the name 
wherewith she shall be called, The 
Lord our Righteousness. 

24. The sons of Rachel; Joseph, 
and Benjamin : 

25. And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's 
handmaid ; Dan, and Naphtali : 

26. And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's 
handmaid; Gad, and Asher. These 
are the sons of Jacob, which were bora 
to him in Padan-aram. 

Note. 
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heads of the twelve tribes of Israel, is 
now complete; in reference to whom 
Jesus said to his apostles, "Ye also shall 
sit upon twelve thrones, judging the 
twelve tribes of Israel." In the 26th 
verse, it is said these twelve " are the 
sons of Jacob which were born to him 
in Padan-aram;" including Benjamin 
among the number, though " bom out of 
due time." This was virtually true; for 
Rachel predicted the birth of this other 
son, as certain and secure, when she re- 
ceived Joseph : even as the church re- 
joiced in prospect of her Gentile con- 
verts, as surely connected with her 
prosperity in the gospel day. 

But though there are twelve here 
named, it subsequently appears, by the 
prophetic blessing of Jacob in the 49th 
chapter, that Simeon and Levi are 
counted as one, which is confirmed by 
the dividing of the land of Canaan, — in 
which Levi had no portion. Of these 
two '* brethren'" Jacob says, "Cursed be 
their anger, &c. ; I will divide them in 
Jacob and scatter them in Israel." This 
curse rests upon them jointly as brethren ; 
and, in their twofold character, as priest 
and elder, they allude typically not only 
to the vacancy made in the number 
twelve, by the apostaey of Judas, but 
also to Esau, who expressly represents 
Judas himself. 

The fact that Benjamin, the type of 
Paul, is here included among the twelve, 
though not born at the time and under 
the same circumstances with the rest, is 
deserving of attention ; because some 
have supposed that Paul was not one of 
the twelve apostles. It is true the eleven 
cast lots among the disciples for one to 
fill the office, and the lot fell upon Mat- 
thias, who was numbered by them with 
the twelve. But we never hear of him 



after this. Whereas, the proofs of Paul's 
apostleship are abundant. He was called 
of God to that office, and put into that 
ministry in a most signal manner, and 
he not only openly and boldly as- 
serts his claim to it, but produces and 
exhibits the most unequivocal testimo- 
nials of the fact. The word apostle sig- 
nifies sent ; and when Paul was so mira- 
culously born into the kingdom, and 
made an eye-witness of the resurrection 
of Jesus, (which was one of the requi- 
sites for the work,) it was said by Jesus 
to Ananias, "He is a chosen vessel unto 
me, to bear my name before the Gentiles 
and kings and the children of Israel:" 
and again, when in a trance at Jerusa- 
lem, Jesus appeared to him and said, 
" Depart ; for I ivill send thee far hence 
unto the Gentiles." 

Reuben is also distinguished among 
the twelve; and is here charged with 
improper and unlawful conduct toward 
his father's concubine. It will be re- 
membered that Laban gave Bilhah 
("old or fading") his handmaid to Ra- 
chel for her maid. When Rachel had 
no children, she gave this Bilhah to 
Jacob to wife, as Sarah had done in the 
case of Hagar. The same result follow- 
ed, — a son of the bondwoman, — the old 
and fading covenant of works. With 
this same Bilhah, Reuben becomes con- 
nected, and is in consequence charged 
by Jacob, in the 49th chapter, of taking 
away or defiling his couch. Now, let 
all this be compared with the 2d chap- 
ter of Galatians, where Paul charges 
Peter with not walking uprightly, ac- 
cording to the truth of the gospel, and 
with practising dissimulation toward 
the Jews in matters of their old ex- 
ploded customs, — and a clear parallel 
will be found to the case of Reuben. 



The Letter. 

27. And Jacob came unto Isaac his 
father unto Mamre, unto the city of 
Arbah (which is Hebron) where Abra- 
ham and Isaac sojourned. 

28. And the days of Isaac were an 
hundred and fourscore years. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lxviii. 18. Thou hast ascended 
on high, thou hast led captivity captive 
thou hast received gifts for men ; yea, 
for the rebellious also, that the Lord 
God might dwell among them. 

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29. And Isaac gave up the ghost and 
died, and was gathered unto his people, 
being old and full of days ; and his sons 
Esau and Jacob buried him. 

Note. 

Mamre signifies " rebellious, alien- 
ated ;" Arbah, " city of the foitr ;" and 
Hebron, "friendship, union!' In this 
place sojourned Abraham and Isaac; 
and here dwelt Jacob. Here also was 
the burying place of Machpelah; so that 
here, it may be said, they all lived, died, 
and were buried ; with the exception of 
Jacob, who tarried awhile in Egypt, 
and died there, but was buried at Mach- 
pelah. 

From the significant names applied to 
this distinguished spot, (not by acci- 
dent, for no such thing pertains to di- 
vine revelation,) we may draw instruc- 
tion like this ; — that it pleased the 
Triune Godhead to make their "taber- 
nacle with men " — " even the rebellious" 
— so that those who were before alien- 
ated in their minds by wicked works, 
might be brought nigh and made one 
with God, in an everlasting covenant, 
ordered in all things and sure : and 
whereas once they were "without God, 
and without hope in the world," and 
both the Father and the Son were but 
sojourners among them, or " as way- 
faring men that turned aside to tarry 
but for a night," — they now " came to 
them and took up their abode with 
them," through the Spirit, to be their 
God, and they to be his people for ever. 

When the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, 
takes up his abode with the church, the 
bodily presence of the Son is with- 
drawn. Isaac was "old and full of 
days" when he died : neither did the 
antitypical Isaac give up the ghost until 
all his work was accomplished upon 
earth. 

The life of Isaac was prolonged until 
all the events just recorded, in the esta- 
blishing and ordering of the kingdom of 
heaven, had transpired. So, also, all 
that pertained to the work of the Son, 
in the everlasting covenant, was accom- 
plished, before Jesus of Nazareth wholly 
withdrew his bodily presence from the 



voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, 
the tabernacle of God is with men, and 
he will dwell with them, and they shall 
he his people, and God himself shall be 
with them, and be their God. 

4. And God shall wipe away all tears 
from their eyes ; and there shall be no 
more death, neither sorrow nor crying, 
neither shall there be any more pain : 
for the former things are passed away. 

1 Pet. ii. 10. Which in time past 
were not a people, but are now the peo- 
ple of God: which had not obtained 
mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 

Col. i. 21. And you, that were some- 
time alienated, and enemies in your 
mind by wicked works, yet now hath 
he reconciled, 

22. In the body of his flesh through 
death, to present you holy, and un- 
blamable, and unreprovable in his 
sight. 

John xvii. 20. Neither pray I for 
these alone : but for them also which 
shall believe on me through their 
word: 

21. That they all may be one; as 
thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, 
that they also may be one in us : that 
the world may believe that thou hast 
sent me. 

22. And the glory which thou gavest 
me, I have given them ; that they may 
be one, even as we are one ; 

23. I in them, and thou in me, that 
they may be made perfect in one ; and 
that the world may know that thou 
hast sent me, and hast loved them as 
thou hast loved me. 

xiv. 23. Jesus answered and said 
unto him, If a man love me, he will 
keep my words : and my Father will 
love him, and we will come unto him, 
and make our abode with him. 



earth ; — the last manifestation of which 
was at the conversion of Paul. 

"We have traced the history of Esau 
to his possession of mount Seir, where 
he fled from the face of Jacob ; but here 
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In all his typical relations, Esau maybe I in the death and burial of the Son of 
said to have a part in this act. Both i God. 
law and gospel — heaven and hell, united I 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 



The Letter. 

1. Now these are the generations of 
Esau, who is Edom. 

2. Esau took his wives of the daugh- 
ters of Canaan ; Adah, the daughter of 
Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah, the 
daughter of Anah, the daughter of 
Zibeon the Hivite ; 

3. And Bashemath, Ishmael's daugh- 
ter, sister of Nebajoth. 

4. And Adah bare to Esau, Eliphaz : 
and Bashemath bare Reuel ; 

5. And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and 
Jaalam, and Korah : these are the sons 
of Esau, which were bom unto him in 
the land of Canaan. 

6. And Esau took his wives, and his 
sons, and his daughters, and all the per- 
sons of his house, and his cattle, and 
all his beasts, and all his substance, 
which he had got in the land of Ca- 
naan ; and went into the country from 
the face of his brother Jacob. 

7. For their riches were more than 
that they might dwell together; and 
the land wherein they were strangers 
could not bear them, because of their 
cattle. 

8. Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir : 
Esau is Edom. 

9. And these are the generations of 
Esau, the father of the Edomites, in 
mount Sen. 

10. These are the names of Esau's 

sons. 

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40. And these are the names of the 
dukes that came of Esau, according to 
then* families, after their places, by their 
names : duke Timnah, duke Alvah, 
duke Jetheth, 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xxxiv. 1. Come near, ye na- 
tions, to hear; and hearken, ye people: 
let the earth hear, and all that is there- 
in ; the world, and all things that come 
forth of it. 

2. For the indignation of the Lord 
is upon all nations, and his fury upon 
all their armies: he hath utterly de- 
stroyed them, he hath delivered them 
to the slaughter. 

3. Their slain also shall be cast out, 
and their stink shall come up out of 
their carcases, and the mountain shall 
be melted with their blood. 

4. And all the host of heaven shall 
be dissolved, and the heavens shall be 
rolled together as a scroll : and all their 
host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth 
off from the vine, and as a falling Jig 
from the fig-tree. 

5. For my sword shall be bathed in 
heaven: behold, it shall come down 
upon Idumea, and upon the people of 
my curse, to judgment. 

6. The sword of the Lord is filled 
with blood; it is made fat with fat- 
ness, and with the blood of lambs and 
goats, with the fat of the kidneys of 
rams : for the Lord hath a sacrifice in 
Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the 
land of Idumea. 

7. And the unicorn shall come down 
with them, and the bullocks with the 
bulls; and their land shall be soaked 
with blood, and their dust made fat 
with fatness. 

8. For it is the day of the Lord's 
vengeance, and the year of recompenses 
for the controversy of Zion. 

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41. Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, 
duke Pinon, 

42. Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke 
Mibzar, 

43. Duke Magdiel, duke Iram : these 
be the dukes of Edom, according to 
their habitations in the land of their 
possession : he is Esau, the father of 
the Edomites. 

Kote. 

As Esau and all his descendants are 
cursed of God, and under the same ex- 
terminating sentence of utter destruc- 
tion, it is only needful to notice the 
most prominent points in their charac- 
ter and history. TVe find that a part of 
his family, his own five sons, were born 
in Canaan, and of course were nominal- 
ly among the family of Isaac, from 
whom they must have derived some 
knowledge of the true God. Mount 
Seir had been given him for a possession, 
and to this place he repaired with his 
household and all that he had. The 
language is, that he " went from the 
face of his brother Jacob ;" and yet 
Jacob was obliged to flee from the face 
of Esau. The face of Jacob, and of Isaac 
also, were doubtless exceedingly annoy- 
ing to Esau, after he began to hate him 
and purposed to take his life. 

The descendants of Esau who were 
born in Seir or Edom, the land of the 
curse, doubtless inherited the image and 
character of their father. They were a 
generation of vipers, — children of the 
wicked one; and are repeatedly and 
signally denounced by the prophetic 
scriptures, from the time of Balaam to 
the final judgment of Antichrist, as de- 
scribed in Revelation. 

It is not unlikely that some may ob- 
ject to Esau's being made to typify so 
many different things. But his literal 
character actually undergoes at least 
iv>o decided changes ; and his various 
relations to the course of events, give 
him this apparent diversity of typical 
allusion ; though there is, in fact, no es- 
sential contrariety. As the twin brother 



the last time: and as ye have heard 
that Antichrist shall come, even now 
are there many Antichrists ; whereby 
we know that it is the last time. 

19. They went out from us, hut they 
were not of us ; for if they had been 
of us, they would no doubt have con- 
tinued with us : but they went out, that 
they might be made manifest that they 
were not all of us. 

2 John i. 7. For many deceivers are 
entered into the world, who confess 
not that Jesus Christ is come in the 
flesh. This is a deceiver and an Anti- 
christ. 

1 John ii. 20. But ye have an unc- 
tion from the Holy One, and ye know 
all things. 

21. I have not written unto you be- 
cause ye know not the truth, but be- 
cause ye know it, and that no lie is of 
the truth. 

22. Who is a liar, but he that de- 
nieth that Jesus is the Christ 1 He is 
Antichrist, that denieth the Father and 
the Son. 

Eph. vi. 11. Put on the whole armor 
of God, that ye may be able to stand 
against the wiles of the devil. 

12. For we wrestle not against flesh 
and blood, but against principalities, 
against powers, against the rulers of 
the darkness of this world, against 
spiritual wickedness in high places. 



of Jacob, we have supposed him to re- 
present the first dispensation, in distinc- 
tion from the ministration of the Spirit. 
As the despiser of his birthright, he 
shows the disposition and conduct of the 
people of that covenant ; as not bringing 
in the " savory meat," he personates the 
weakness and inefficiency of the Leviti- 
cal priesthood; and in his hatred and 
murderous designs toward Jacob, he 
represents Judas, the son of perdition, 
whom Jesus calls a devil. 



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The Letter. 

MOAB AND EDOM SEEK TO CURSE 
ISRAEL. 

Num. xxii. 5. He sent messengers 
therefore unto Balaam, the son of Beor, 
to Pethor, which is by the river of the 
land of. the children of his people, to 
call him, saying, Behold, there is a peo- 
ple come rut from Egypt : behold, they 
cover the face of the earth, and they 
abide over against me. 

6. Come now therefore, I pray thee, 
curse me this people ; for they are too 
mighty for me; peradventure I shall 
prevail, that we may smite them, and 
that I may drive them out of the land : 
for I wot that he whom thou blessest 
is blessed, and he whom thou cursest 
is cursed. 

xxiii. 7. And he took up his parable, 
and said, Balak the king of Moab hath 
brought me from Aram, out of the 
mountains of the east, saying, Come, 
curse me Jacob ; and come, defy Is- 
rael. 

8. How shall I curse, whom God 
hath not cursed ? or how shall I defy, 
whom the Lord hath not defied ? 

9. For from the top of the rocks I 
see him, and from the hills I behold 
him : lo, the people shall dwell alone, 
and shall not be reckoned among the 
nations. 

10. Who can count the dust of Ja- 
cob, and the number of the fourth part 
of Israel ? let me die the death of the 
righteous, and let my last end be like 

his! 

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18. And he took up his parable, and 
said, Rise up, Balak, and hear ; heark- 
en unto me, thou son of Zippor : 

19. God is not a man, that he should 
He ; neither the son of man, that he 
should repent : hath he said, and shall 
he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and 
shall he not make it good? 

20. Behold, I have received com- 
mandment to bless: and he hath 
blessed ; and I cannot reverse it. 

21. He hath not beheld iniquity in 



The Spirit. 

THE CURSE REBOUNDS UPON THEM- 
SELVES. 

Ps. cix. 1. Hold not thy peace, O 
God of my praise ; 

2. For the mouth of the wicked and 
the mouth of the deceitful are opened 
against' me : they have spoken against 
me with a lying tongue. 

3. They compassed me about also 
with words of hatred ; and fought 
against me without a cause. 

4. For my love they are mine adver- 
saries : but I give myself unto prayer. 

5. And they have rewarded me evil 
for good, and hatred for my love. 

6. Set thou a wicked man over him ; 
and let Satan stand at his right hand. 

7. When he shall be judged, let him 
be condemned ; and let his prayer be- 
come sin. 

8. Let his days be few ; and let an- 
other take his office. 

9. Let his children be fatherless, and 
his wife a widow. 

10. Let his children be continually 
vagabonds, and beg: let them seek 
their bread also out of their desolate 
places. 

1 1 . Let the extortioner catch all that 
he hath ; and let the stranger spoil his 
labor. 

12. Let there be none to extend 
mercy unto him; neither let there be 
any to favor his fatherless children. 

13. Let his posterity be cut off; and 
in the generation following let their 
name be blotted out. 

14. Let the iniquity of his fathers 
be remembered with the Lord ; and let 
not the sin of his mother be blotted 
out. 

15. Let them be before the Lord 
continually, that he may cut off the 
memory of them from the earth. 

16. Because that he remembered not 
to show mercy, but persecuted the 
poor and needy man, that he might 
even slay the broken in heart. 

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Jacob, neither hath he seen perverse- 
ness in Israel : the Lord his God is 
with him, and the shout of a king is 
among them. 

22. God brought them out of Egypt ; 
he hath as it were the strength of a 
unicorn. 

23. Surely there is no enchantment 
against Jacob, neither is there any di- 
vination against Israel: according to 
this time it shall be said of Jacob and 
of Israel, What hath God wrought ! 

24. Behold, the people shall rise up 
as a great lion, and lift up himself as a 
young lion ; he shall not lie down until 
he eat of the prey, and drink the blood 
of the slain. 



come unto him ; as he delighted not in 
blessing, so let it be far from him. 

18. As he clothed himself with curs- 
ing like as with his garment, so let it 
come into his bowels like water, and 
like oil into his bones. 

19. Let it be unto him as the gar- 
ment which covereth him, and for a 
girdle wherewith he is girded continu- 
ally. 

20. Let this be the reward of mine 
adversaries from the Lord, and of them 
that speak evil against my soul. 

lx. 8. Moab is my washpot; over 
Edom will I cast out my shoe : Phi- 
listia, triumph thou because of me. 

9. Who will bring me into the strong 
city? who will lead me into Edom? 

10. Wilt not thou, O God, which 
hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, 
which didst not' go out with our ar- 
mies? 

11. Give us help from trouble: for 
vain is the help of man. 

12. Through God we shall do va- 
liantly : for he it is that shall tread 
down our enemies. 



The Letter. 

ISRAEL BLESSED AND HER ENEMIES 
CURSED. 

Num. xxiv. 3. And he took up his 
parable, and said, Balaam the son of 
Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes 
are open hath said : 

4. He hath said, which heard the 
words of God, which saw the vision of 
the Almighty, falling into a trance, but 
having his eyes open : 

5. How goodly are thy tents, O Ja- 
cob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel ! 

6. As the valleys are they spread 
forth, as gardens by the river's side, as 
the trees of lign-aloes which the Lord 
hath planted, and as cedar-trees beside 
the waters. 

7. He shall pour the water out of 
his buckets, and his seed shall be in 
many waters, and his king shall be 



The Spirit. 

ISRAEL BLESSED AND HER ENEMIES 
CURSED. 

Ezk. xxxvi. 1. Also, thou son of 
man, prophesy unto the mountains of 
Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, 
hear the word of the Lord : 

2. Thus saith the Lord God; Be- 
cause the enemy hath said against you, 
Aha, even the ancient high places are 
ours in possession : 

3. Therefore, prophesy and say, 
Thus saith the Lord God; Because 
they have made you desolate, and swal- 
lowed you up on every side, that ye 
might be a possession unto the residue 
of the heathen, and ye are taken up in 
the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of 
the people : 

4. Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, 
hear the word of the Lord God; Thus 



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higher than Agag, and his kingdom 
shall be exalted. 

8. God brought him forth out of 
Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength 
of a unicorn : he shall eat up the na- 
tions his enemies, and shall break their 
bones, and pierce them through with his 

1 arrows. 

9. He couched, he lay down as a 

lion, and as a great lion : who shall stir 

him up ? Blessed is he that blesseth 

thee, and cursed is he that curseth 

thee. 
% % % * % 

12. And Balaam said unto Balak, 
Spake I not also to thy messengers 
which thou sentest unto me, saying, 

13. If Balak would give me his house 
full of silver and gold, I cannot go be- 
yond the commandment of the Lord, 
to do either good or bad of mine own 
mind ; but what the Lord saith, that 
will I speak? 

14. And now, behold, I go unto my 
people ; come therefore, and I will ad- 
vertise thee what this people shall di) 
to thy people in the latter days. 

15. And he took up his parable, and 
said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, 
and the man whose eyes are open hath 
said: 

16. He hath said, which heard the 
words of God, and knew the know- 
ledge of the Most High, which saw the 
vision of the Almighty, falling into a 
trance, but having his eyes open : 

17. I shall see him, but not now: I 
shall behold him, but not nigh: there 
shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a 
Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and 
shall smite the corners of Moab, and 
destroy all the children of Sheth. 

18. And Edom shall be a possession, 
Seir also shall be a possession for his 
enemies, and Israel shall do valiantly. 

19. Out of Jacob shall come he that 
shall have dominion, and shall destroy 
him that remaineth of the city. 

20. And when he looked on Ama- 
lek, he took up his parable, and said, 
Amalek luas the first of the nations: 



saith the Lord God to the mountains, 
and to the hills, to the rivers, and to 
the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and 
to the cities that are forsaken, which 
became a prey and derision to the resi- 
due of the heathen that are round 
about : 

5. Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; Surely in the fire of my jealousy 
have I spoken against the residue of 
the heathen, and against all Idumea, 
which have appointed my land into 
their possession with the joy of all 
their heart, with despiteful minds, to 
cast it out for a prey. 

6. Prophesy therefore, concerning 
the land of Israel, and say unto the 
mountains, and to the hills, to the ri- 
vers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; Behold, I have spoken in 
my jealousy and in my fury, because 
ye have borne the shame of the hea- 
then. 

7. Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God ; I have lifted up my hand, Surely 
the heathen that are about you, they 
shall bear their shame. 

8. But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye 
shall shoot forth your branches, and 
yield your fruit to my people of Israel ; 
for they are at hand to come. 

9. For behold, I am for you, and I 
will turn unto you, and ye shall be 
tilled and sown : 

10. And I will multiply men upon 
you, all the house of Israel, even all of 
it: and the cities shall be inhabited, 
and the wastes shall be builded: 

11. And I will multiply upon you 
man and beast ; and they shall increase 
and bring fruit : and I will settle you 
after your old estates, and will do bet- 
ter unto you than at your beginnings, 
and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

12. Yea, I will cause men to walk 
upon you, even my people Israel ; and 
they shall possess thee, and thou shalt 
be their inheritance, and thou shalt no 
more henceforth bereave them of men. 

13. Thus saith the Lord God; Be- 
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but his latter end shall be that he perish 
for ever. 

21. And he looked on the Kenites, 
and took up his parable, and said, 
Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thou 
puttest thy nest in a rock. 

22. Nevertheless, the Kenite shall be 
wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee 
away captive. 

23. And he took up his parable, and 
said, Alas, who shall live when God 
doeth this ! 

24. And ships shall come from the 
coast of Chittim. and shall afflict Asshur, 
and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall 
perish for ever. 



devourest up men, and hast bereaved 
thy nations; 

14. Therefore, thou shalt devour 
men no more, neither bereave thy na- 
tions any more, saith the Lord God. 

15. Neither will I cause mento hear 
in thee the shame of the heathen any 
more, neither shalt thou bear the re- i 
proach of the people any more, neither 
shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any 
more, saith the Lord God. 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 



The Letter. 

1. And Jacob dwelt in the land 
wherein his father was a stranger, in 
the land of Canaan. 

Note. 

We have now tra.oed the history of 
Jacob from the period of the prophetic 
promise made to Rebekah concerning 
him before his birth, up to the time of 
his return to dwell in the land of Ca- 
naan. In all this history we have found 
a typical and prophetic revelation of 
the " better things " of the kingdom of 
Christ. 

In the person of Jacob we have seen 
the three-fold character and office-work 
of the third Person in the triune God- 
head ; three in one and one in three. 
First, he represents the Lord Jesus 
Christ, as the "elect" and "chosen ser- 
vant" of the covenant, anointed by the 
Father with the Spirit without measure, 
and going forth to redeem them that 
were under the law, that they might re- 
ceive the adoption of sons. Second, he 
represents the "ministration of the Spi- 
rit," in distinction from the law, or 
" ministration of death," as described by 
Paul in 3d chapter of 2d Corinthians, 
through which the children of God are 



The Spirit. 

John xiv. 16. And I will pray the 
Father, and he shall give you another 
Comforter, that he may abide with you 
for ever ; 

17. Even the Spirit of truth ; whom 
the world cannot receive, because it 
seeth him not, neither knoweth him: 
but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with 
you, and shall be in you. 

18. I will not leave you comfortless ; 
I will come to you. 

19. Yet a little while, and the world 
seeth me no more ; but ye see me : be- 
cause I live, ye shall live also. 

20. At that day ye shall know that I 
am in my Father, and ye in me, and I 
in you. 

2 1 . He that hath my commandments, 
and keepeth them, he it is that loveth 
me ; and he that loveth me shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will love 
him, and will manifest myself to him. 

22. Judas saith unto him, (not Tsca- 
riot,) Lord, how is it that thou wilt 
manifest thyself unto us, and not unto 
the world ? 

23. Jesus answered and said unto 
him, If a man love me, he will keep my 



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begotten and born into the kingdom. 
And lastly, he represents the special 
office of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, 
as the glorifier of Jesus ; sent to abide 
with the church for ever; by whom 
they are sanctified and led into all 
truth, to understand and to profit by all 
that Jesus as the great Prophet has 
taught them. 

It is in this last character that he is 
brought to view in the first verse of 
this 37th chapter. He dwells in the land 
wherein both the Father and the Son 
had before been strangers; and makes 
it a meet temple to receive the promise 
of Jesus in the 14th chapter of John. 

The Holy Spirit not only abides with 
the church, but is, in a new and pecu- 
liar manner, identified with her. Jesus 
tells his disciples, that in the day when 
the world should see him no more, they 
should know that he is in the Father, 
and they in him, and he in them. By 
the indwelling of the Spirit, they are so 
united with the Godhead as not only to 
be made partakers of the divine nature, 
but also to be called by the same name: 
the common appellation of Israel is very 
promiscuously applied to each ; and 
that which is said of one, is equally true 
of the other. This fact is peculiarly evi- 
dent in the subsequent part of this his- 
tory. In this point, Jacob is distin- 
guished from Abraham and Isaac. Be- 
lievers are called the children of Abra- 
ham and the heirs of promise with 
Isaac : but they are not only the child- 
ren and the seed of Israel, but they are 
themselves " the Israel of God." 



The Letter. 

2. These are the generations of Ja- 
cob : Joseph being seventeen years 
old, was feeding the flock with his bre- 
thren, and the lad was with the sons of 
Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, 
his father's wives : and Joseph brought 
unto his father their evil report. 

, Note. 

From the commencement of this verse, 



words : and my Father will love him, 
and we will come unto him, and make 
our abode with him. 
***** 

26. But the Comforter, which is the 
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send 
in my name, he shall teach you all 
things, and bring all things to your re- 
membrance, whatsoever I have said 
unto yoSi. 

xvi. 26. But when the Comforter is 
come, w T hom I will send unto you from 
the Father, even the Spirit of truth, 
w r hich proceedeth from the Father, he 
shall testify of me. 

Eph. ii. 16. And that he might re- 
concile both unto God in one body by 
the cross, having slain the enmity 
thereby 1 

17. And came and preached peace to 
you which w T ere afar off, and to them 
that were nigh. 

18. For through him we both have 
access by one Spirit unto the Father. 

19. Now' therefore ye are no more 
strangers and foreigners, but fellow- 
citizens with the saints, and of the 
household of God; 

20. And are built upon the founda- 
tion of the apostles and prophets, Jesus 
Christ himself being the chief corner- 
s/one ; 

21. In whom all the building, fitly 
framed together, groweth unto an holy 
temple in the Lord : 

22. In whom ye also are builded to- 
gether for an habitation of God through 
the Spirit. 



The Spirit. 

Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
hath blessed us with all spiritual bless- 
ings in heavenly places in Christ. 

4. According as he hath chosen us 
in him, before the foundation of the 
world, that w T e should be holy and with- 
out blame before him in love : 

5. Having predestinated us unto the 
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we. might expect that the entire descend- 
ants of Jacob were about to be enume- 
rated; but the account is all summed 
up in Joseph — because in Christ, the an- 
titypical Joseph, are all the seed of Ja- 
cob chosen and called; and in him 
"shall all the seed of Jacob be justified 
and shall glory." 

Joseph fed the flock with his brethren ; 
so was Jesus always with his people, 
even when they provoked him te anger 
in the wilderness. "He made them to 
go forth like sheep, and guided them in 
the wilderness like a flock : he fed them 
according to the integrity of his heart ; 
and guided them by the skilfulness of 
his hand." 

But the shepherds whom he had set 
over the sheep, were but "blind leaders 
of the blind :" they fed themselves and 
not the flock: they were "thieves and 
robbers," whom the sheep would not 
follow, for they knew not the voice of 
6trangers. The sons of Bilhah and Zil 
pah, though numbered with the twelve, 
and though baptized unto Moses, and 
with all Israel passed through the sea, 
yet "they had corrupted themselves; 
their spot was not the spot of his chil- 
dren ■*' but they were a perverse and 
crooked generation. The rule of such 
as these " made the heart of God's peo- 
ple sad, whom he had not made sad," 
and "strengthened the hands of the 
wicked ;" and thus did they provoke 
God in the desert; "so that he sware 
in his wrath they should not enter into 
his rest." 

The age of Joseph, made up of two 
perfect or mystic numbers, 10 and 7, 
may possibly allude to Christ as being 
with the Father and rejoicing in the 
habitable parts of the earth, and also to 
his being manifested to the world from 
the beginning, to work the six days' 
work of preparation, and to rent on the 



The Letter. 

3. Now Israel loved Joseph more 
than all his children, because he was 
the son of his old age : and he made 
him a coat of many colors. 



himself, according to the good pleasure 
of his will, 

6. To the praise of the glory of his 
grace, wherein he hath made us ac- 
cepted in the Beloved. 

Isa. xlv. 25. In the Lord shall all 
the seed of Israel be justified, and shall 
glory. 

Col. i. 18. And he is the head of 
the body, the church : who is the begin- 
ning, the first-born from the dead : that 
in all things he might have the pre- 
eminence. 

19. For it pleased the Father that in 
him should all fulness dwell. 

Isa. xl. 11. He shall feed his flock 
like a shepherd: he shall gather the 
lambs with his arm, and carry them in 
his bosom, and shall gently lead those 
that are with young. 

Ps. xcv. 10. Forty years long was 
I grieved with this generation, and said, 
It is a people that do err in their heart, 
and they have not known my w T ays : 

11. Unto whom I sware in my wrath, 
that they should not enter into my 
rest. 

Heb. iii. 10. Wherefore I was 
grieved with that generation, and said, 
They do always err in their heart ; and 
they have not known my ways. 

11. So I sware in my wrath, They 
shall not enter into my rest. 

Deut. xxxii. 5. They have cor- 
rupted themselves; their spot is not 
the spot of his children : they are a 
perverse and crooked generation. 



seventh from his labors, as God did from 
the work of creation; or, in other 
words, the 10 and 7 express the "ful- 
ness of time " in which Jesus was to ap- 
pear in the flesh. 



The Spirit. 

Matt. iii. 17. And lo, a voice from 
heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, 
in whom I am well pleased. 

Ps. lxxxix. 26. He shall cry unto 



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Note. 

"We have now traced the typical de- 
velopment of the new and everlasting 
covenant, as exhibited in the history of 
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But, though 
exhibited by means of sensible things, 
it was, thus far, made known only in 
purpose; which purpose of grace, or 
mystery of Jehovah's will, was, in the 
" fulness of time," to be made manifest, 
by the actual coming of Jesns Christ in 
the flesh. This manifestation and "ful- 
ness of time " is typically set forth in the 
person and history of Joseph, who repre- 
sents Jesus in his mediatorial character 
and work; — the Word that was made 
flesh and dwelt among men. 

As Joseph was to Israel the son of his 
old age, so Jesus was the last and great- 
est revelation of God to men. Jacob 
loved Joseph more than all his children, 
— " And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, 
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am 
well pleased." Israel made for Joseph 
a coat of many colors, or a coat of many 
parts. So also, when Jesus "cometh into 
the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering 
thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou 
prepared me : in burnt offerings and sa 
orifices for sin thou hast no pleasure : 
then said I, Lo ! I come to do thy will, 
O God." When Joseph was sent by 
Israel to seek his brethren, they stripped 
him of this coat, dipped it in blood, and 
sent it to their father, to witness that an 
evil beast had devoured him. And, 
when Jesus was sent by the Father to 
seek and save that which was lost, his 
brethren, — they of his own flesh, " with 
wicked hands," crucified and slew him! 
Like bulls of Bashan, they compassed 
him about ; — as a roaring lion, they came 
upon him to eat up his flesh. 



me, Thou art my Father, my God, and 
the Rock of my salvation. 

27. Also I will make him my first- 
born, higher than the kings of the earth. 

Heb. x. 5. Wherefore, when he 
cometh into the world, he saith, Sacri- 
fice and offering thou wouldest not, 
but a body hast thou prepared me : 

6. In burnt-offerings and sacrifices 
for sin thou hast had no pleasure : 

7. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the 
volume of the book it is written of me) 
to do thy will, O God. 

John i. 1. In the beginning was the 
Word, and the Word was with God, 
and the Word was God. 

2. The same was in the beginning 
with God. 

***** 

14. And the Word w T as made flesh, 
and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his 
glory, the glory as of the only begotten 
of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 

Heb. i. 1. God, who at sundry times 
and in divers manners spake in time 
past unto the fathers by the prophets, 

2. Hath in these last clays spoken 
unto us by his Son, whom he hath ap- 
pointed heir of all things, by whom 
also he made the worlds ; 

3. Who, being the brightness of his 
glory, and the express image of his per- 
son, and upholding all things by the 
word of his power, when he had by 
himself purged our sins, sat down on 
the right hand of the Majesty on high. 

***** 

6. And again, when he bringeth in 
the first-begotten into the world, lie 
saith, And let all the "angels of God 
worship him. 

7. And of the angels he saith, Who 
maketh his angels spirits, and his minis- 
ters a flame of fire. 

8. But unto the Son he saith, Thy 
throne, O God, is for ever and ever ; a 
sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre 
of thy kingdom. 

9. Thou hast loved righteousness, 
and hated iniquity : therefore God, even 
thy God, hath anointed thee with the 
oil of gladness above thy fellows. 



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The Letter. 

3. * * * And he made him a coat 
of many colors. 

Note. 

The body of Christ, the veil of hu- 
manity, which he took upon him -when 
he came into the world, was not only 
made like unto his brethren, but it was 
a representation of his mystical body, 
the church, with whom he is vitally 
united, as Head and members, in one 
body. Hence the type of this body, the 
coat of Joseph, is said to be of many 
parts or colors : "for as the body is one, 
and hath many members, and all the 
members of that one body, being many, are 
one body, so also is Christ." 

This mystical oneness explains many 
things otherwise difficult to understand 
or conceive. It shows how the church, 
or true believers, are "crucified with 
Christ" — "dead with Christ" — "quick- 
ened together with Christ ;" — why they 
are said to be branches of the true vine ; 
and why they can no more bear fruit of 
themselves, than a branch broken off 
from the vine and withered. Hence 
the necessity of " holding the Head, from 
which all the body, by joints and bands, 
having nourishment ministered, and knit 
together, increaseth with the increase of 
God." 

In the many parts or colors of Joseph's 
coat, we also see represented the diver- 
sity of gifts, administered to the various 
members of the mystical body of Christ ; 
all equally needful for the good of the 
whole, though it may be, not all equally 
honorable or comely. A schism or rent 
in the body, not only spoils the symme- 
try of the whole, but is severely felt by 
every member in it : for if one member 
suffer, even the most uncomely or in- 
considerable, all the rest suffer with it. 
It is said of the coat or vesture of Christ, 
that it had no seam, and was not di- 
vided ; but his murderers cast lots for 
it^ — even as they also bid a price upon 
his body. 

By comparing Ex. xxvi. 30 — 34, and 
Heb. ix. 6—9, with Heb. x. 19—21, and 
Matt, xxvii. 50 — 52, we shall see that the 
body of Jesus was also signified by the 



The Spirit. 

1 Cor. xii. 27. Now ye are the body 
of Christ, and members in particular. 

Heb. x. 10. By the which will we 
are sanctified through the offering of 
the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 

1 Cor. xii. 4. Now there are diver- 
sities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 

5. And there are differences of ad- 
ministrations, but the same Lord. 

6. And there are diversities of ope- 
rations, but it is the same God which 
worketh all in all. 

7. But the manifestation of the 
Spirit is given to every man to profit 
withal. 

8. For to one is given by the Spirit 
the word of wisdom ; to another, the 
word of knowledge by the same Spi- 
rit; 

9. To another, faith by the same 
Spirit ; to another, the gifts of healing 
by the same Spirit ; 

10. To another, the working of mira- 
cles; to another, prophecy; to another, 
discerning of spirits ; to another, divers 
kinds of tongues; to another, the in- 
terpretation of tongues : 

11. But all these worketh that one 
and the self-same Spirit, dividing to 
every man severally as he will. 

12. For as the body is one, and hath 
many members, and all the members of 
that one body, being many, are one 
body : so also is Christ. 

13. For by one Spirit are we all 
baptized into one body, whether we be 
Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond 
or free ; and have been all made to 
drink into one Spirit. 

14. For the body is not one mem- 
ber, but many. 

***** 

18. But now hath God set the mem- 
bers every one of them in the body, as 
it hath pleased him. 

19. And if they were all one mem- 
ber, where were the body ? 

20. But now are they many members, 
yet but one body. 



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vail of the temple or tabernacle. This 
vail was made of three colors — blue, 
purple, and scarlet. The blue is a sym- 
bol of heaven — scarlet, the symbol of 
animal life or blood ; and pnrple is the 
uuion of both these. These three co- 
lors had evident allusion to the divine 
and human natures of the Son of God, 
and the union of these natures in one 
person. This vail was designed to sepa- 
rate between the holy and most holy 
place ; there to stand until the first, or 
worldly sanctuary, should be taken 
away, and the " new and living may " be 
opened into the holiest by the blood of 
Jesus. 

When, therefore, this blood ,had been 
shed, and this new way "consecrated 
through the vail, that is to sag, hisjlesh :" 
then " the vail of the temple was rent 
in twain," to signify, even by a sensible 
demonstration of divine power, that 
" it was finished." 



I 26. And whether one member suffer, 
j all the members suffer with it ; or one 
member be honored, all the members 
rejoice with it. 

27. Now ye are the body of Christ, 
and members in particular. 

Heb. x. 19. Having therefore, bre- 
thren, boldness to enter into the holiest 
by the blood of Jesus, 

20. By a new and living way, which 
he hath consecrated for us through the 
vail, that is to say, his flesh. 

Ex. xxvi. 30. And thou shalt rear 
up the tabernacle according to the 
fashion thereof which was showed thee 
in the mount. 

31. And thou shalt make a vail of 
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 
twined linen of cunning work: with 
cherubims shall it be made. 

* * * % * 

33. And thou shalt hang up the vail 
under the taches, that thou mayest 
bring ill thither within the vail the ark 
| of the testimony; and the vail shall di- 
vide unto you between the holy place 
and the most holy. 

Matt, xxvii. 50. Jesus, when he 
had cried again with a loud voice, yield- 
ed up the ghost. 

51. And behold, the vail of the tem- 
ple was rent in twain from the top to 
the bottom : and the earth did quake, 
! and the rocks rent. 

Heb. ix. 6. Now when these things 
were thus ordained, the priests went 
always into the first tabernacle, accom- 



I plishing the service of God : 

7. But into the second went the high 
priest alone once every year, not with- 

| out blood, which he offered for himself, 
and for the errors of the people : 

8. The Holy Ghost this signifying, 
that the way into the holiest of all was 
not yet made manifest, while as the 
first taben.acle was yet standing.- 



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The Letter. 

4. And when his brethren saw that 
their father loved him more than all his 
brethren, they hated him, and could not 
speak peaceably unto him. 

Note. 

It was the image and glory of God 
that shone forth in the divine Redeemer, 
which excited the hatred of the Jews, 
his brethren of the flesh. " Ye have 
seen and hated both me and my Father,' 1 '' 
said Jesus to his persecutors. "Many 
good works have I shown you from the 
Father : for which of them do ye stone 
me ?" 

"He that hateth his brother is a mur- 
derer; and no murderer hath eternal 
life abiding in him." This declaration 
identifies murder, in the gospel sense of 
the word, with the " sin unto death," for 
which " no satisfaction was taken " un- 
der the law; and for which no sacrifice 
is made under the gospel. It is the 
same as the sin against the Holy Ghost ; 
for it is the image and glory of God, 
manifested by works which none other 
than God can do, that is the object of 
despite and hatred ; in those, too, who 
well know that it is the power of God, 
which they are hating and denying. 
Hence Jesus said to the Jews, who ac- 
cused him of casting out devils by Beel- 
zebub the prince of devils, " Whoever 
speaketh a word against the Son of man, it 
shall be forgiven him ; but whosoever 
speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall 
not be forgiven him, neither in this world, 
neither in the world to come :" by which 
we must understand, that a person may 
speak against, and act against the Son 
of man ignorantly, and believing him to 
be no more than man, and yet be for- 
given ; for so spoke and acted Paul, as 
well as others; but blasphemy against 
the Holy Ghost, or hatred and despite 
toward the image or manifestation of 
that divine agent, is the "sin unto 
death." 



The Spirit. 

John vii. 5. For neither did his bre- 
thren believe in him. 

6. Then Jesus said unto them, My 
time is not yet come : but your time is 
always ready. 

7. The world cannot hate you ; but 
me it hateth, because I testify of it, 
that the works thereof are evil. 

iii. 20. For every one that doeth 
evil hateth the light, neither cometh to 
the light, lest his deeds should be re- 
proved. 

21. But he that doeth truth cometh 
to the light, that his deeds may be 
made manifest, that they are wrought 
in God. 

19. And this is the condemnation, 
that light is come into the world, and 
men loved darkness rather than light, 
because their deeds were evil. 

v. 18. Therefore the Jews sought 
the more to kill him, because he not 
only had broken the sabbath, but said 
also that God was his Father, making 1 
himself equal with God. 

23. That all men should honor the 
Son, even as they honor the Father. 
He that honoreth not the Son, honor- 
eth not the Father which hath sent 
him. 

1 John iii. 10. In this the children 
of God are manifest, and the children 
of the devil : whosoever doeth not 
righteousness is not of God, neither he 
that loveth not his brother. 

11. For this is the message that ye 
heard from the beginning, that we 
should love one another. 

12. Not as Cain, who was of that 
wicked one, and slew his brother. 
And wherefore slew he him ? Because 
his own works were evil, and his bro- 
ther's righteous. 

13. Marvel not, my brethren, if the 
world hate you. 

14. We know that we have passed 
from death unto life, because we love 
the brethren. He that loveth not his 
brother abideth in death. 



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The Letter. 

5. And Joseph dreamed a dream, 
and he told it his brethren : and they 
hated him yet the more. 

6. And he said nnto them, Hear, I 
pray you, this dream which I have 
dreamed : 

7. For behold, we were binding- 
sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf 
arose, and also stood upright; and be- 
hold, your sheaves stood round about, 
and made obeisance to my sheaf. 

8. And his brethren said to him, 
Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or 
shalt thou indeed have dominion over 
us ? and they hated him yet the more 
for his dreams and for his words. 

Note. 

The offices sustained by Christ in his 
mystical body, the church, are those of 
Prophet, Priest, and King. In the pas- 
sage before us, he is represented as de- 
claring the future glory and prosperity 
of his kingdom, under the figure of the 
dream of Joseph, which foretold his own 
exaltation in Egypt. The prophetic 
office of Christ was exercised in making 
known from the beginning, that which 
should come to pass concerning himself; 
and increases in the clearness and ex- 
plicitness of its revelations, more and 
more to the full light of the gospel day. 

One of the most striking features of 
the teaching of Christ, whether in the 
Old or N"ew Testament, is that he always 
speaks in parables ; " and without a pa- 
rable spake he not." The wise and the 
prudent among men, tell us that this 
fact is fully accounted for, in the figura- 
tive language of the times, and that Je- 
sus took this method the better to illus- 
trate his doctrine, and that the people 
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15. Whosoever hateth his brother, 
is a murderer ; and ye know that no 
murderer hath eternal life abiding in 
him. 

ii. 9. He that saith he is in the light, 
and hateth his brother, is in darkness 
even until now. 



The Spirit. 

Acts iii. 22. For Moses truly said 
unto the fathers, A Prophet shall the 
Lord your God raise up unto you, of 
your brethren, like unto me ; him shall 
ye hear in all things, whatsoever he 
shall say unto you. 

23. And it shall come to pass, that 
every soul which will not hear that 
Prophet, shall be destroyed from among 
the people. 

John i. 18. No man hath seen God 
at any time; the only begotten Son, 
which is in the bosom of the Father, he 
hath declared him. 

Matt. xi. 27. All things are deli- 
vered unto me of my Father ; and no 
man knoweth the Son, but the Father ; 
neither knoweth any man the Father, 
save the Son. and he to whomsoever 
the Son will reveal him. 

John xiii. 19. Now I tell you be- 
fore it come, that when it is come, to 
pass, ye may believe that I am he. 

Is a. xlviii. 3. I have declared the 
former things from the beginning ; and 
they went forth out of my mouth, and 
I showed them ; I did them suddenly, 
and they came to pass. 

4. Because I knew that thou art ob- 
stinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, 
and thy br< m brass ; 

5. I have even from the beginning 
declared it to thee ; before it came to 
pass I showed it thee: lest thou 
shouldest say, Mine idol hath done 
them; and my graven image, and my 
molten image, hath commanded them. 

6. Thou hast heard, see all this ; and 
will not ye declare it ? I have showed 
thee new things from this time, even 



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might have a better understanding of it. 
But he himself has given quite a differ- 
ent exposition of the matter. When the 
disciples asked, " Why speakest thou 
•unto them in parables ?" he replied thus, 
"Because it is given unto you to know the 
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but 
to them it is not given" " And in them 
is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias which 
saith, By hearing ye shall hear and shall 
not understand ; and seeing, ye shall see 
and shall not perceive," &c. As they 
had chosen darkness rather than light, 
they were given up to grope for the wall 
as the blind. 

Both the Old and New Testament are 
full of this parabolic instruction. In- 
deed, the Old Testament is chiefly of this 
character. The acts recorded, as well 
as the institutions given, have a figura- 
tive design and meaning. Abraham, 
Isaac, and Jacob, are all in turn re- 
proached as deceivers, because they con- 
cealed a part of the truth. But did not 



The Letter. 

9. And he dreamed yet another 
dream, and told it his brethren, and 
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream 
more: and behold, the sun and the 
moon and the eleven stars made obei- 
sance to me. 

10. And he told it to his father, and 
to his brethren : and his father rebuked 
him, and said unto him, What is this 
dream that thou hast dreamed ? Shall 
I and thy mother and thy brethren in- 
deed come to bow down ourselves to 
thee to the earth ? 

11. And his brethren envied him; 
but his father observed the saying. 

Note. 
At first view it may be thought that 
Joseph's dreams were received by Israel 
with the same feelings as by his bre- 
thren; but the 11th verse proves that 
this was not the case. Israel observed 
the 6aying, but his brethren envied him. 
The marvellous things intimated in 
these dreams were matter of wonder, 
even to the father who loved and de- 



hidden things, and thou didst not know 
them. 

Matt. xiii. 34. All these things 
spake Jesus unto the multitude in pa- 
rables ; and without a parable spake he 
not unto them : 

35. That it might be fulfilled which 
was' spoken by the prophet, saying, I 
will open my mouth in parables ; I will 
utter things which have been kept se- 
cret from the foundation of the world. 



Jesus the Great Prophet do the same ? 
Had these men acted merely as men, 
and with evil intention, then they were 
guilty ; but if they acted as types, under 
divine influence, and to effect a special 
purpose, then they do not merit this re- 
proach. That the latter should be in- 
ferred, appears from the fact that they 
are nowhere accused in the scriptures 
of any evil in thematter, except by their 
enemies. 



The Spirit. 

Is a. xxii. 21. And I will clothe 
him with thy robe and strengthen him 
with thy girdle, and I will commit thy 
government into his hand : and he shall 
be a father to the inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem, and to the house of Judah. 

22. And the key of the house of 
David will I lay upon his shoulder : so 
he shall open, and none shalll shut; and 
he shall shut, and none shall open. 

23. And I will fasten him as a nail 
in a sure place ; and he shall be for a 
glorious throne to his father's house. 

24. And they shall hang upon him 
all the glory of his father's house, the 
offspring and the issue, all vessels of 
small quantity, from the vessels of 
cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. 

Ps. lxxii. 8. He shall have dominion 
also from sea to sea, and from the river 
unto the ends of the earth. 

9. They that dwell in the wilderness 
shall bow before him ; and his enemies 
shall lick the dust. 

10. The kings of Tarshish and of 



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lighted to honor this favorite son. Much 
more have the greater things, of which 
these dreams were only a figure, been 
the theme of wonder and of contempla- 
tion to the church in all ages. It is 
long before the finite comprehension, 
even of those who are taught by the 
Spirit, can fully receive the mysteries of 
the kingdom! The disciples of Jesus 
had no right understanding of his divine 
mission, of his death and resurrection, 
and the great work to be accomplished 
by it, until after he had risen from the 
dead ; and Peter, on one occasion, even 
rebukes his Lord and Master, for inti- 
mating such a thing. 

Joseph dreams that the sun, moon, 
and eleven stars should make obeisance 
to him ; and Israel interprets this to be 
his own household. This it literally 
proved to be : but much more does it 
point to the glory, power, and dominion 
of the King of Zion, when exalted to the 
throne of his kingdom, and all things 
should be put under his feet, and the 
whole church of the First-born should 
crown him Lord of all. 

It was nothing strange that Joseph's 
brethren found it difficult to believe that 
their despised brother would ever be 
lord of Egypt, and that they should 
ever bow the knee to him ; it was also 
incredible even to Israel. Nor was it 
less difficult for the disciples of Jesus to 
realize that the poor carpenters son, 
despised and rejected of men, and who 
had not where to lay his head, was ac- 
tually the Lord of heaven and earth ; 
and that he would hereafter come in the 
clouds of heaven with power and- great 
glory to judge the world. 



The Letter. 

12. And his brethren went to feed 
their father's flock in Shechem. 

13. And Israel said unto Joseph, Do 
not thy brethren feed the flock in She- 
chem ? Come, and I will send thee 



the isles shall bring presents : the kings 
of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 

11. Yea, all kings shall fall down 
before him : all nations shall serve 
him. 

Luke ii. 50. And they understood 
not the saying which he spake unto 
them. 

51. And he went down with them, 
and came to Nazareth, and was subject 
unto them : but his mother kept all 
these sayings in her heart. 

Isa. xlv. 22. Look unto me, and be 
ye saved, all the ends of the earth : for 
I am God, and there is none else. 

23. I have sworn by myself, the 
word is gone out of my month in 
righteousness, and shall not return, 
That unto me every knee shall bow, 
every tongue shall swear. 

Phil. ii. 9. Wherefore God also 
hath highly exalted him, and given him 
a name which is above every name ; 

10. That at the name of Jesus every 
knee should bow, of things in heaven, 
and things in earth, and things under 
the earth ; 

11. And that every tongue should 
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to 
the glory of God the Father. 

Rev. v. 12. Saying with a loud 
voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was 
slain to receive power, and riches, and 
wisdom, and strength, and honor, and 
glory, and blessing. 

13. And every creature which is in 
heaven, and on the earth, and under the 
earth, and such as are in the sea, and 
all that are in them, heard I saying, 
Blessing, and honor, and glory, and 
power, be unto him that sitteth upon 
the throne, and unto the Lamb, for 
ever and ever. 



The Spirit. 

Ezk. xxxiv. 11. For thus saith the 
Lord God; Behold I, even I, will both 
search my sheep, and seek them out. 

12. As a shepherd seeketh out his 
flock in the day that he is among his 



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unto them. And he said to him, Here 
am I. 

14. And he said to him, Go, I pray 
thee, see whether it be well with thy 
brethren, and well with the flocks ; and 
bring me word again. So he sent him 
out of the vale of Hebron, and he came 
to Shechem. 

Note. 

It. was to Shechem* (the dawning 
light of promise) that the shepherds of 
Israel were directed to go for the green 
pastures and still waters, beside which 
they should have fed their flock. But 
these shepherds proved to be but " hire- 
lings whose the sheep are not ;" and the 
flocks were scattered upon the moun- 
tains in the dark and cloudy day. 

"When, in the counsels of eternal wis- 
dom, the question was asked, " Who will 
go for us ?" the Son is represented as re- 
plying, "Here am I, send me." It was 
a voluntary "giving of himself" up " to 
seek and to save that which was lost." 
He goes out as from the vale of Hebron, f 
the place of union and friendship, in 
which the Three in One, and One in 
Three, "purposed in themselves" the 
great covenant plan of grace — "that, 
in the ages to come, they might show the 
exceeding riches of grace in their kind- 
ness toward us, through Christ Jesus" 

The act of Israel, in sending his best 
beloved son to seek his brethren and 
know their welfare, when he well knew 
their enmity towards him, is a fit repre- 
sentation of the love of God to a lost 
world. The only begotten and best be- 
loved of the Father, was sent from his 
bosom, to the lost sheep of the house of 
Israel, that they might be gathered to 
the true fold and the true shepherd. 
The hireling pastor? had scattered the 
flock, but the Good Shepherd, " whose 
the sheep were," laid down his life that 
he might restore them to himself. The 
phrase, "bring me word again,'" implies 
not merely a fact, but a promise, that the 
Son of God, the antitypical Joseph, 
should not be left in the hands of the 
enemv. 



* Shechem signifies early in the morning. 
t Hebron signifies union, friendship. 



sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek 
out my sheep, and will deliver them out 
of all places where they have been 
scattered in the cloudy and dark 
day. 

Jer. xxiii. 1. Wo be unto the pas- 
tors that destroy and scatter the sheep 
of my pasture ! saith the Lord. 

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3. And I will gather the remnant of 
my flock out of all countries whither 
I have driven them, and will bring 
them again to their folds ; and they 
shall be fruitful and increase. 

4. And I will set up shepherds over 
them, which shall feed them : and they 
shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, 
neither shall they be lacking, saith the 
Lord. 

5. Behold, the days come, saith the 
Lord, that I will raise unto David a 
righteous Branch, and a King shall 
reign and prosper, and shall execute 
judgment and justice in the earth. 

6. In his days Judah shall be saved, 
and Israel shall dwell safely : and this 
is his name whereby he shall be called, 
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUS- 
NESS. 

Isa. viii. 8. Also I heard the voice 
of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, 
and who will go for us 1 Then said I, 
Here am I ; send me. 

Matt. xxi. 37. But last of all he 
sent unto them his son, saying, They 
will reverence my son. 

xv. 24. But he answered and said, I 
am not sent but unto the lost sheep of 
the house of Israel. 

Luke xix. 10. For the Son of man 
is come to seek and to save that which 
was lost. 

John vi. 38. For I came down 
from heaven, not to do mine own will, 
but the will of him that sent me. 

39. And this is the Father's will 
which hath sent me, that of all which 
he hath given me, I should lose no- 
thing, but should raise it up again at 
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The Letter. 

• 15. And a certain man found him, 
and behold, lie was wandering in the 
field : and the man asked him, saying, 
What seekest thou ? 

16. And he said, I seek my brethren : 
tell me, I pray thee, where they feed 
their flocks. 

17. And the man said, They are 
departed hence : for I heard them say, 
Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph 
went after his brethren, and found 
them in Dothan. 

Xote. 

The certain man, who directed the 
way of Joseph to his brethren, clearly 
points to John the Baptist, who was 
Bent " to prepare the way of the Lord, 
and make his paths straight;" — the 
"porter" that opened the door of the 
kingdom of heaven, not only to the 
Shepherd of the sheep, by announcing 
him to the people, as " the true light," 
and "the Lamb of God that taketh 
away the sin of the world" — but also 
to all that entered by him into the 
fold. By preaching the baptism of re- 
pentance for the remission of sins, John 
uttered the voice of the true Shepherd 
of the sheep; hence he is called "the 
voice of one crying in the tcilderness." 
The true sheep of Christ knew that 
voice, and followed it, by coming out 
from the dark and barren wilderness of 
Dothan (the law), and confessing their 
sins: they were baptized by John in 
Jordan, believing on him who should 
come after. 

But, as a faithful Watchman, John 
guarded the door of the kingdom against 
all that would "climb up some other ivay;" 
and when the scribes and Pharisees 
came to his baptism, because they had 
Abraham to their father, thinking that 
the inheritance was still of the law, and 
theirs by virtue of birth, — he rejects 
them as a generation of vipers. These 
"thieves and robbers" "came not but 
for to kill and to destroy;" they claim- 
ed, not only Abraham, but God himself, 
as their father, yet they knew not him 
whom God had sanctified and sent; and 



The Spirit. 

Matt. iii. 1. In those days came 
John the Baptist, preaching in the wil- 
derness of Judea, 

2. And saying, Repent ye : for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

3. For this is he that was spoken of 
by the prophet Esaias, saying, The 
voice of one crying in the wilderness, 
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make 
his paths straight. 

John x. 1. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, He that entereth not by the door 
into the sheepfold, but climbeth up 
some other way, the same is a thief and 
a robber. 

2. But he that entereth in by the 
door, is the shepherd of the sheep. 

3. To him the porter openeth; and 
the sheep hear his voice : and he call- 
eth his own sheep by name, and lead- 
eth them out. 

4. And when he putteth forth his 
own sheep, he goeth before them, and 
the sheep follow him : for they know 
his voice. 

5. And a stranger will they not fol- 
low, but will flee from him : for they 
know not the voice of strangers. 

6. This parable spake Jesus unto 
them: but they understood not what 
things they were which he spake unto 
them. 

7. Then said Jesus unto them again, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the 
door of the sheep. 

8. All that ever came before me are 
thieves and robbers : but the sheep did 
not hear them. 

9. I am the door : by me if any man 
enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go 
in and out, and find pasture. 

10. The thief cometh not, but for to 
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I 
am come that they might have life, and 
that they might have it more abun- 
dantly. 

11. I am the good shepherd: the 
good shepherd giveth his life for the 
sheep. 

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though they were his brethren in the 
flesh, they "received him not;" — "but 
as many as received him, to them gave 
he power to become the sons of God, even 
to them who believed on his name; who 
were born, not of blood, nor of the will 
of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but 
of God." 

When Joseph found not his brethren 
at Sheehem, he pursued them to Do- 
than ;— and when the gracious Redeemer 
found not his people waiting for the pro- 
mise of his coming, but going about to 
seek life by the deeds of the law, he fol- 
lowed their vain wanderings, that he 
might deliver them from the bondage of 
the law, and give them the adoption of 
sons. 



The Letter. 

18. And when they saw him afar 
off, even before he came near unto 
them, they conspired against him to 
slay him. 

19. And they said one to another, 
Behold, this dreamer cometh. 

20. Come now therefore, and let us 
slay him, and cast him into some pit; 
and we will say, Some evil beast hath 
devoured him ; and we shall see what 
will become of his dreams. 

ISTote. 

The riches of sovereign grace, and 
the heights and depths of infinite wis- 
dom, are never more signally displayed 
than in the history of Joseph and his 
brethren, — or rather of one greater than 
Joseph and those who imbrued their 
hands in his blood. Truly may it be 
^aid, they "meant it for evil, but God 
meant it for good, and to save much peo- 
ple alive.'''' These brethren of Joseph 
little thought that they were executing 
the "determinate counsel of God," when, 
" with wicked hands," they took away 
his life! Much less did it enter their 
hearts to conceive, that this very counsel 
of the divine mind, had in view the sal- 
vation of their lives', and those of their 
households, in permitting this murderous 
deed! 



not the shepherd, whose own the sheep 
are not, seeth the wolf coming, and 
leaveth the sheep, and fleeth ; and the 
wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the 
sheep. 

13. The hireling fleeth, because he 
is an hireling, and careth not for the 
sheep. 

Gal. iv. 4. But when the fulness 
of the time was come, God sent forth 
his Son, made of a woman, made under 
the law, 

5. To redeem them that were under 
the law, that we might receive the 
adoption of sons. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. xxxi. 13. For I have heard the 
slander of many: fear was on every 
side : while they took counsel together 
against me, they devised to take away 
my life. 

Matt. xxi. 38. But when the hus- 
bandmen saw the son, they said among 
themselves, This is the heir ; come, let 
us kill him, and let us seize on his in- 
heritance. 

xxvii. 1. When the morning was 
come, all the chief priests and elders of 
the people took counsel against Jesus 
to put him to death. 

2. And when they had bound him, 
they led him away, and delivered him 
to Pontius Pilate, the governor. 

Luke xix. 47. . * * * But the chief 
priests, and the scribes, and the chief of 
the people sought to destroy him. 

Mark xv. 29. And they that passed 
by railed on him, wagging their heads, 
and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest 
the temple, and buildest it in three 
days, 

30. Save thyself, and come down 
from the cross. 

31. Likewise also the chief priests 
mocking, said among themselves with 
the scribes, He saved others; himself 
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But how is the marvel increased, 
when transferred to the only begotten 
and best beloved of the Father, and we 
behold him voluntarily laying down his 
life — yielding himself as a sacrifice to 
the ignominious death of the cross, that 
his very murderers might live ! for Jesus 
prayed that they might be forgiven, and 
"him the Father heareth always;" — 
when we consider, too, that the very 
dreams or predictions, which in both 
cases they intended to disprove, by the 
death of their victim, actually involved 
the welfare and even the vital existence 
of themselves and their households! 

It was when Jesus was " yet afar off" 
even from the time of righteous Abel, 
that the murderous purpose of his ene- 
mies was made manifest. For he has 
declared, that whatever is done to his 
followers, because they belong to 'him, 
is virtually done to himself. Hence he 
tells the Jewish rulers that they were 
children of them that slew the prophets, 



The Letter. 

21. And Reuben heard U, and he 
delivered him out of their hands; and 
said, Let us not kill him. 

22. And Reuben said unto them, 
Shed no blood, but cast him into this 
pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no 
hand upon him ; that he might rid him 
out of their hands, to deliver him to 
his father again. 

Note. 

"We think this testimony to the good 
intention of Reuben, is intended, partly 
at least, to remove the rather severe 
and unjust stigma that rests upon the 
name of Peter, in consequence of his de- 
nial of Christ. It is thought by many 
that Peter denied his Master, with the 
full conviction at the time, that he was 
the Christ. To this opinion we cannot 
assent : First, because such an act, un- 
der such conviction, would prove that he 
was not a subject of grace, because it is 
not possible for a Christian to sin thus 
wilfully ; and especially a sin of such a 
nature. We are rather disposed to 



32. Let Christ the King of Israel 
descend now from the cross, that we 
may see and believe. And they that 
were crucified with him, reviled him. 

Luke xxiii. 35. And the people 
stood beholding: and the rulers also 
with them derided Mm, saying, He 
saved others ; let him save himself, if 
he be Christ, the chosen of God. 

36. And the soldiers also mocked 
him, coming to him, and offering him 
vinegar, 

37. And saying, If thou be the King 
of the Jews, save thyself. 



and they would fill up the measure of 
their fathers in crucifying him. — "For 
which of the prophets have not your 
fathers persecuted? and they have slain 
them which showed before of the coming 
of the Just One, of whom ye have been 
the betrayers and murderers." 



The Spirit. 

Luke xxii. 31. And the Lord said, 
Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath de- 
sired to have you, that he may sift you 
as wheat : 

32. But 1 have prayed for thee, that 
thy faith fail not ; and when thou art 
converted, strengthen thy brethren. 

33. And he said unto him, Lord, I 
am ready to go with thee both into 
prison, and to death. 

34. And he said, I tell thee, Peter 
the cock shall not crow this day, before, 
that thou shalt thrice deny that thou 
knowest me. 

John xviii. 10. Then Simon Peter, 
having a sword, drew it, and smote the 
high priest's servant, and cut off his 
right ear. The servant's name was 
Malchus. 

11. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put 
up thy sword into the sheath : the cup 
which my Father hath given me, shall I 
not drink it ? 

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think, that when Peter saw Jesus pas- 
sively give himself up to the hands of 
his enemies, and with his own impetu- 
ous and headstrong nature having no 
conception of such meekness and for- 
bearance; being also entirely ignorant 
of the fact that the death of Christ was 
a part of his divine mission, he was led 
to doubt whether indeed he had not 
been mistaken ; and that, after all, Jesus 
was not the impostor that he was ac- 
cused of being. Still his love to Jesus 
constrained him to follow him to the 
judgment hall, and see the issue of this 
strange conduct in one whom he had 
seen put forth, on other occasions, such 
evidences of divine power. But he 
there saw him "led as a lamb to the, 
slaughter; and, as a sheep before her 
shearers is dumb, so he opened not his 
mouth." Alas! that he should not have 
remembered that this was written of 
him. When, therefore, he saw that all 
was lost, — and he whom " they had 
thought was to have redeemed Israel" 
was led as a malefactor to the cross — his 
carnal reason argued the folly of impli- 
cating himself in the cause of an impostor, 
— -and he was tempted to deny all know- 
ledge of the man ! This was a base and 
cowardly act, and better calculated than 
any other to humble the self-conceit and 
presumptuous confidence of Peter. For 
this purpose it was doubtless permitted. 
But we think that Jesus, in all his sub- 
sequent dealings with Peter, took the 
greatest care to show his own apprecia- 
tion of this sin ; and that he purposely 
gave Peter opportunity to appeal to 
himself, as the searcher of hearts, to con- 
firm his profession of love toward him. 



The Letter. 

23. And it came to pass when Jo- 
seph was come unto his brethren, that 
they stript Joseph out of his coat, his 
coat of many colors that luas on him. 



and so did another disciple. That dis- 
ciple was known unto the high priest, 
and went in with Jesus, into the palace 
of the high priest. 

16. But Peter stood at the door 
without. Then went out that other 
disciple, which was known unto the 
high priest, and spake unto her that 
kept the door, and brought in Peter. 

17. Then saith the damsel that kept 
the door unto Peter, Art not thou also 
one of this man's disciples ? He saith, 
I am not. 

18. And the servants and officers 

stood there, who had made a fire of 

coals: (for it was cold;) and they 

warmed themselves: and Peter stood 

with them, and warmed himself. 
* * * * * 

25. And Simon Peter stood and 
warmed himself. They said therefore 
unto him, Art not thou also one of his 
disciples ? He denied it, and said, I am 
not. 

26. One of the servants of the high 
priest (being Ms kinsman whose ear 
Peter cut off) saith, Did not I see thee 
in the garden with him ? 

27. Peter then denied again, and im- 
mediately the cock crew. 

Mark xiv. 70. * * * A little after, 
they that stood by said again to Peter, 
Surely thou art one of them : for thou 
art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth 
thereto. 

71. But he began to curse and to 
swear, saying, I know not this man of 
whom ye speak. 

72. And the second time the cock 
crew. And Peter called to mind the 
word that Jesus said unto him, Before 
the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny 
me thrice. And when he thought 
thereon, he wept. 



The Spirit. 

Jonah ii. 2. And said, I cried by 
reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, 
and he heard me ; out of the belly of hell 
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24. And they took him. and cast him 
into a pit : and the pit icas empty, there 
teas no water in it. 

ISTote. 

It has been before remarked, that the 
sufferings of the Son of God, in bearing 
the curse of his people, were of a three- 
fold character. His agony in the gar- 
den appears to allude more particu- 
larly to the " making his soul an of- 
fering for sin," or bearing the curse of 
the second death. This was represented 
by the wrestling of Jacob with the God- 
man, on the night previous to his meet- 
ing Esan. Then followed the triumph 
of the serpent, in getting possession of his 
victim, — as exhibited in the encounter 
with Esau, in which the type embraces 
both the triumph and the defeat of the 
powers of darkness. Xext is the subjec- 
tion of his mortal body to the power of 
death, which is brought to view in the 
present history of Joseph and his bre- 
thren. 

It may be asked, why the twelve pa- 
triarchs, who are considered types of the 
twelve chosen disciples, should here be re- 
presented as the murderers of Christ. 
"We answer, — there are two reasons: 
First, it was one of the twelve that did 
betray him to death ; — but more parti- 
cularly it must be remembered that 
these twelve heads of the tribes are 
often identified with the nation which 
they represent. This is seen in the sub- 
sequent history of Joseph. 

Joseph was cast into a pit in which 
there was no water. This very possibly 
alludes to, and explains, the scripture 
which, prophetically addressing the Re- 
deemer, says — "As for thee, by the 
blood of thy covenant, I have sent forth 
thy prisoners, out of the pit wherein is 
no water." Which may signify the same 
idea with that expressed in Hebrews : — 
" Forasmuch, therefore, as the children 
are partakers of flesh and blood, he also 
took part of the same, that through 
death he might destroy him that had 
the power of death, that is, the devil : 
and deliver them, who, through fear of 
death, were all their lifetime subject to 
bondage." 



3. For thou hadst cast me into the 
deep, in the midst of the seas; and the 
floods compassed me about: all thy 
billows and thy waves passed over me. 

4. Then I said, I am cast out of thy 
sight ; yet I will look again toward thy 
holy temple. 

5. The waters compassed me about, 
even to the soul : the depth closed me 
round about, the weeds were wrapped 
about my head. 

6. I went down to the bottoms of 
the mountains ; the earth with her bars 
ivas about me for ever: yet hast thou 
brought up my life from corruption, O 
Lord my God. 

7. When my soul fainted within me 
I remembered the Lord ; and my prayer 
came in unto thee, into thine holy tem- 
ple. 

Ps. xviii. 4. The sorrows of death 
compassed me, and the floods of un- 
godly men made me afraid. 

5. The sorrows of hell compassed 
me about ; the snares of death prevent- 
ed me. 

6. In my distress I called upon the 
Lord, and cried unto my God : he heard 
my voice out of his temple, and my cry 
came before him, even into his ears. 

lxix. 14. Deliver me out of the niire, 
and let me not sink : let me be deliver- 
ed from them that hate me. and out of 
the deep waters. 

15. Let not the water-flood over- 
flow me, neither let the deep swallow 
me up, and let net the pit shut her 
mouth upon me, 

cxvi. 3. The sorrows of death com- 
passed me, and the pains of hell gat 
hold upon me : I found trouble and sor- 
row. 

4. Then called I upon the name of 
the Lord ; O Lord, I beseech thee, de- 
liver my soul. 

xvii. 12. Like as a lion that is greedy 
of his prey, and as it were a young 
lion lurking in secret places. 

13. Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, 
cast him down : deliver my soul from 
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And again, in Isaiah: — "Thy dead 
men shall live ; together with my dead 
body shall they rise. Awake and sing, 
ye that dwell in dust, for thy dew is as 
the dew of herbs, and the earth shall 
cast forth her dead." 



The Letter. 

25. And they sat down to eat bread : 
and they lifted up their eyes and looked, 
and behold, a company of Ishmaelites 
came from Gilead, with their camels 
bearing 1 spicery, and balm, and myrrh, 
going to carry it down to Egypt. 

26. And Judah said unto his brethren, 
What profit is it if we slay our brother, 
and conceal his blood ? 

27. Come, and let us sell him to the 
Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be 
upon him : for he is our brother, and 
our flesh : and his brethren were con- 
tent. 

Note. 

Judah, or Judas, as he is called in 
Matt, i., is a type of a twofold charac- 
ter. As one of the tribes of Israel, or 
princes of the tribes, Judas is pre-emi- 
nent, and is styled, " He whom thy bre- 
thren shall praise" or exalt. This tribe 
was to be specially preserved in name 
and power, until Shiloh should take the 
throne and sceptre of his father David, 
(typically to the very period of the sell- 
ing him to the high priests, as exhibited 
in the history of Joseph.) Hence Jesus 
is called the lion of the tribe of Judah, 
because, according to the flesh, he de- 
scended from this tribe. The preserva- 
tion of this tribe, when the ten tribes 
were scattered, was also the subject of 
special promise to David; and God con- 
tinued them as his covenant people un- 
til the day when the staff, Bands was 
broken ; — or, when the body of Jesus 
was crucified. To the people of this 



xxxv. 6. Let their way be dark and 
slippery ; and let the angel of the Lord 
persecute them. 

7. For without cause have they hid 
for me their net in a pit, which without 
cause they have digged for my soul. 

Matt, xxvii. 25. Then answered 
all the people, and said, His blood be on 
us, and on our children. 



The Spirit 

Luke xviii. 31. Then he took unto 
him the twelve, and said unto them, 
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all 
things that are written by the prophets 
concerning the Son of man shall be 
accomplished. 

32. For he shall be delivered unto 
the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and 
spitefully entreated, and spitted on ; 

33. And they shall scourge him, and 
put him to death : and the third day he 
shall rise again. 

xxii. 2. And the chief priests and 
scribes sought how they might kill him: 
for they feared the people. 

3. Then entered Satan into Judas 
surnamed Iscariot, being of the num- 
ber of the twelve. 

4. And he went his way, and com- 
muned with the chief priests and cap- 
tains, how he might betray him unto 
them. 

5. And they were glad, and covenant- 
ed to give him money. 

6. And he promised, and sought op- 
portunity to betray him unto them in 
the absence of the multitude. 

Acts ii. 22. Ye men of Israel, hear 
these words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man 
approved of God among you by mira- 
cles and wonders and signs, which God 
did by him in the midst of you, as ye 
yourselves also know : 

23. Him, being delivered by the de- 
terminate counsel and foreknowledge 
of God, ye have taken, and by wicked 
hands have crucified and slain. 



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tribe Jesus first came, and salvation 
was first proclaimed. 

So far, it is evident that Judah was 
exalted to heaven ; and is obviously 
the subject of the portrait drawn of the 
prince of Tyrus, in Ezk. xxviii. In the 
12th verse of this chapter, reference is 
had more particularly to the " man of 
sin" mentioned in 2 Thess. ii., but the 
remaining part of the chapter gives 
the typical representation of Judas, 
as one of the twelve stones of the 
breastplate worn on the mount of God. 
But these, as well as others already de- 
scribed in the history of Esau, are only 



The Letter. 

28. Then there passed by Midianites. 
merchant-men ; and they drew and 
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold 
Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty 
pieces of silver : and they brought Jo- 
seph into Egypt. 

Note. 

The Midianites were the seed of Abra- 
ham by Keturah ; and at this time were 
united as one people with the Ishmael- 
ites ; even as Herod and Pontius Pilate 
were made friends in the crucifixion of 
Christ. This fact presents a striking 
confirmation of the words of Paul, " But 
as he that icas born after the flesh 'perse- 
cuted him that was born after the Spirit, 
even so it is now." 

The flesh and the Spirit, with all that 
are born of each, are ever at war with 
each other; but the children of the 
Spirit will finally triumph over all their 
enemies; while the children of the flesh 
are to be destroyed for ever. 

The nations of Moab and Ammon, of 
Medan and Midian, of Jokshan and 
Zemman, Ishbak and Ilmah, and of 
Edom, are all connected with Abraham 
by the flesh ; and in all their branches 
are doomed to a final overthrow ; 
though not with an equal curse. This 
fact may be fully proved by tracing 
their prophetic history through the en- 
tire scriptures ; but more especially 
from Num. xxiv. 17-25, and Isa. xi. 11- 



different transformations of the same 
" son of perdition" who here sold his 
brother for twenty pieces of silver. For 
it was for traffic such as this that Tyrus 
was famous, and for which the bloody 
city in league with Antichrist, was cast 
as a millstone into the sea. 

It is a striking circumstance in this 
typical history, that the merchantmen 
to whom Joseph was sold, were Ishmael- 
ites, of the seed of Abraham according 
to the flesh, and thus very properly per- 
sonating the high priests and rulers of 
the Jews, who, " though the seed of Abra- 
ham, were not children." 



The Spirit. 

Zech. ix. 11. As for thee also, by 
the blood of thy covenant I have sent 
forth thy prisoners out of the pit 
wherein is no water. 

12. Turn you to the strong hold, ye 
prisoners of hope : even to-day do I 
declare, that I will render double unto 
thee. 

xi. 12. And I said unto them, If ye 
think good, give me my price ; and if 
not, forbear. So they weighed for my 
price thirty pieces of silver. 

13. And the Lord said unto me, 
Cast it unto the potter : a goodly price 
that I was prized at of them. And I 
took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast 
them to the potter in the house of the 
Lord. 

Luke xxii. 4. And he w r ent his way, 
and communed with the chief priests 
and captains, how 7 he might betray him 
unto them. 

5. And they w T ere glad, and cove- 
nanted to give him money. 

6. And he promised, and sought op- 
portunity to betray him unto them in 
the absence of the multitude. 

Ps. cix. 13. Let his posterity be cut 
off; and in the generation following 
let their name be blotted out. 

14. Let the iniquity of his father be 
remembered with the Lord ; and let not 
the sin of his mother be blotted out. 



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16, with several other more especial and 
individual denunciations. 

The order of things not being pre- 
served in this part of the figure, is not 
essential to the meaning. It is impos- 
sible that literal and natural things 
should in all points signify those that 
are spiritual. Joseph as a type of 
Christ, not only in his personal minis- 
try, but also in his kingly office, could 
not actually suffer death at the hands of 
his brethren at this time, because he 
must be cast into the dungeon of Egypt 
and raised up tp be governor of all the 
land. Hence the selling of him by Ju- 
das followed the casting of him into the 
pit, instead of preceding it, as in the an- 
titype. 



15. Let them be before the Lord 
continually, that he may cut off the 
memory of them from the earth. 

Matt, xxvii. 6. And the chief 
priests took the silver pieces, and said, 
It is not lawful for to put them into 
the treasury, because it is the price of 
blood. 

7. And they took counsel, and 
bought with them the potter's field, to 
bury strangers in. 

8. Wherefore that field was called, 
The field of blood, unto this day. 

9. Then was fulfilled that which was 
spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, 
And they took the thirty pieces of sil- 
ver, the price of him that was valued, 
whom they of the children of Israel did 
value ; 

10. And gave them for the potter's 
field, as the Lord appointed me. 



The Letter. 

29. And Reuben returned unto the 
pit ; and behold, Joseph was not in the 
pit : and he rent his clothes. 

30. And he returned unto his bre- 
thren, and said, The child is not : and 
I, whither shall I go ? 

Note. 

The lamentation of Reuben over his 
brother Joseph, reminds us of the sor- 
row of Peter, when made to realize 
what he had done in denying his Master. 
It had been at the suggestion of Reuben 
that Joseph was cast into the pit, with 
the secret intention of delivering him 
from it; but now he believed him to 
have been destroyed ; the thing that he 
would most willingly have prevented, 
though it now seemed he had been ac- 
cessory to it. 

The penitent grief of Peter, when 
brought to feel that Jesus was indeed 
the Christ, and that he had basely de- 
nied him, may be better conceived than 
described. Yet must every true peni- 
tent experience the like, when by faith 
he looks upon Him whom his sins have 
pierced. 



The Spirit. 

Matt. xxvi. 75. And Peter remem- 
bered the word of Jesus, which said 
unto him, Before the cock crow, thou 
shalt deny me thrice. And he went 
out, and wept bitterly. 

John xx. 2. Then she runneth, and 
cometh to Simon Peter, and to the 
other disciple whom Jesus loved, and 
saith unto them, They have taken away 
the Lord out of the sepulchre, and 
we know not where they have laid 
him. 

3. Peter therefore went forth, and 
that other disciple, and came to the se- 
pulchre. 

4. So they ran both together : and 
the other disciple did outrun Peter, 
and came first to the sepulchre. 

5. And he stooping down, and look- 
iag in, saw the linen clothes lying; 
yet went he not in. 

6. Then cometh Simon Peter, fol- 
lowing him, and went into the sepul- 
chre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 

7. And the napkin, that was about 
his head, not lying with the linen 



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In this typical history, however, 
Reuben (Peter) is made to lament 
him as if actually dead, and taken out 
of the tomb. Literally it appears as if 
Joseph was carried to another country, 
and so he doubtless was ; and yet in the 
figurative sense of the subject, Egypt 
and Jerusalem are the same. This will 
appear by referring to Rev. xi. 8 : " And 
their dead bodies shall lie in the street of 
the great city which spiritually is called 
Sodom and Egypt ; where also our Lord 
was crucified." 

It was in Jerusalem, the spiritual 
Egypt, that the great work of redemp- 
tion was wrought out ; that the ark of 
salvation, or of the new and everlasting 
covenant, was prepared for the elect 
household, " to save much people olive" 
even all the true Israel, when "the fa- 
mine ; ' should be " sore in all the land." 
And it was in Jerusalem that the Lord 
of life and glory was crucified, c;:st into 
the dungeon of the tomb, upon the tes- 
timony of false witnesses ; where also 
he was raised up, having burst the 
bands of death, because he could not be 
holden thereby. Of whom it was testi- 
fied, "Him hath God exalted to be a 
Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance 
and remission of sins to Israel." 

Joseph's brethren could not, in their 
wisdom, devise a more effectual method 
to prevent the accomplishment of his 
dreams than by selling him, a bondman, 
into Egypt. He would hardly be likely 
in this debased condition to rule over 
his father's household. But how must 
they have been confounded, when in 
process of time they were made to bow 
in abject submission at his feet ! 



clothes, but wrapped together in a place 
by itself. 

8. Then went in also that other* dis- 
ciple which came first to the sepulchre, 
and he saw, and believed. 

9. For as yet they knew not the 
scripture, that he must rise again from 
the dead. 

10. Then the disciples went away 
again unto their own home. 

Luke xxiv. 13. And, behold, two 
of them went that same day to a village 
called Emmaus, which was from Jeru- 
salem about threescore furlongs. 

14. And they talked together of all 
these things which had happened. 

* * * * * 

17. And ho said unto them, What 
manner of communications are these 
that ye have one to another, as ye 
walk, and are sad 1 

18. And the one of them, whose 
name was Cleopas, answering, said 
unto him, Art thou only a stranger in 
Jerusalem, and hast not known the 
things which are come to pass there in 
these days ? 

19. And he said unto them. What 
things ? And they said unto him, Con- 
cerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was 
a prophet mighty in deed and word 
before God and all the people : 

20. And how the chief priests and 
our rulers delivered him to be con- 
demned to death, and have crucified 
him. 

21. But we trusted that it had been 
he which should have redeemed Israel : 
and besides all this, to-day is the third 
day since these things were done. 



The Letter. 

31. And they took Joseph's coat, 
and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped 
the coat in the blood: 

32. And they sent the coat of many 
colors, and they brought it to their fa- 
ther; and said, This have we found: 
know now whether it be thy son's coat 
or no. 



Tlie Spirit. 

Ps. xxiv. 7. Lift up your heads, O 
ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye ever- 
lasting doors ; and the King of glory 
shall come in. 

8. Who is this King of glory ? The 
Lord strong and mighty, the Lord 
mighty in battle. 

9. Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; 



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33. And he knew it, and said, It is 
my son's coat ; an evil beast hath de- 
voured him : Joseph is without doubt 
rent in pieces. 

Note. 

It was a kid of the goats whose blood, 
carried by the high priest into the most 
holy place, made atonement for the sins 
of the people under the law ; to show 
that in the end of the worldly testa- 
ment, the Lamb of God would take 
away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 
Hence the Psalmist, prophesying of this 
event, describes the Son of God as as- 
cending to the Father after this had been 
accomplished, and demanding entrance 
within the everlasting gates, as the King 
of glory. But a voice replies, "Who is 
this King of glory ?" and the answer is, 
"The Lord, mighty in battle ; he is the 
King of glory." Or, as it may be under- 
stood, "the Lamb that was slain" to 
" take away the sins of the world." For 
even the well beloved of the Father, 
when he had once assumed the sinner's 
place under the curse of the law, could 
not have been received again within 
those gates, had he not finished the work 
given him to do ; finished transgression, 
and brought in everlasting righteousness 
by his own blood. 

But these signs of battle, these eviden- 
ces of blood and death, of final contest 
with the evil beast, the roaring lion, 
were at once known and accepted by 
the Father, who had prepared that body 
— that " coat of many colors" — the rent 
vail of the true tabernacle ; he could 
not be mistaken in the Lamb which he 
had himself " provided for the sacrifice ;" 
and henceforth, in the midst of the 
throne, is seen, "as it were, a Lamb 
which had been slain;" before whom 
" ten thousand times ten thousand, and 
thousands of thousands," and " every crea- 
ture which is hi heaven, and on the earth, 
and under the earth," bow the knee and 
cry, " Worthy is the Lamb that was slain," 
&c. 



even lift them up, ye everlasting doors ; 
and the King of g'lory shall come in. 

10. Who is this King of glory? The 
Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. 

Rev. xix. 11. And I saw heaven 
opened, and behold a white horse ; and 
he that sat upon him teas called Faith- 
ful and True ; and in righteousness he 
doth judge and make war. 

12. His eyes were as a flame of fire, 
and on his head were many crowns; 
and he had a name written that no man 
knew but he himself. 

13. And he was clothed with a ves- 
ture dipped in blood; and his name is 
called The Word of God. 

v. 6. And I beheld, and, lo, in the 
midst of the throne and of the four 
beasts, and in the midst of the elders, 
stood a Lamb as it had been slain, 
having seven horns and seven eyes, 
which are the seven Spirits of God sent 
forth into all the earth. 

Heb. ix. 23. It was therefore ne- 
cessary that the patterns of things in 
the heavens should be purified with 
these; but the heavenly things them- 
selves with better sacrifices than these. 

24. For Christ is not entered into 
the holy places made with hands, which 
are the figures of the true; but into 
heaven itself, now to appear in the pre- 
sence of God for us : 

25. Nor yet that he should offer him- 
self often, as the high priest entereth 
into the holy place every year with 
blood of others ; 

26. (For then must he often have 
suffered since the foundation of the 
world ;) but now once in the end of 
the world hath he appeared, to put away 
sin by the sacrifice of himself. 

xiii. 10. We have an altar, whereof 
they have no right to eat which serve 
the tabernacle. 

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12. Wherefore Jesus also, that he 
might sanctify the people with his own 
blood, suffered without the gate. 

1 3. Let us go forth therefore unto him 
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The Letter. 

34. And Jacob rent his clothes, and 
put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourn- 

* ed for his son many days. 

35. And all his sons and all his 
daughters rose up to comfort him ; but 
he refused to be comforted; and he 
said, For I will go down into the grave 
unto my son mourning. Thus his fa- 
ther wept for him. 

36. And the Midianites sold him into 
Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pha- 
raoh's, and captain of the guard. 

Note. 

In this passage is described the lan- 
guage and the deep remorse of every 
true believer, when, under the influence 
of the Holy Spirit, he is first led to dis- 
cover the evidences of his own share in 
procuring the death of the Lamb of 
God ; — that it was his sins that were 
laid upon him. Nor does this godly 
sorrow end with his first discovery ; but 
as long as he continues in the body of 
sin and death, whose indwelling corrup- 
tions are constantly warring against the 
soul, he looks by faith to him whom 
these sins have pierced and mourns in 
bitterness ; while, at the same time, he 
flees to the healing fountain of that 
blood, as the only hope of pardon and 
acceptance, peace and joy, grace and 
glory. Thus, till he goes down to the 
grave, every view, by faith, of the bleed- 
ing sacrifice, prepares him to sing the 
song of Moses and the Lamb ; and not 
only so, but sanctifies him to his service 
upon earth : constrained by the powerful 
conviction that he has not been redeem- 
ed by corruptible things, such as silver 
and gold, but by the precious blood of 
Jesus, as of a Lamb without blemish, he 
joyfully presents his own body a living 
sacrifice to Him who died for him and 
rose again. 

These are the convictions " of sin, of 
righteousness, and of judgment" which 
are wrought in every soul redeemed 
by the blood of Jesus; and as the 
Holy Spirit, whose office it is to lead 
into this experience, is only known by 
his operations, the expression of sorrow 



The Spirit. 

Zech. xii. 10. And I will pour upon 
the house of David, and upon the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of 
grace and of supplications: and they 
shall look upon me whom they have 
pierced, and they shall mourn for him, 
as one mourneth for his only son, and 
shall be in bitterness for him, as one 
that is in bitterness for his first-born. 

1 1. In that day shall there be a great 
mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourn- 
ing of Hadadrimmon in the valley of 
Megiddon. 

12. And the land shall mourn, every 
family apart ; the family of the house 
of David apart, and their wives apart ; 
the family of the house of Nathan 
apart, and their wives apart ; 

13. The family of the house of Levi 
apart, and their wives apart ; the fami- 
ly of Shimei apart, and their wives 
apart ; 

14. All the families that remain, 
every family apart, and their wives 
apart. 

John xvi. 6. But because I have 
said these things unto you, sorrow 
hath filled your heart. 

7. Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; 
It is expedient for you that I go away : 
for if I go not away, the Comforter 
will not come unto you ; but if I de- 
part, I will send him unto you. 

8. And when he is come, he will re- 
prove the world of sin, and of right- 
eousness, and of judgment: 

9. Of sin, because they believe not 
on me; 

10. Of righteousness, because I go 
to my Father, and ye see me no more ; 

11. Of judgment, because the prince 
of this world is judged. 

xviii. 12. Then the band, and the 
captain, and officers of the Jews, took 
Jesus, and bound him, 

13. And led him away to Annas 
first : (for he was father-in-law to Caia- 
phas, which was the high priest that 
same year.) 

14. Now Caiaphas was he which 



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for Joseph, virtually applies to the work, 
and not to the person of this divine 
agent. We have before observed, that 
from the time when Rachel died, and 
Israel took up his abode in Bethel, or 
with the household of God, the name 
of Israel was common to the church and 
to her Head and Lord. This passage, 
therefore, is to be understood as applied 
to the church; and especially to the dis- 



gave counsel to the Jews, that it was 
expedient that one man should die for 
the people. 



ciples after the death of Christ, and when 
they concluded that he, whom they 
hoped would have redeemed Israel, was 
lost to them for ever. 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 



The Letter. 

PHAREZ, A PROGENITOR OF CHRIST, 
BORN OF JUDAH AND A CANAANITISH 
WOMAN. 

1. And it came to pass at that time, 
that Judah went down from Ms bre- 
thren, and turned in to a certain Adul- 
lamite, whose name was Hirah. 

2. And Judah saw there a daughter 
of a certain Canaanite, whose name was 
Shuah ; and he took her, and went in 
unto her. 

3. And she conceived, and bare a 
son ; and he called his name Er. 

4. And she conceived again, and 
bare a son ; and she called Ms name 
Onan. 

5. And she yet again conceived, and 
bare a son ; and called Ms name She- 
lah : and he was at Chezib when she 
bare him. 

6. And Judah took a wife for Er 
his first-born, whose name was Tamar. 

7. And Er, Judah's first-born, was 
wicked in the sight of the Lord ; and 
the Lord slew him. 

% * * * * 

12. And in process of time, the 
daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, died ; 
and Judah was comforted, and went 
up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnath, 
he and Ms friend Hirah the Adullamite. 

13. And it was told Tamar, saying, 
Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to 
Timnath to shear Ms sheep. 



The Spirit. 

THE TEMPLE BUILT BY SOLOMON FROM 
THE WOOD AND STONE OF TYRE. 

John ii. 18. Then answered the 
Jews, and said unto them, What sign 
shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou 
do est these things ? 

19. Jesus answered and said, unto 
them, Destroy this temple, and in three 
days I will raise it up. 

20. Then said the Jews, Forty and 
six years was this temple in building, 
and wilt thou rear it up in three days ? 

21. But he spake of the temple of 
his body. 

22. When therefore he was risen 
from the dead, Ms disciples remember- 
ed that he had said this unto them : 
and they believed the scripture, and 
the word which Jesus had said. 

1 Kings v. 4. But now the Lord my 
God hath given me rest on every side, 
so that there is neither adversary nor 
evil concurrent. 

5. And behold, I purpose to build a 
house unto the name of the Lord my 
God, as the Lord spake unto David my 
father, saying, Thy son whom I will 
set upon thy throne in thy room, he 
shall build a house unto my name. 

6. Now therefore command thou, 
that they hew me cedar-trees out of 
Lebanon ; and my servants shall be 
with thy servants : and unto thee will 
I give Mre for thy servants according 



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14. And she put her widow's gar- 
ments off from her, and covered her 
with a vail, and wrapped herself, and 
sat in an open place, which is by the 
way to Timnath : for she saw that She- 
lah was grown, and she was not given 
unto him to wife. 

15. When Judah saw her, he thought 
her to be an harlot; because she had 
covered her face. 

1 6. And he turned unto her by the 
way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let 
me come in unto thee ; (for he knew 
not that she was his daughter-in-law.) 
And she said, What wilt thou give 
me, that thou mayest come in unto 
me? 

17. And he said, I will send thee a 
kid from the flock. And she said, 
Wilt thou give me a pledge till thou 
send it ? 

18. And he said, What pledge shall 
I give thee ? and she said, Thy signet, 
and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is 
in thine hand: and he gave it her, and 
■came in unto her : and she conceived 
by him. 

19. And she arose, and went away. 
and laid by her vail from her, and put 
on the garments of her widowhood. 

20. And Judah sent the kid by the 
hand of his friend the Adullamite, to 
reeeive his pledge from the woman's 
hand ; but he found her not. 

21. Then he asked the men of that 
place, saying, Where is the harlot that 
was openly by the way-side ? And 
they said, There was no harlot in this 
place. 

22. And he returned to Judah, and 
said, I cannot find her ; and also the 
men of the place said, that there was no 
harlot in this place. 

23. And Judah said, Let her take it 
to her, lest we be shamed : behold, I 
sent this kid, and thou hast not found 
her. 

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to all that thou shalt appoint : for thou 
knowest that there is not among us any 
that can skill to hew timber like unto 
the Sidonians. 

ix. 11. (Now Hiram the king of Tyre 
had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees 
and fir-trees, and with gold, according 
to all his desire,) that then king Solo- 
mon gave Hiram twenty cities in the 
land of Galilee. 

12. And Hiram came out from Tyre 
to see the cities which Solomon had 
given him ; and they pleased him not. 

13. And he said, What cities are 
these which thou hast given me, my 
brother ? And he called them the land 
of Cabul unto this day. 

1 4. And Hiram sent to the king six- 
score talents of gold. 

xi. 1. But king Solomon loved 
many strange women, together with 
the daughter of Pharaoh, women of 
the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, 
Zidonians, and Hittites ; 

2. Of the nations concerning which 
the Lord said unto the children of Israel, 
Ye shall not go in to them, neith.r shall 
they come in unto you ; for surely they 
will turn away your heart after their 
gods: Solomon clave unto these in 
love. 



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The Letter. 

PHAREZ, A PROGENITOR OF CHRIST, 
BORN OF JUDAH AND A CANAANITISH 
WOMAN. 

24. And it came to pass, about three 
months after, that it was told Judah, 
saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath 
played the harlot; and also, behold, 
she is with child by whoredom. And 
Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her 
be burnt. 

25. When she'?ms brought forth, 
she sent to her father-in-law, saying, 
By the man whose these are am I with 
child: and she said, Discern, I pray 
thee, whose are these, the signet, and 
bracelets, and staff. 

26. And Judah acknowledged them, 
and said, She hath been more righteous 
than I ; because that I gave her not to 
Shelah my son : and he knew her again 
no more. 

27. And it came to pass, in the time 
of her travail, that, behold, twins were 

1 n her womb. 

28. And it came to pass, when she 
travailed, that the one put out Ms hand ; 
and the midwife took and bound upon 
his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This 
came out first. 

29. And it came to pass, as he drew 
back his hand, that, behold, his brother 
came out; and she said, How hast 
thou broken forth ? this breach he 
upon thee : therefore his name was 
called Pharez. 

30. And afterward came out his 
brother, that had the scarlet thread 
upon his hand ; and his name was 
called Zarah. 

Note. 

This thirty-eighth chapter, though 
singular and revolting in its details, is 
an important link in the chain of events, 
both typically and literally. It is spe- 
cially connected with the natural de- 
scent of Christ, and also with the typi- 
cal events of his mystical body, the 
church. 

By the genealogy of Christ, in the 



The Spirit. 

CHRIST DESCENDED ALSO FROM A WO- 
MAN OF MOAB. 

Ruth iv. 10. Moreover, Ruth, the 
Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have 
I purchased to be my wife, to raise up 
the name of the dead upon his inheri- 
tance, that the name of the dead be not 
cut off from among his brethren, and 
from the gate of his place : ye are wit- 
nesses this day. 

11. And all the people that were in 
the gate, and the elders said, We are 
witnesses. The Lord make the woman 
that is come into thy house like Rachel 
and like Leah, which two did build the 
house of Israel : and do thou worthily 
in Ephratah and be famous in Beth-le- 
hem; 

12. And let thy house be like the 
house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare 
unto Judah, of the seed which the 
Lord shall give thee of this young wo- 
man. 

13. So Boaz took Ruth, and she 
was his wife: and when he went in 
unto her, the Lord gave her concep- 
tion, and she bare a son. 

14. And the women said unto Nao- 
mi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath 
not left thee this day without a kins- 
man, that his name may be famous in 
Israel. 

15. And he shall be unto thee a re- 
storer of thy life, and nourisher of thine 
old age : for thy daughter-in-law, which 
loveili thee, which is better to thee 
than seven sons, hath borne him. 

16. And Naomi took the child, and 
laid it in her bosom, and became nurse 
unto it. 

17. And the women her neighbors 
gave it a name, saying, There is a son 
born to Naomi; and they called his 
name Obed : he is the father of Jesse, 
the father of David. 

18. Now these are the generations 
of Pharez : Pharez begat Hezron, 

19. And Hezron begat Ram, and 
Ram begat Amminadab, 



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first chapter of Matthew, and that part 
of it contained in the 4th chapter of 
Ruth, it will be seen that from Pharez, 
(a breach,) the son of Judah by his daugh- 
ter-in-law, and Obed, the son of Ruth 
the Moabitess, a descendant of Lot by his 
daughter-in-law, the Lord Jesus Christ 
derives his birth according to the flesh. 
It would be difficult to find a reason 
for this strange appointment of infinite 
wisdom, unless it be designed to show 
that all which concerned him is contrary 
to the natural order of things. 

Another singular point in this narra- 
tive of Judah, is, that this strange event 
is brought about through the agency of 
his friend Hiram the Adullamite. 

Compare this fact with the history of 
Solomon's temple, the figure chosen by 
Christ as a similitude of his body, and 
we find that Hiram, king of Tyre, was a 
chief helper in building that temple. 
God had told David that Solomon his 
son should build him a house; but he 
nowhere directs him to join in a confe- 
deracy with a heathen king and receive 
his aid in the work. On the contrary, 
we find immediately after, that Solo- 
mon's heart is turned to idolatry by 
means of the strange women, with 
whom, by this means, he became con- 
nected. 

In like manner, in the building of the 
spiritual temple, the mystical body of 
Christ, in its visible establishment upon 
earth, had the workmen always con- 
tinued to be " men chosen of God " — and 
had not "false teachers crept in una- 
wares," who, instead of building gold, 
silver and precious stones upon the 
true foundation, gathered in " hay, wood 
and stubble ;" had there been less of hu- 
man tradition and the doctrines and com- 
mandments of men, the church of Christ 
would be less like the harlot of Babylon : 
and the breach or schism by which she 
has been multiplied into "threescore 
queens and fourscore concubines, and 
virgins without number," would have 
been avoided. 



20. And Amminadab begat Nahshon, 
and Nahshon begat Salmon, 

21. And Salmon begat Boaz, and 
Boaz begat Obed, 

22. And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse 
begat David. 

THE MYSTICAL BODY OF CHRIST BE- 
GUILED BY FALSE TEACHERS. 

2 Cor. xi. 1. Would to God ye could 
bear with me a little in my folly : and 
indeed bear with me. 

2. For I am jealous over you with 
godly jealousy : for I have espoused 
you to one husband, that I may present 
you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 

3. But I fear, lest by any means, as 
the serpent beguiled Eve through his 
subtilty, so your minds should be cor- 
rupted from the simplicity that is in 
Christ. 

4. For if he that cometh preacheth 
another Jesus, whom we have not 
preached, or if ye receive another spirit, 
which ye have not received, or another 
gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye 
might well bear with him. 

Gal. i. 6. I marvel that ye are so 
soon removed from him that called you 
into the grace of Christ, unto another 
gospel : 

7. Which is not another ; but there 
be some that trouble you, and would 
pervert the gospel of Christ. 

8. But though we, or an angel from 
heaven, preach any other gospel unto 
you than that which we have preached 
unto you, let him be accursed. 

9. As we said before, so say I now 
again, If any man preach any other gos- 
pel unto you than that ye have re- 
ceived, let him be accursed. 

Jude 4. For there are certain men 
crept in unawares, who were before of 
old ordained to this condemnation, un- 
godly men, turning the grace of our 
God into lasciviousness, and denying 
the only Lord God. and our Lord Jesus 
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CHAPTER XXXIX. 



The Letter. 

1. And Joseph was brought down to 
Egypt, and Potiphar, an offieer of Pha- 
raoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, 
bought him of the hands of the Ishma- 
elites, which had brought him down 
thither. 

2. And the Lord was with Joseph, 
and he was a prosperous man ; and he 
was in the house of his master the 
Egyptian. 

JSTote. 

"We have already stated that the order 
of events in the antitype, is necessarily 
reversed in the type, for the purpose of 
presenting all that is requisite to a com- 
plete figure of the true. In the 37th 
chapter are described the scenes of 
Gethsemane and the selling of Jesus by 
Judas ; while in the proper order, these 
things would follow and not precede his 
coming to sojourn in Jerusalem, (spirit- 
ually Egypt.) 

Joseph came voluntarily to his bre- 
thren to seek their welfare; and they 
sold him for twenty pieces of silver. He 
was next taken by force into Egypt, and 
is bought by Potiphar, an officer of Pha- 
raoh. In like manner Jesus is sold by 
his brethren to the high priests and ru- j 
lers of the nation, and they deliver him I 
to Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor. I 

The service of Joseph in Potiphar's j 
house, as well as that of Jacob in the i 
house of Laban, has respect to the per- 
sonal ministry of Christ in Jerusalem; 
when he took upon him .the form of a 
servant, and became obedient unto 
death, even the death of the cross, that 
he might not only deliver the lost sheep 
of the house of Israel from the bondage 
of the law, but "that the promise of 
Abraham might come on the Gentiles 
through faith." For of him, it was said, 
" It is a light thing that thou shouldest 
be my servant to raise up the tribes of 
Israel ; I will also give thee for a light 



The spirit 

Matt, xxvii. 2. And when they had 
bound him, they led Mm away, and de- 
livered him to Pontius Pilate the go- 
vernor. 

Matt. xx. 27. And whosoever will 
be chief among you, let him be jour 
servant : 

28. Even as the Son of man came 
not to be ministered unto, but to mi- 
nister, and to give his life a ransom for 
many. 

Phil. ii. 5. Let this mind be in you, 
which was also in Christ Jesus : 

6. Who, being in the form of God, 
thought it not robbery to be equal with 
God; 

7. But made himself of no reputa- 
tion, and took upon him the form of a 
servant, and was made in the likeness 
of men ; 

8. And being found in fashion as a 
man, he humbled .himself and became 
obedient unto death, even the death of 
the cross. 

Isa. xlii. 1. Behold my servant, 
whom I uphold ; mine elect, in whom 
my soul delighteth; I have put my 
Spirit upon him : he shall bring forth 
judgment to the Gentiles. 

2. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor 
cause his voice to be heard in the 
street. 

3. A bruised reed shall he not break, 
and the smoking flax shall he not 
quench : he shall bring forth judgment 
unto truth. 

4. He shall not fail nor be discou- 
raged, till he have set judgment in the 
earth : and the isles shall wait for his 
law. 

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21. The Lord is well pleased for his 
righteousness' sake; he will magnify 
the law, and make it honorable. 

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to the Gentiles, that thou mayest he my 
salvation, even unto the ends of the 
earth." 

As " a minister of the circumcision 
for the truth of God," the Father was 
pledged to make his way prosperous in 
all to which he was sent. " He shall not 
fail nor be discouraged till he have set 
judgment in the earth." " I will uphold 
him with the right hand of my right- 
eousness," &c. " He was in the world, 
and the world was made by him, and 
the world knew him not ;" even as Jo- 
seph, who was destined to rule all the 
land of Egypt, and to whom every knee 
should bow, must first serve in the house 
of his master, who little imagined the 
future honor to which he was to be ex- 
alted. 



about all Galilee, teaching- in their 
synagogues, and preaehing the gospel 
of the kingdom, and healing all manner 
of sickness, and all manner of disease, 
among the people. 

24. And his fame went throughout 
all Syria : and they brought unto him 
all sick people that were taken with 
divers diseases and torments, and those 
which were possessed w 7 ith devils, and 
those which were lunatic, and those 
that had the palsy; and he healed 
them. 

25. And there followed him great 
multitudes of people from Galilee, and 
from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, 
and from Judea, and from beyond 
Jordan. 



The Letter. 

3. And his master saw that the Lord 
was with him, and that the Lord made 
all that he did to prosper in his hand. 

4. And Joseph found grace in his 
sight, and he served him : and he made 
him overseer over his house, and all 
that he had he put into his hand. 

5. And it came to pass from the 
time that he had made him overseer in 
his house, and over all that he had, that 
the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house 
for Joseph's sake ; and the blessing of 
the Lord was upon all that he had in 
the house, and in the field. 

6. And he left all that he had in Jo- 
seph's hand ; and he knew not aught 
he had, save the bread which he did 
eat : and Joseph was a goodly person, 
and w T ell-favored. 

ISTote. 
In this preliminary testimony to the 
skill and faithfulness with which Joseph 
presided over the house of Potiphar, and 
the prosperity ascribed to his superin- 
tending care, and which was followed by 
the false accusation and imprisonment 
of him to whom they owed so much, 
we have a description of the mediatorial 
reign of Jesus which preceded his hu- 
miliation, death, and exaltation to the 



The Spirit. 

Jsa. ix. 6. For unto us a child is 
born, unto us a son is given : and the 
government shall be upon his shoulder : 
and his name shall be called Wonder- 
ful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The 
everlasting Father, The Prince of 
Peace. 

7. Of the increase of Ms government 
and peace there shall be no end, upon 
the throne of David, and upon his king- 
dom, to order it, and to establish it 
with judgment and with justice from 
henceforth even for ever. The zeal of 
the Lord of hosts will perform this. 

Ps. lxxii. 2. He shall judge thy 
people with righteousness, and thy poor 
with judgment, 

3. The mountains shall bring peace 
to the people, and the little hills, by 
righteousness. 

4. He shall judge the poor of the 
people, he shall save the children of 
the needy, and shall break in pieces the 
oppressor. 

5. They shall fear thee as long as 
the srn and moon endure, throughout 
all generations. 

6. He shall come down like rain 
upon the mown grass : as showers that 
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kingly throne of his power. It was 
because " the government was upon his 
shoulders," that a lost and a guilty 
world enjoyed any prosperity, either 
spiritual or temporal, even before the 
great work of redemption was consum- 
mated. Pilate, the Roman governor, 
bore unwitting testimony to this fact 
during the trial of Jesus, and especially 
in the inscription he placed upon the 
cross. "I find no fault in the man" — 
what evil hath he done ? — "Behold your 
King!" 

A right understanding of the media- 
torial office of Christ is essential to a 
proper apprehension of the Scriptures, 
which at one time speak of him as a 
servant, subject to the Father, and sent 
to do his will, and at another, as " equal 
in power and glory," — "the Mighty 
God, the Everlasting Father, and the 
Prince of Peace." But it must be re- 
membered that the humiliation of the 
Son of God was voluntary, and assumed 
for a special purpose : while the attri- 
butes of the Godhead were originally 
and essentially his. He was truly God, 
and truly man. 



The Letter. 

7. And it came to pass after these 
things, that his master's wife cast her 
eyes upon Joseph: and she said, Lie 
with me. 

8. But he refused, and said unto his 
master's wife, Behold, my master wot- 
teth not what is with me in the house, 
and he hath committed all that he hath 
to my hand ; 

9. There is none greater in this 
house than I; neither hath he kept 
back any thing from me, but thee, be- 



7. In his days shall the righteous 
flourish; and abundance of peace so 
long as the moon endureth. 

John iii. 31. He that cometh from 
above is above ali : he that is of the 
earth is earthly, and speaketh of the 
earth : he that cometh from heaven is 
above all. 

32. And what he hath seen and 
heard, that he testifieth ; and no man 
receiveth his testimony. 

33. He that hath received his testi- 
mony hath set to his seal that God is 
true. 

34. For he whom God hath sent 
speaketh the words of God : for God 
giveth not the Spirit by measure unto 
him. 

35. The Father loveth the Son, 
and hath given all things into his 
hand. 

36. He that believeth on the Son 
hath everlasting life: and he that be- 
lieveth not the Son shall not see life ; 
but the wrath of God abideth on 
him. 

viii. 29. And he that sent me is 
with me : the Father hath not left me 
alone ; for I do always those things 
that please him. 

30. As he spoke these words, many 
believed on him. 

Ltjke ii. 52. And Jesus increased 
in wisdom and stature, and in favor 
with God and man. 



The Spirit. 

Matt. iv. 1. Then was Jesus led 
up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to 
be tempted of the devil. 

2. And when he had fasted forty 
days and forty nights, he was after- 
wards an hungered. 

3. And when the tempter came to 
him, he said, If thou be the Son of 
God, command that these stones be 
made bread. 

4. But he answered and said, It is 
written, Man shall not live by bread 



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cause thou art his wife ; how then can 
I do this great wickedness, and sin 

against God ? 

Note. 

One part of the sufferings by which 
the Captain of our salvation was made 
perfect, or thoroughly furnished for his 
office of leader and commander of the 
people, was the enduring of temptations. 

In the garden of Eden, the wily ser- 
pent had been successful; and it is pos- 
sible his presumption might have led 
him to hope for an equal triumph in the 
person of the "Holy One of God," when 
he saw him wearing the same body of 
flesh, and " made even lower than the 
angels." He had tried the sin of ambi- 
tion upon Eve, and with success ; possi- 
bly he thought that Jesus might be the 
more susceptible of the same sin, be- 
cause he knew that he was now under 
a cloud ; a vail that obscured his proper 
dignity and glory ; and though he knew 
this fact, he did not know or understand 
the cause of so strange a disguise, and 
perhaps imagined that the Son of God 
would be glad of the opportunity to as- 
sert his real power. But the "prince 
of this world had nothing in him" and 
was foiled in his attempt. 

It may be matter of surprise to some 
how Satan knew Jesus, as it was evident 
he did. There is nothing more proba- 
ble than that the very form worn by the 
Son of God, the second Adam, was that 
which had been worn in Eden by his 
early representative ; and this may ac- 
count for his being recognized by that 
old serpent the devil, when he came 
" in the power of the Spirit," yet as the 
"seed of the woman" to execute the sen- 
tence then pronounced by God, by 
which the serpent and his seed had been 
bound to the judgment of the great day, 
and which they were well aware was 
about to be executed upon them and to 
cast them out for ever. 



alone, but by every word that proceed- 
eth out of the mouth of God. 

5. Then the devil taketh him up into 
the holy city, and setteth him on a pin- 
nacle of the temple, 

6. And saith unto him, If thou be 
the Son of God, cast thyself down: 
for it is written, He shall give his an- 
gels charge concerning thee ; and in 
their hands they shall bear thee up, lest 
at any time thou dash thy foot against 
a stone. 

7. Jesus said unto him, It is written 
again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord 
thy God 

8. Again, the devil taketh him up 
into an exceeding high mountain, and 
showeth him all the kingdoms of the 
world, and the glory of them ; 

9. And saith unto him, All these 
things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall 
down and worship me. 

10. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get 
thee hence, Satan : for it is written, 
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, 
and him only shalt thou serve. 

11. Then the devil leaveth him, and, 
behold, angels came and ministered 
unto him. 

Heb. ii. 10. For it became him, for 
whom are all things, and by whom are 
all things, in bringing many sons unto 
glory, to make the Captain of their sal- 
vation perfect through sufferings. 

***** 

14. Forasmuch then as the children 
are partakers of flesh and blood, he also 
himself likewise took part of the same ; 
that through death he might destroy 
him that had the power of death,, that 
is, the devil. 

***** 

17. Wherefore in all things it be- 
hoved him to be made like unto his 
brethren, that he might be a merciful 
and faithful high priest in things per- 
taining to God, to make reconciliation 
for the sins of the people : 

18. For in that he himself hath suf- 
fered, being tempted, he is able to suc- 
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The Letter. 

10. And it came to pass, as she spake 
to Joseph day by day, that he heark- 
ened not unto her, to lie by her, or to 
be with her. 

11. And it came to pass about this 
time, that Joseph went into the house 
to do his business; and there was 
none of the men of the house there 
within. 

12. And she caught him by his gar- 
ment, saying, Lie with me : and he left 
his garment in her hand, and fled, and 
got him out. 

13. And it came to pass, when she 
saw that he had left his garment in her 
hand, and was fled forth, 

14. That she called unto the men of 
her house, and spake unto them, say- 
ing, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew 
unto us to mock us : he came in unto 
me to lie with me, and I cried with a 
loud voice : 

15. And it came to pass, when he 
heard that I lifted up my voice and 
cried, that he left his garment with me, 

* and fled, and got him out. 

16. And she laid up his garment by 
her, until his lord came home. 

17. And she spake unto him accord- 
ing to these words, saying, The He- 
brew servant which thou hast brought 
unto us, came in unto me to mock 
me : 

18. And it came to pass as I lifted 
up my voice and cried, that he left his 
garment with me, and fled out. 

19. And it came to pass, when his 
master heard the words of his wife, 
which she spake unto him, saying, After 
this manner did thy servant to me ; that 
his wrath was kindled. 

20. And Joseph's master took him, 
and put him into the prison, a place 
where the king's prisoners were bound : 
and he was there in the prison. 

21. But the Lord was with Joseph, 
and shewed him mercy, and gave him 
favor in the sight of the keeper of the 
prison. 



The Spirit. 

Heb. iv. 15. For we have not an 
high priest which cannot be touched 
with the feeling of our infirmities ; but 
was in all points tempted like as we are y 
yet without sin. 

16. Let us therefore come boldly 
unto the throne of grace, that we may 
obtain mercy, and find grace to help in 
time of need. 

Ps. xxxv. 11. False witnesses did 
rise up : they laid to my charge things 
that I knew not. 

12. They rewarded me evil for good, 
to the spoiling of my soul. 

xxvii. 12. Deliver me not over unto 
the will of mine enemies; for false wit- 
nesses are risen up against me, and 
such as breathe out cruelty. 

Mark xiv. 55. And the chief priests- 
and all the council sought for witness 
against Jesus to put him to death ; and 
found none : 

56. For many bare false witness 
against him ; but their witness agreed 
not together. 

57. And there arose certain, and bare 
false witness against him, saying, 

58. We heard him say, I will destroy 
this temple that is made with hands, 
and within three days I will build ano- 
ther made without hands. 

59. But neither so did their witness 
agree together. 

60. And the high priest stood up in 
the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, An- 
swerest thou nothing: what is it which 
these witness against thee ? 

Acts ii. 23. Him, being delivered 
by the determinate counsel and fore- 
knowledge of God, ye have taken, and 
by wicked hands have crucified and 
slain. 

John xviii. 12. Then the band, and 
the captain, and officers of the Jews 
took Jesus, and bound him, 

13. And led him away to Annas 
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22. And the keeper of the prison 
committed to Joseph's hand all the pri- 
soners that were in the prison ; and 
whatsoever they did there, he was the 
doer of it. 

23. The keeper of the prison looked 
not to any thing that was under his 
hand ; because the Lord was with him, 
and that which he did, the Lord made 
it to prosper. 

KOTE. 

This passage has an important allusion 
to the fact often referred to in scripture, 
that by reason of death, or by "suffering 
in the flesh," Jesus became, or was made 
"judge both of quick and dead;" — in 
other words, that he was made judge, 
both of those who are quickened by the 
Spirit to live unto God, and those that 
are not; and that therefore the gospel 
was preached unto them before death, 
or while they yet lived, as in 1 Pet. iv. 6, 
and again, 3d chapter, 18, 19, in which 
allusion is made to the preaching of 
Noah to the old world ; which being by 
the Spirit of Christ, and the gospel be- 
ing declared to them by the figure of 
the ark, as exhibiting Jesus, the only 
sacrifice for sin, he " thereby condemned 
the world," because, in believing not, 
they rejected the only sacrifice, and that 
by which Noah and his household were 
saved. 

By the power given to Joseph in the 
prison of Egypt, we behold a counter- 
part to the words of Christ, in Rev. i. 
18: — "I am he that liveth and was 
dead ; and behold, I am alive for ever- 
more, Amen ; and have the keys of hell 
and of death." It is also parallel with 
his words to Peter, (Matt. xvi. 19,) in 
which he alludes to the power of the 
preached word, whether dispensed to the 
old world, or "them that are dead," and 
who were either quickened by it unto life 
in the Spirit, or sealed over and shut up 
in prison to the judgment of the last 
day; — or whether preached to the 
"quick and dead " of the present day : — 
in either case, all judgment or power over 
life and death, both natural and spiritual, 
is committed unto Jesus, the antitypical 
Joseph. 



phas, which was the high priest that 
same year.) 

Matt, xxvii. 35. And they crucified 
him, and parted his garments, casting 
lots : that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophet, They parted 
my garments among them, and upon 
my vesture did they cast lots. 

Rev. i. 17. And when I saw him, I 
fell at his feet as dead. And he laid 
his right hand upon me, saying unto 
me, Fear not ; I am the first and the 
last : 

18. I am he that liveth, and was 
dead; and behold, I am alive for ever- 
more, Amen ; and have the keys of hell 
and of death. 

Matt. xvi. 19. And I will give unto 
thee the keys of the kingdom of hea- 
ven : and whatsoever thou shalt bind 
on earth, shall be bound in heaven; 
and whatsoever thou shalt loose on 
earth, shall be loosed in heaven. 

1 Pet. iv. 5. Who shall give account 
to him that is ready to judge the quick 
and the dead. 

6. For, for this cause was the gospel 
preached also to them that are dead, 
that they might be judged according to 
men in the flesh, but live according to 
God in the spirit, 

iii. 17. For it is better, if the will of 
God be so, that ye suffer for well-doing, 
than for evil-doing. 

18. For Christ also hath once suffered 
for sins, the just for the unjust, that he 
might bring us to God, being put to 
death in the flesh, but quickened by the 
Spirit : 

19. By which also he went and 
preached unto the spirits in prison ; 

20. Which sometime were disobedi- 
ent, when once the long-suffering of 
God waited in the days of Noah, while 
the ark was preparing, wherein few, 
that is, eight souls, were saved by wa- 
ter. 

Zech. ix. 11. As for thee also, by 
the blood of thy covenant I have sent 
forth thy prisoners out of the pit 
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But let it be carefully understood, 
that this does not represent Jesus as 
changing the character and condition 
of men after death, or as quickening 
and releasing from the prison of " death 
and hell," any who are already sen- 
tenced there. It only teaches that by 
his Spirit in his prophets, he has preach- 
ed the gospel to them who are now dead 
and in prison, as well as unto those that 
are living ; and that the gospel has al- 
ways the same power of life and death, 



12. Turn you to the strong hold, ye 
prisoners of hope : even to-day do I 
declare that I will render double unto 
thee. 



and either quickens the soul to God, or 
seals it over to the second death. And 
thus are men judged according to men 
in the flesh, and their character deter- 
mined, previous to their becoming dis- 
embodied spirits. 



CHAPTER XL. 



The Letter. 

LIFE AND DEATH AWARDED BY JOSEPH. 

1. And it came to pass after these 
things, that the butler of the king of 
Egypt and his baker had offended their 
lord the king of Egypt. 

2. And Pharaoh was wroth against 
two of his officers, against the chief of 
the butlers, and against the chief of the 
bakers. 

3. And he put them in ward in the 
house of the captain of the guard, into 
the prison, the place where Joseph was 
bound. 

4. And the captain of the guard 
charged Joseph with them, and he 
served them; and they continued a 
season in ward. 

5. And they dreamed a dream both 
of them, each man his dream in one 
night, each man according to the inter- 
pretation of his dream ; the butler and 
the baker of the king of Egypt, which 
xoere bound in the prison. 

6. And Joseph came in unto them in 
the morning, and looked upon them, 
and behold, they were sad. 

7. And he asked Pharaoh's officers 
that were with him in the ward of his 



The Sjririt. 

LIFE AND DEATH AWARDED BY CHRIST. 

Luke xxii. 32. And there were also 
two others, malefactors, led with him to 
be put to death. 

33. And when they were come to 

the place which is called Calvary, there 

they crucified him, and the malefactors ; 

one on the right hand, and the other on 

the left. 
***** 

39. And one of the malefactors, 
which were hanged, railed on him, 
saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself 
and us. 

40. But the other answering, re- 
buked him, saying, Dost not thou fear 
God, seeing thou art in the same con- 
demnation ? 

41. And we indeed justly; for we 
receive the due reward of our deeds : 
but this man hath done nothing amiss. 

42. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, 
remember me when thou comest into 
thy kingdom. 

43. And Jesus said unto him, Verily 
I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be 
with me in paradise. 

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lord's house, saying, Wherefore look 
ye so sadly to-day? 

8. And they said unto him, We have 
dreamed a dream, and there is no inter- 
preter of it. And Joseph said unto 
them, Do not interpretations belong to 
God ? Tell me them, I pray you. 

9. And the chief butler told his 
dream to Joseph, and said unto him, 
In my dream, behold, a vine was before 
me ; 

10. And in the vine were three 
branches: and it was as though it 
budded, and her blossoms shot forth ; 
and the clusters thereof brought forth 
ripe grapes : 

11. And Pharaoh's cup was in my 
hand : and I took the grapes, and 
pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I 
gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. 

12. And Joseph said unto him, This 
is the interpretation of it : The three 
branches are three days: 

13. Yet within three days shall 
Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore 
thee unto thy place : and thou shalt 
deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, 
after the former manner when thou 
wast his butler. 

14. But think on me when it shall 
be well with thee, and shew kindness, 
I pray thee, unto me, and make men- 
tion of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me 
out of this house : 

15. For indeed I was stolen away 
out of the land of the Hebrews ; and 
here also have I done nothing that they 
should put me into the dungeon. 

16. When the chief baker saw that 
the interpretation was good, he said 
unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, 
and behold, / had three white baskets 
on my head : 

17. And in the uppermost basket 
there was of all manner of bake-meats 
for Pharaoh ; and the birds did eat them 
out of the basket upon my head. 

18. And Joseph answered, and said, 
This is the interpretation thereof: The 
three baskets are three days : 

19. Yet within three days shall Pha- 



and there was a darkness over all the 
earth until the ninth hour. 

45. And the sun was darkened, and 
the vail of the temple was rent in the 
midst. 

Mark xv. 27. And with him they 
crucify two thieves, the one on his right 
hand, and the other on his left. 

28. And the scripture was fulfilled, 
which saith, And he was numbered with 
the transgressors. 

Isa. liii. 9. And he made his grave 
with the wicked, and with the rich in 
his death ; because he had done no vio- 
lence, neither was any deceit in his 
mouth. 

Rom. ix. 15. For he saith to Moses, 
I will have mercy on whom I will have 
mercy, and I will have compassion on 
whom I will have compassion. 

1 6. So then, it is not of him that will- 
eth, nor of him that runneth, but of 
God that sheweth mercy. 

17. For the scripture saith unto 
Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose 
have I raised thee up, that I might 
shew my power in thee, and that my 
name might be declared throughout all 
the earth. 

18. Therefore hath he mercy on 
whom he will have mercy, and whom 
he will he hardeneth. 

19. Thou wilt say then unto me, 
Why doth he yet find fault ? for who 
hath resisted his will ? 

20. Nay but, O man, who art thou 
that repliest against God? shall the 
thing formed say to him that formed it, 
Why hast thou made me thus ? 

21. Hath not the .potter power over 
the clay, of the same lump to make one 
vessel unto honor, and another unto 
dishonor 1 

22. What if God, willing to shew 
his wrath, and to make his power 
known, endured with much long-suffer- 
ing the vessels of wrath fitted to de- 
struction : 

23. And that he might make known 
the riches of his glory on the vessels 



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raoh lift up thy head from off thee, and 
shall hang thee on a tree ; and the birds 
shall eat thy flesh from off thee. 

20. And it came to pass the third 
day, which was Pharaoh's birth-day, 
that he made a feast unto all his ser- 
vants : and he lifted up the head of the 
chief butler and of the chief baker 
among his servants. 

21. And he restored the chief butler 
unto his butlership again ; and he gave 
the cup into Pharaoh's hand : 

22. But he hanged the chief baker, 
as Joseph had interpreted to them. 

23. Yet did not 'the chief butler re- 
member Joseph, but forgat him. 

Note. 

This narrative of the chief butler and 
baker of Pharaoh, forms a striking ana- 
logy with the history of the two niale- 



of mercy, which he had afore prepared 
unto glory ? 



factors who were crucified with Christ. 
The minuteness of detail in the first, is 
probably to illustrate the prophetic as 
well as kingly office of Christ — these 
being constantly exercised over both 
" quick and dead." 

In the case of each of these officers, 
their destiny was to be decided in three 
days, when it would be seen if Joseph 
had given a true interpretation. 

It was also three days which inter- 
vened, before the entire testimony con- 
cerning Jesus of Nazareth would be 
proved, and he be declared the Son of 
God, with power, by the resurrection 
from the dead. This third day was 
"Pharaoh's birth-day" And of this same 
day it is said, "Thou art my Son, this 
day\ia\e I begotten thee." 



CHAPTER XLI. 



The Letter. 

JOSEPH RAISED UP FROM PRISON TO 
INTERPRET PHARAOH'S DREAMS. 

1. And it came to pass at the end of 
two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed : 
and behold, he stood by the river. 

2. And behold, there came up out of 
the river seven well-favored kine and 
fat-fleshed ; and they fed in a meadow. 

3. And behold, seven other kine 
came up after them out of the river, ill- 
favored and lean-fleshed; and stood by 
the other kine upon the brink of the 
river. 

4. And the ill-favored and lean- 
fleshed kine did eat up the seven well- 
favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh 
awoke. 

5.' And he slept and dreamed the se- 
cond time : and behold, seven ears of 
corn came up upon one stalk, rank and 
good. 



The Spirit. 

JESUS RAISED FROM THE DEAD TO MAKE 
MANIFEST THE PURPOSE OF GOD. 

Acts ii. 24. Whom God hath 
raised up, having loosed the pains of 
death : because it was not possible that 
he should be holden of it. 

25. For David speaketh concerning 
him, I foresaw the Lord always before 
my face ; for he is on my right hand, 
that I should not be moved. 

1 Cor. xv. 12. Now if Christ be 
preached that he rose from the dead, 
how say some among you that there is 
no resurrection of the dead ? 

13. But if there be no resurrection 
of the dead, then is Christ not risen. 

14. And if Christ be not risen, then 
is our preaching vain, and your faith is 
also vain. 

15. Yea, and we are found false wit- 
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6. And behold, seven thin ears and 
blasted with the east wind sprung up 
after them. 

7. And the seven thin ears devoured 
the seven rank and full ears. And 
Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a 
dream. 

8. And it came to pass in the morn- 
ing, that his spirit was troubled ; and 
he sent and called for all the magicians 
of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: 
and Pharaoh told them his dreams ; but 
there was none that could interpret 
them unto Pharaoh. 

9. Then spake the chief butler unto 
Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my 
faults this day : 

10. Pharaoh was wroth with his ser- 
vants, and put me in ward in the cap- 
tain of the guard's house, both me, and 
the chief baker: 

11. And we dreamed a dream in one 
night, I and he : we dreamed each man 
according to the interpretation of his 
dream. 

12. And there was there with us a 
young man, an Hebrew, servant to the 
captain of the guard ; and we told him, 
and he interpreted to us our dreams ; 
to each man according to his dream he 
did interpret. 

13. And it came to pass, as he inter- 
preted to us, so it was : me he restored 
unto mine office, and him he hanged. 

14. Then Pharaoh sent and called 
Joseph, and they brought him hastily 
out of the dungeon: and he shaved 
himself, and changed his raiment, and 
came in unto Pharaoh. 

15. Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have 
dreamed a dream, and there is none that 
can interpret it : and I have heard say 
of thee, that thou canst understand a 
dream to interpret it. 

16. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, 
saying, It is not in me : God shall give 
Pharaoh an answer of peace. 

Xote. 
The two full years in this dream of 
Pharaoh, apply not so much to any pre- 
cise measure of time, as to a eomplete- 



fied of God that he raised up Christ : 
whom he raised not up, if so be that 
the dead rise not. 

16. For if the dead rise not, then is 
not Christ raised ; 

17. And if Christ be not raised, 
your faith is vain ; ye are yet in your 
sins. 

18. Then they also which are fallen 
asleep in Christ are perished. 

19. If in this life only we have hope 
in Christ, we are of all men most mi- 
serable. 

20. But now is Christ risen from the 
dead, and become the first-fruits of 
them that slept. 

1 Pet. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, 
according to his abundant mercy, hath 
begotten us again unto a lively hope 
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ 
from the dead, 

4. To an inheritance incorruptible, 
and undefiled,and that fadeth not away, 
reserved in heaven for you, 

5. Who are kept by the power of 
God through faith unto salvation, ready 
to be revealed in the last time. 



ness of design or purpose. So also the 
scve?i years have respect rather to a 
mystical measure of events than of 
time ; and the amount of plenty and of 
leanness being equal, teaches the fact of 
plan or purpose. 

The seven years of plenty, or seven fat 
kine, allude to the provisions of grace in 
Christ Jesus ; predestinated in the di- 
vine mind, according to the good plea- 
sure of Jehovah's will, which he pur- 
posed in himself before the foundation 
of the world. The seven years of lean- 
ness, or seven lean hine, allude to the 
ruined and lost condition of man, under 
the curse of the law, and in bondage to 
sin and Satan ; the one being exactly 
commensurate with.the other; the first 
with the last ; as the mercy seat in the 
tabernacle was commensurate with the 
laiv, or tables of judgment in the ark; the 
remedy being appointed for the disease, 
and calculated to meet it. 



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The Letter. 

JOSEPH INTERPRETS PHARAOH's 
DREAMS. 

17. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
In my dream, behold, I stood upon the 
bank of the river : 

18. And behold, there came up out 
of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed, and 
well-favored; and they fed in a mea- 
dow: 

19. And behold, seven other kine 
came up after them, poor, and very ill- 
favored, and lean-fleshed, such as I 
never saw in all the land of Egypt for 
badness : 

20. And the lean and the ill-favored 
kine did eat up the first seven fat kine : 

21. And when they had eaten them 
up, it could not be known that they had 
eaten them ; but they were still ill- 
favored, as at the beginning. So I 
awoke. 

22. And I saw in my dream, and 
behold, seven ears came up in one 
stalk, full and good : 

23. And behold, seven ears, wi- 
thered, thin, and blasted with the east 
wind, sprung up after them : 

24. And the thin ears devoured the 
seven good ears : and I told this unto 
the magicians ; but there was none that 
could declare it unto me. 

25. And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, 
The dream of Pharaoh is one : God 
hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about 
to do. 

26. The seven good kine are seven 
years; and the seven good ears are 
seven years : the dream is one. 

27. And the seven thin and ill- 
favored kine that came up after them 
are seven years ; and the seven empty 
ears blasted with the east wind shall be 
seven years of famine. 

28. This is the thing which I have 
spoken unto Pharaoh : what God is 
about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. 

29. Behold, there come seven years 
of great plenty throughout all the land 
of Egypt : 



The Spirit. 

CHRIST OPENS THE BOOK OF SEVEN 
SEALS. 

Rev. v. 1. And I saw in the right 
hand of him that sat on the throne a 
book written within and on the back 
side, sealed with seven seals. 

2. And I saw a strong angel pro- 
claiming with a loud voice, Who is 
worthy to open the book, and to loose 
the seals thereof? 

3. And no man in heaven, nor in 
earth, neither under the earth, was able 
to open the book, neither to look 
thereon. 

4. And I wept much, because no 
man was found worthy to open, and to 
read the book, neither to look thereon. 

5. And one of the elders saith unto 
me, Weep not : behold, the Lion of the 
tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath 
prevailed to open the book, and to 
loose the seven seals thereof. 

6. And I beheld, and lo, in the 
midst of the throne, and of the four 
beasts, and in the midst of the elders, 
stood a Lamb as it had been slain, 
having seven horns, and seven eyes, 
which are the seven Spirits of God sent 
forth into all the earth. 

7. And he came and took the book 
out of the right hand of him that sat 
upon the throne. 

8. And when he had taken the book, 
the four beasts, and four and twenty 
elders fell down before the Lamb, 
having every one of them harps, and 
golden vials full of odors, which are the 
prayers of saints. 

9. And they sung a new song, say- 
ing, Thou art worthy to take the book, 
and to open the seals thereof: for thou 
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to 
God by thy blood out of every kindred, 
and tongue, and people, and nation ; 

10. And hast made us unto our God 
kings and priests : and we shall reign 
on the earth. 

1 Cor. ii. 6. Howbeit we speak 
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30. And there shall arise after them 
seven years of famine; and all the 
plenty shall be forgotten in the land of 
Egypt ; and the famine shall consume 
the land : 

31. And the plenty shall not be 
known in the land by reason of that 
famine following: for it shall be very 
grievous. 

32. And for that the dream was 
doubled unto Pharaoh twice ; it is be- 
cause the thing is established by God, 
and God will shortly bring' it to pass. 

jSote. 
The resurrection of Jesus from the 
dead, was immediately followed by the 
proclamation of the gospel. The coming 
of the kingdom of heaven had been 
preached by John the Baptist, by the 
Apostles, and by Jesus himself; but the 
full opening of the book of mysteries, 
which had been hidden in God from the 
foundation of the world, waited for him 
" who loas dead arid is alive, and liveth 
for evermore ;" even " the Lamb that had 
been slain." It was the resurrection 
from the dead, that sealed the entire tes- 
timony of Jesus. All hung upon that 
one fact : for " if Christ be not risen, 



yet not the wisdom of this world, nor 
of the princes of this world, that come 
to nought : 

7. But we speak the wisdom of God 
in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom 
which God ordained before the world 
unto our glory ; 

8. Which none of the princes of this 
world knew 7 : for had they known it, 
they would not have crucified the Lord 
of glory. 

9. But as it is "written, Eye hath not 
seen, nor ear heard, neither have en- 
tered into the heart of man, the things 
which God hath prepared for them that 
love him. 

10. But God hath revealed them unto 
us by his Spirit ; for the Spirit search- 
eth all things, yea, the deep things of 
God. 

then is our faith vain ; we are yet in 
our sins." But by this act of the Fa- 
ther in opening the prison doors and 
liberating the prisoner of justice, he was 
declared to be the Son of God, and that 
the work he had accomplished, was ac- 
cepted in behalf of his people. 



The Letter. 

33. Now therefore let Pharaoh look 
out a man discreet and wise, and set 
him over the land of Egypt. 

34. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him 
appoint officers over the land, and take 
up the fifth part of the land of Egypt 
in the seven plenteous years. 

35. And let them gather all the food 
of those good years that come, and lay 
up corn under the hand of Pharaoh ; 
and let them keep food in the cities. 

36. And that food shall be for store 
to the land against the seven years of 
famine, which shall be in the land of 
Egypt ; that the land perish not through 
the famine. 

37. And the thing was good in the 
eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all 
his servants. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lxxxix. 19. Then thou spakest 
in vision to thine Holy One, and saidst, 
I have laid help upon one that is mighty ; 
I have exalted one chosen out of the 
people. 

20. I have found David my servant ; 
with mine holy oil have I anointed 
him: 

Rev. v. 11. And I beheld, and I 
heard the voice of many angels round 
about the throne, and the beasts, and 
the elders: and the number of them 
was ten thousand times ten thousand, 
and thousands of thousands ; 

12. Saying with a loud voice, Wor- 
thy is the Lamb that was slain to re- 
ceive power, and riches, and wisdom, 
and strength, and honor, and glory, and 
blessing-. 



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38. And Pharaoh said unto his ser- 
vants, Can we find such a one as this 
is, a man in whom the spirit of God is ? 

39. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee 
all this, there is none so discreet and 
wise as thou art : 

40. Thou shalt be over my house, 
and according unto thy word shall all 
my people be ruled : only in the throne 
will I be greater than thou. 

Note. 

In view of the days of darkness, sin, 
and misery, "help was laid upon One 
that is mighty;" — "able to save to the 
uttermost, all that come unto God 
through him." Upon his elect servant, 
in whom he delighted, the Father laid 
the iniquity of his people, that with his 
stripes they might be healed. In him 
he treasured all the riches of wisdom 
and knowledge,— of grace and glory, 
righteousness, sanctification, and com- 
plete redemption, for them, and in their 
behalf, as the Head of the body, the 
church ; from whom should be dispensed 
to every member, severally as he had 
need. . Not as with Adam, the first co- 
venant head, who was not able to keep 
that which had been committed to him ; 
but with this better covenant, all was 
well ordered and sure. From the infi- 
nite fulness which was in the Head, all 
the members should receive ; and grace 
for grace. In the days of famine they 
should be satisfied, and they should 
never perish, neither should any pluck 
them out of his hand. 

Thus was prepared and treasured in 
the storehouse of the King of kings, food 
for the years of famine ; a fulness with- 
out measure, — an amount which no man 
can number. Yea. " eye hath not seen, 
nor ear heard, neither hath it entered 
the heart of man, what God hath laid 
up for them that fear him." 



13. And every creature which is in 
heaven, and on the earth, and under 
the earth, and such as are in the sea, 
and all that are in them, heard I saying, 
Blessing, and honor, and glory, and 
power, he unto him that sitteth upon 
the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever 
and ever. 

14. And the four beasts said, Amen. 
And the four and twenty elders fell 
down and worshipped him that liveth 
for ever and ever. 

Acts v. 30. The God of our fathers 
raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and 
hanged on a tree : 

31. Him hath God exalted with his 
right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, 
for to give repentance to Israel, and for- 
giveness of sins. 

Col. ii. 2. That their hearts might 
be comforted, being knit together in 
love, and unto all riches of the full as- 
surance of understanding, to the ac- 
knowledgment of the mystery of God, 
and of the Father, and of Christ; 

3. In whom are hid all the treasures 
of wisdom and knowledge. 

zfe 2ji SfZ JfJ 2ji 

9. For in him dwelleth all the fulness 
of the Godhead bodily. 

10. And ye are complete in him, 
which is the head of all principality and 
power. 

Matt, xxviii. 18. And Jesus came, 
and spake unto them, saying, All 
power is given unto me in heaven and 
in earth. 

Mark xvi. 15. And he said unto 
them, Go ye into all the world, and 
preach the gospel to every creature. 

16. He that belie veth and is bap- 
tized, shall be saved; but he that be-, 
lieveth not, shall be damned. 

Eph. ii. 7. That in the ages to come 
he might shew the exceeding riches of 
his grace in his kindness toward us, 
through Christ Jesus. 



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The Letter. 

41. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
See, I have set thee over all the land 
of Egypt, 

42. And Pharaoh took off his ring 
from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's 
hand, and arrayed him in vestures of 
fine linen, and put a gold chain about 
his neck : 

43. And he made him to ride in the 
second chariot which he had ; and they 
cried before him, Bow the knee : and 
he made him ruler over all the land of 
Egypt. 

44. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall 
no man lift up his hand or foot in all 
the land of Egypt. 

Note. 

The name Pharaoh, signifies Icing or 
ruler, and was applied to all the ancient 
kings of Egypt. The Pharaoh who 
raised up and exalted Joseph, is not the 
same king that oppressed the Israelites, 
and was drowned with his host in the 
Red Sea. The present Pharaoh was a 
good king, and in this typical narrative 
he represents the Supreme Governor of 
the universe. He tells Joseph that in 
the throne only, is himself greater than 
he. This is of similar import with the 
words of Jesus, when he said, " My Fa- 
ther is greater than I." He was greater 
in the dignity of the position which he 
occupied, but not in any essential attri- 
bute. No dignity or honor was with- 
held from Joseph, and all power — even 
of life and death — was in his hands. 
Much more was this the case with the 
Lord of life and glory, when " exalted 
as a Prince and a Saviour, to give re- 
pentance to Israel and remission of 
sins."' 

It was because the Son of God had 
humbled himself to the form of a servant, 
and the death of the cress, that he was 
thus exalted ; and it also appears from 
the language of scripture, in Phil. ii. 9, 
10, 11, andEph. i. 20, 21, 22, that he was 
not only raised up to the glory which he 
had with the Father before the world 
was, but that in consideration of the 
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The Spirit. 

Eph. i. 17. That the God of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, 
may give unto you the spirit of wis- 
dom and revelation in the knowledge 
of him : 

18. The eyes of your understanding 
being enlightened ; that ye may know 
what is the hope of his calling, and 
what the riches of the glory of his in- 
heritance in the saints, 

19. And what is the exceeding great- 
ness of his power to us-ward who be- 
lieve, according to the working of his 
mighty power, 

20. Which he wrought in Christ, 
when he raised him from the dead, and 
set him at his own right hand in the 
heavenly -places, 

21. Far above all principality, and 
power, and might, and dominion, and 
every name that is named, not only in 
this world, but also in that which is to 
come; 

22. And hath put all things under 
his feet, and gave him to be the head 
over all things to the church, 

23. Which is his body, the fulness 
of him that filleth all in all. 

Phil. ii. 9. Wherefore God also 
hath highly exalted him, and given him 
a name which is above every name : 

10. That at the name of Jesus every 
knee should bow, of things in heaven, 
and things in earth, and things under 
the earth : 

11. And that every tongue should 
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to 
the glory of God the Father. 

Heb. vi. 16. For men verily swear 
by the greater : and an oath for con- 
firmation is to them an end of all strife. 

17. Wherein God, willing more 
abundantly to show unto the heirs of 
promise the immutability of his coun- 
sel, confirmed it by an oath ; 

18. That by two immutable things, 
in which ii was impossible for God to 
lie, we might have a strong consola- 
tion, who have fled for refuge to lay 
hold upon the hope set before us. 



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work he had accomplished, the second 
person in the Holy Trinity was made 
pre-eminent, even in the world to come, 
— all divine honors henceforth centering 
in " the Lamb that was slain" who was 
seen in the " midst of the throne." 



John v. 20. For the Father loveth 
the Son, and sheweth him all things 
that himself doeth : and he will shew 
him greater works than these, that ye 
may marvel. 

21. For as the Father raise th up the 
dead, and quickeneth them; even so 
the Son quickeneth whom he will. 

22. For the Father judgeth no man : 
but hath committed all judgment unto 
the Son : 

23. That all men should honor the 
Son, even as they honor the Father. 
He that honoreth not the Son,honoreth 
not the Father which hath sent him. 



The Letter. 

45. And Pharaoh called Joseph's 
name Zaphnath-paaneah : and he gave 
him to wife Asenath, the daughter of 
Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph 
went out over all the land of Egypt, 

46. (And Joseph was thirty years 
old when he stood before Pharaoh 
king of Egypt.) And Joseph went 
out from the presence of Pharaoh, and 
went throughout all the land of Egypt. 

47. And in the seven plenteous 
years the earth brought forth by hand- 
fuls. 

48. And he gathered up all the food 
of the seven years, which were in the 
land of Egypt, and laid up the food in 
the cities : the food of the field, which 
was round about every city, iaid he up 
in the same. 

49. And Joseph gathered corn as 
the sand of the sea, very much, until 
he left numbering : for it was without 
number. 

Note. 

Zaphnath-paaneah signifies a revealer 
of secrets ; — the name given to Joseph 
because he interpreted the dreams of 
Pharaoh, that no other person could re- 
veal. And none but he, who was not 
only "the Lion of the tribe of Judah" 
" the Root of David" and " the Lamb that 
had been slain"— could prevail to open 



The Spirit. 

Rev. v. 1. And I saw in the right 
hand of him that sat on the throne a 
book written within and on the back 
side, sealed with seven seals. 

2. And I saw a strong angel pro- 
claiming with a loud voice, Who is 
worthy to open the book, and to loose 
the seals thereof? 

3. And no man in heaven, nor in 
earth, neither under the earth, was able 
to open the book, neither to look there- 
on. 

4. And I wept much, because no 
man was found worthy to open, and 
to read the book, neither to look 
thereon. 

5. And one of the elders saith unto 
me, Weep not : behold, the Lion of the 
tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath 
prevailed to open the book, and to 
loose the seven seals thereof. 

Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemp- 
tion through his blood, the forgiveness 
of sins, according to the riches of his 
grace ; 

8. Wherein he hath abounded to- 
ward us in all wisdom and prudence ; 

9. Having made known unto us the 
mystery of his will, according to his 
good pleasure, which he hath purposed 
in himself: 

10. That in the dispensation of the 
fulness of times he might gather toge- 



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the book of the mysteries of God, and 
loose the seals thereof. 

Asenath signifies sorrow, affliction. 
This was the wife given by Pharaoh to 
Joseph, by whom he had two sons, who 
took the birthright from Reuben, and 
became heads of tribes. 

It was by becoming " a man of sorrow 
and acquainted with grief," that Jesus 
became the author of eternal salvation 
to his people, — the Father of a seed 
which was to serve him. His bride, the 
church, is the purchase of his blood, — 
the reward of his sufferings. 

The age of Joseph when he stood be- 
fore Pharaoh to be installed in his office 
as treasurer of all the wealth of Egypt 
and governor of the land, corresponds 
with that of Jesus,when publicly initiated 
" a minister of the circumcision for the 
truth of God;"— to fulfil all that had 
been promised under the law. From 
this day forward, the divine Redeemer 
commenced the special work which had 
been given him to do, in preparing the 
bread of life for his people. Joseph 
" gathered corn as the sand of the sea ;" 
but who can estimate the length and 
breadth, the height and depth, of those 
riches of grace and glory which are laid 
up for them that fear God, and are the 
called according to his purpose? 



The Letter. 

50. And unto Joseph were born two 
sons before the years of famine came ; 
which Asenath, the daughter of Poti- 
pherah priest of On, bare unto him. 

51. And Joseph called the name of 
the first-born Manasseh : For God, said 
he, hath made me forget all my toil, and 
all my father's house. 

52. And the name of the second 
called he Epnraim: For God hath 
caused me to be fruitful in the laud 
of my affliction. 

Kote. 
Let it be remarked, that the two sons 
of Joseph were born to him before the 



ther in one all things in Christ, both 
which are in heaven, and which are on 
earth ; even in him : 

11. In whom also we have obtained 
an inheritance, being predestinated ac- 
cording to the purpose of him who 
worketh all things after the counsel 
of his own will : 

12. That we should be to the praise 
of his glory, who first trusted in 
Christ. 

Heb. ii. 7. Thou madest him a lit- 
tle lower than the angels ; thou crown- 
edst him with glory and honor, and 
didst set him over the works of thy 
hands : 

8. Thou hast put all things in sub- 
jection under his feet. For in that he- 
put all in subjection under him, he left 
nothing that is not put under him. 
But now we see not yet all things put 
under him : 

9. But we see Jesus, who was made 
a little lower than the angels for the 
suffering of death, crowned with glory 
and honor ; that he by the grace of 
God should taste death for every man. 

10. For it became him, for whom 
are all things, and by whom are all 
things, in bringing many sons unto 
glory, to make the Captain of their 
salvation perfect through sufferings. 



Tlie Spirit. 

Isa. liii. 10. Yet it pleased the Lord 
to bruise him; he hath put him tc> 
grief: when thou shalt make his soul 
an offering for sin, he shall see Ms 
seed, he shall prolong Ms days, and the 
pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in 
his hand. 

11. He shall see of the travail of his* 
soul, and shall be satisfied: by his 
knowledge shall my righteous servant 
justify many ; for he shall bear their 
iniquities. 

12. Therefore will I divide him a 
'portion with the great, and he shall 
divide the spoil with the strong ; be- 



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days of famine came. And so, likewise 
the sheep of Christ were his before they. 
went astray. He was " the Shepherd 
and Bishop of their souls," before they 
were brought back to the fold, from their 
guilty wanderings. He " came to seek 
and to save that which was lost ;" and no 
one can lose that which he never pos- 
sessed. " Thine they were, and thou gavest 
them me," said Jesus to the Father. 

These two sons were born to Joseph 
by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phe- 
rah. We have before said that Asenath 
signifies sorrow, or trouble. It was only 
by means of suffering that the Captain 
of salvation was made perfect; and by 
which he divided the spoil with the 
strong, and became repossessed of his 
seed, which had revolted to the enemy. 

Joseph had two sons and no more. 
So the sheep of Jesus are all found in 
two folds, — Jews and Gentiles* Manas- 
seh, the name given to the eldest, signi- 
fies forgetfulness ; because the joy of 
his birth made Joseph forget all his 
toils and his father's house. So the joy 
which was set before Jesus, in the pro- 
mise that he should "see his seed," &c, 
made him "endure the cross, despising 
the shame," &c. Ephraim signifies/rm7- 
fulness, and alludes to the great increase 
of Gentile converts to the church. 



cause he hath poured out his soul unf o 
death : and he was numbered with the 
transgressors ; and he bare the sin of 
many, and made intercession for the 
transgressors. 

Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
hath blessed us with all spiritual bless- 
ings in heavenly places in Christ : 

4. According as he hath chosen us 
in him, before the foundation of the 
world, that we should be holy and 
without blame before him in love : 

5. Having predestinated us unto the 
adoption of children by Jesus Christ to 
himself, according to the good pleasure 
of his will, 

6. To the praise of the glory of his 
grace, wherein he hath made us accept- 
ed in the Beloved. 

Ps. lxxxix. 3. I have made a cove- 
nant with my chosen, I have sworn unto 
David my servant. 

4. Thy seed will I establish for ever, 
and build up thy throne to all genera- 
tions. Selah. 

Heb. xii. 2. Looking unto Jesus, 
the author and finisher of our faith : 
who, for the joy that was set before 
him, endured the cross, despising the 
shame, and is set down, at the right 
hand of the throne of God. 

Deut. xxxiii. 17. His glory is like 
the firstling of his bullock, and his 
horns are like the horns of unicorns : 
with them he shall push the people 
together to the ends of the earth : and 
they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, 
and they are the thousands- of Manas- 
seh. 



" The Letter. 

53. And the seven years of plente- 
ousness that was in the land of Egypt 
were ended. 



1* Likewise these two may allude to the two- 
fold redemption of both soul and body, or of the 
spiritual and the natural, or earthly. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. i. 6. From the sole of the foot 
even unto the head there is no sound- 
ness in it ; but wounds, and bruises, 
and putrefying sores : they have not 
been closed, neither bound up, neither 
mollified with ointment. 

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54. And the seven years of dearth 
began to come, according as Joseph 
had said : and the dearth was in all 
lands; but in all the land of Egypt 
there was bread. 

55. And when all the land of Egypt 
was famished, the people cried to Pha- 
raoh for bread, and Pharaoh said unto 
all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph ; 
what he saith to you, do. 

56. And the famine was over all the 
face of the earth. And Joseph opened 
all the storehouses, and sold unto the 
Egyptians ; and the famine waxed sore 
in the land of Egypt. 

57. And all countries came into 
Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn ; be- 
cause that the famine was so sore in all 
lands. 

ISote. 

This passage contains an explanation 
of many other scriptures, which are sup- 
posed to teach, the doctrine of a general 
atonement for sin. It shows how, and 
how far the whole mass of mankind, the 
"just and the unjust," the righteous and 
the wicked, are alike benefited by the 
mediatorial reign of Christ. The bless- 
ings of a common •providence are " over 
all;" and in this sense, "Jesus died 
for all men;" for none could have had 
a breathing in the air, or a standing 
upon the earth as a transgressor, had 
not the vicarious sacrifice of the Lamb 
of God been accepted in behalf of his 
people ; for whose sake the earth stands, 
and on whose account all the creatures 
of God are spared to be instruments of 
his will in promoting the glory and pros- 
perity of his kingdom. 

[Nothing can be clearer than this fact, 
in every part of divine revelation ; and 
especially in this history of Joseph, as 
will be further developed as we pro- 
ceed. It will be found that the ultimate 
■end and object of that singular provi- 
dence which brought him into Egypt, 
was to provide corn for his father's house, 
to whom this corn is freely given with- 
out money and without price; while to 
the Egyptians it is sold, until their very 
persons are forfeited to Pharaoh for the 
privilege of partaking of it- 



better than they ? No, in no wise ; for 
we have before proved both Jews and 
Gentiles, that they are all under sin ; 

10. As it is written, There is none 
righteous, no, not one : 

11. There is none that understand- 
eth, there is none that seeketh after 
God. 

12. They are all gone out of the 
way, they are together become unpro- 
fitable ; there is none that doeth good, 
no, not one. 

13. Their throat is an open sepul- 
chre : with their tongues they have 
used deceit : the poison of asps is un- 
der their lips : 

14. Whose mouth is full of cursing 
and bitterness : 

15. Their feet are swift to shed 
blood : 

16. Destruction and misery are in 
their ways ; 

17. And the way of peace have they 
not known : 

18. There is no fear of God before 
their eyes. 

19. Now we know, that what things 
soever the law saith, it saith to them 
who are under the law ; that every 
mouth may be stopped, and all the 
world may become guilty before God. 

20. Therefore by the deeds of the 
law there shall no flesh be justified in 
his sight : for by the law is the know- 
ledge of sin. 

21. But now the righteousness of 
God without the law is manifested, 
being witnessed by the law and the 
prophets ; 

22. Even the righteousness of God, 
which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto 
all, and upon all them that believe; for 
there is no difference : ■ 

23. For all have sinned, and come 
short of the glory of God; 

24. Being justified freely by his grace, 
through the redemption that is in Christ 
Jesus : 

25. Whom God hath set forth to be 
a propitiation through faith in his blood, 
to declare his righteousness for the re- 



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~ When the people cried unto Pharaoh 
for bread, he said, " Go unto Joseph: 
what he saith, do." Much more are sin- 
ners directed to Christ for life and sal- 
vation, for he is the only name given 
under heaven, or among men, by which 
they can be saved; neither can the 
smallest temporal good be enjoyed but 
through his merits and for his sake. 
But if, in this sense, he is the " Saviour 
of all men," it is " especially of them that 
believe ;" even as Joseph was sold into 
Egypt, for the saving alive of his fa- 
ther's household — his brethren : and the 
Egyptians benefited by this event, just 
so far as will appear in the issue of the 
history. 



mission of sins that are past, through 
the forbearance of God. 

John xiv. 6. Jesus saith unto him, 
I am the way, and the truth, and the 
life : no man cometh unto the Father, 
but by me. 

Ps. cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious, 
and full of compassion ; slow to anger, 
and of great mercy. 

9. The Lord is good to all ; and his 
tender mercies are over all his works. 

10. All thy works shall praise thee, 
O Lord; and thy saints shall bless 
thee. 

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15. The eyes of all wait upon thee; 
and thou givest them their meat in due 
season. 

16. Thou openest thy hand, and 
satisfiest the desire of every living 
thing. 



CHAPTER XLII. 



The Letter. 

1. Now when Jacob saw that there 
was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his 
sons, Why do ye look one upon ano- 
ther ? 

2. And he said, Behold, I have heard 
that there is corn in Egypt : get you 
down thither, and buy for us from 
thence ; that we may live, and not die. 

ISote. 

It is the special office of the Holy 
Spirit to direct sinners to the Lord Je- 
sus Christ for life and salvation ; to dis- 
cover to them their own destitution and 
helplessness, and lead them from every 
other confidence to trust alone in Him 
who is made of God to them, " wisdom, 
righteousness, sanctification, and re- 
demption." 

" The husbandman that labors must 
be first partaker of the fruits." The bre- 
thren of Joseph, the typical twelve, who 
were to proclaim to Jacob's household 



The Spirit. 

Isa Ixi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord 
God is upon me ; because the Lord 
hath anointed me to preach good ti- 
dings unto the meek ; he hath sent me 
to bind up the broken-hearted, to pro- 
claim liberty to the captives, and the 
opening of the prison to them that are 
bound ; 

2. To proclaim the acceptable year 
of the Lord, and the day of vengeance 
of our God ; to comfort all that mourn ; 

3. To appoint unto them that mourn 
in Zion, to give unto them beauty for 
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the 
garment of praise for the spirit of hea- 
viness ; that they might be called trees 
of righteousness, the planting of the 
Lord, that he might be glorified. 

Iv. 1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, 
come ye to the waters, and he that hath 
no money; come ye, buy, and eat; 



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the marvellous news of all that had be- 
fallen him in Egypt, — that he was "yet 
alive," and governor of all the land, — 
must themselves be eye-witnesses of 
what they testified ; they must go down 
into Egypt, behold his glory and pow- 
er, and receive the corn from his hands 
as the earnest of the fact. Iu like man- 
ner were the apostles of Christ qualified 
to proclaim the truth of the gospel. 
They were eye-witnesses of his death 
and resurrection; they "looked upon 
and handled the "Word of life ; ! ' and by 
these "infallible proofs" were enabled 
to testify, " that which we have seen 
and heard, declare we unto you," &c. 

Jacob himself communicated to his 
sons the news of corn in Egypt ; and 
proposes that they should go and buy. 
It is the gospel or " dispensation of the 
Spirit," which declares the good news 
and glad tidings which were to be unto 
all people — of a Saviour, exalted to give 
repentance and remission of sins to Is- 
rael. The language of this gospel is, 
"Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to 
the waters; come ye, buy and eat; yea, 
come, buy wine and milk without money 
and icithout price." And again, " Look 
unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends 
of the earth ; for I am God, and there is 
none else. I have sworn by myself, the 
word has gone out of my mouth in right- 
eousness, and shall not return; that unto 
me every knee shall bow and every 
tongue confess." 



yea, come, buy wine and milk without 
money and without price. 

2. Wherefore do ye spend money 
for that which is not bread ? and your 
labor for that which satisfieth not 1 
hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye 
that which is good, and let your soul 
delight itself in fatness. 

3. Incline your ear, and come unto 
me : hear, and your soul shall live ; and 
I will make an everlasting covenant with 
you, even the sure mercies of David. 

4. Behold, I have given him for a 
witness to the people, a leader and 
commander to the people. 

5. Behold, thou shalt call a nation 
that thou knowest not, and nations 
that knew not thee shall run unto thee 
because of the Lord thy God, and for 
the Holy One of Israel; for he hath 
glorified thee. 

6. Seek ye the Lord while he may be 
found, call ye upon him while he is near : 

7. Let the wicked forsake his way, 
and the unrighteous man his thoughts : 
and let him return unto the Lord, and 
he will have mercy upon him ; and to 
our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 

8. For my thoughts are not your 
thoughts, neither are your ways my 
ways, saith the Lord. 

9. For as the heavens are higher 
than the earth, so are my ways higher 
than your ways, and my thoughts than 
your thoughts. 

10. For as the rain cometh down, 
and the snow from heaven, and return- 
eth not thither, but watereth the earth, 
and maketh it bring forth and bud, that 
it may give seed to the sower, and 
bread to the eater : 

11. So shall my word be that goeth 
forth out of my mouth : it shall not re- 
turn unto me void, but it shall accom- 
plish that which I please, and it shall 
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 

12. For ye shall go out with joy, and 
be led forth with peace : the mountains 
and the hills shall break forth before 
you into singing, and all the trees of 
the field shall clap their hands. 



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The Gospel by Moses; 



The Letter. 



3. And Joseph's ten brethren went 
down to buy corn in Egypt. 

4. But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, 
Jacob sent not with his brethren : for 
lie said, Lest peradventure mischief be- 
fall him. 

5. And the sons of Israel came to 
buy corn among those that came: for 
the famine was in the land of Canaan. 



TJie Spirit 



Kote. 
Though J csus ] ia j c h osen an a p re . 
pared twelve witnesses to testify of all 
which he both said and did, it appears 
that after his resurrection, he did not 
discover himself to them all at one 
time. Especially was Paul, though af- 
terwards, signally chosen and called to 
take part of this ministry and apostle- 
ship, not among the twelve that com- 
pared with Jesus from the first. 

Benjamin was the " youngest son" of 
Jacob, and the own brother of Joseph ; 
and hence was specially dear to both. 
In this first application for the corn of 
Egypt, Jacob keeps Benjamin at home 
with himself, lest some mischief should 
befall him. In all these respects Benja- 
min bears an analogy, both to the Gen- 
tile branch of the olive tree, and to 
Paul, the distinguished apostle to the 
Gentiles, who was the last and the least 
of the apostles, because " born out of 
due time ;" the Gentiles being the 
youngest son of the church, and the last 
called into the kingdom. It was the di- 
vine arrangement that salvation should 
be of the Jews, both by promise, by the 
natural descent of the Messiah, and by 
the first coming of Christ to that people. 
Bat the Gentiles were included in "the 
promise," even as Rachel looked for, and 
expected the "other son," when Joseph 
was given her. 

It was also permitted that Paul, who 
afterwards so eminently took the " bi- 
shopric " and filled the place of Judas, 
should be an injurious persecutor of the 
church, plotting mischief and violence 
against the disciples of Jesus, like a 
''ravening wolf" until he was himself 
apprehended by divine power, brought 



1 Cor. xv. 1. Moreover, brethren, 
I declare unto you the gospel which I 
preached unto you, which also ye have 
received, and wherein ye stand ; 

2. By which also ye are saved, if 
ye keep in memory what I preached 
unto you, unless ye have believed in 
vain. 

3. For I delivered unto you first of 
all that which I also received, how that 
Christ died for our sins according to 
the scriptures; 

4. And that he was buried, and that 
he rose again the third day according 
to the scriptures : 

5. And that he was seen of Cephas, 
then of the twelve : 

6. After that, he was seen of above 
five hundred brethren at once; of 
whom the greater part remain unto this 
present, but some are fallen asleep. 

7. After that, he was seen of James : 
then of all the apostles. 

8. And last of all he was seen of 
me also, as one born out of due time. 

Eph. i. 11. In whom also we have 
obtained an inheritance, being predes- 
tinated according to the purpose of him 
who worketh all things after the coun- 
sel of his own will : 

12. That we should be to the praise 
of his glory, who first trusted in 
Christ. 

13. In whom ye also trusted, after 
that ye heard the word of truth, the 
gospel of your salvation : in whom also 
after that ye believed, ye were sealed 
with that Holy Spirit of promise, 

14. Which is the earnest of our in- 
heritance until the redemption of the 
purchased possession, unto the praise 
of his glory. 

Acts hi. 25. Ye are the children of 
the prophets, and of the covenant which 
God made with our fathers, saying unto 
Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the 
kindreds of the earth be blessed. 

26. Unto you first God, having 
raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to 



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to bow humbly at his feet, whom he 
had so madly persecuted, aud to preach 
the faith which he had once destroyed. 
"The sons of Jacob came to buy corn 
among those that came." So when Je- 
sus dispenses the blessings of salvation 
to his people, there are always multi- 
tudes to whom the gospel is preached 
as well as unto them ; but not being 
mixed with faith in them that hear, it 
profits them not. 



The Letter. 

6. And Joseph was the governor 
over the land, and he it icas that sold 
to all the people of the land : and Jo- 
seph's brethren came, and bowed down 
themselves before him with their faces 
to the earth. 

7. And Joseph saw his brethren, and 
he knew them, but made himself 
strange unto them, and spake roughly 
unto them ; and he said unto them, 
Whence come ye? And they said, 
From the land of Canaan to buy food. 

8. And Joseph knew his brethren, 
but they knew not him. 



As Mediator of the new covenant, the 
Lord Jesus Christ first exercised the 
office of Prophet. From the beginning 
he had made known, " at sundry times 
and in divers manners," the things 
which should come to pass concerning 
himself; and lastly in his own person, 
he made manifest that which had been 
hidden, and fulfilled that which had 
been predicted. 

He next appears as minister of the 
sanctuary, to offer sacrifice for the sins 
of the people ; and in his own person, 
as the great mystery of godliness, God 
manifest in the flesh, he unites both of- 
fering and Priest ; and by his own blood 
obtains eternal redemption for his peo- 
ple, " by the offering of his own body 
once for all, he perfects for ever them that 
are sanctified." 

Lastly, he assumes the throne and 
sceptre and reigns as King ; dispensing 
the blessings of grace to " the poor, and 



bless you, in turning away every one 
of you from his iniquities. 

John iii. 14. And as Moses lifted 
up the serpent in the wilderness, even 
so must the Son of man be lifted up : 

15. That whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have eternal 
life. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. Ixxii. 1. Give the king thy 
judgments, O God, and thy righteous- 
ness unto the king's son. 

2. He shall judge thy people with 
righteousness, and thy poor with judg- 
ment. 

3. The mountains shall bring peace 
to the people, and the little hills, by 
righteousness. 

4. He shall judge the poor of the 
people, he shall save the children of 
the needy, and shall break in pieces the 
oppressor. 

5. They shall fear thee as long as 
the sun and moon endure, throughout 
all generations. 

6. He shall come down like rain 
upon the mown grass : as showers that 
water the earth. 

7. In his days shall the righteous 
flourish : and abundance of peace so 
long as the moon endureth. 

8. He shall have dominion also, from 
sea to sea, and from the river unto the 
ends of the earth. 

9. They that dwell in the wilderness 
shall bow before him ; and his enemies 
shall lick the dust. 

10. The kings of Tarshish and of 
the isles shall bring presents : the kings 
of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 

1 1. Yea, all kings shall fall down be- 
fore him : all nations shall serve him. 

12. For he shall deliver the needy 
when he crieth : the poor also, and him 
that hath no helper. 

13. He shall spare the poor and 



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him that hath no helper." "He saves 
the children of the needy, and breaks in 
pieces the oppressor." " They that dwell 
in the wilderness bow before him, and his 
enemies lick the dust" 

The glories of this name and office 
shall endure for ever. "His kingdom 
is an everlasting kingdom, and his domi- 
nion ruleth over all." In view of the 
wondrous things of this reign, well may- 
it be said, after summing them up, 
" Tfie prayers of David the son of Jesse 
are ended;" no more remains to ask, or 
to desire. 

Joseph knew his brethren, yet he 
made himself strange to them, and spake 
roughly to them. It is also the method 
of Jesus to hide from those who come to 
him, his gracious purposes of love and 
favor, and often to cause them to despair 
of mercy, that they may the better be 
prepared to appreciate the riches of that 
grace which he is about so freely and 
bountifully to bestow upon them. 



The Letter. 

9. And Joseph remembered the 
dreams which he dreamed of them, 
and said unto them, Ye are spies ; to 
see the nakedness of the land ye are 
come. 

10. And they said unto him, Nay, 
my lord, but to buy food are thy ser- 
vants come. 

11. We are all one man's sons ; we 
are true men; thy servants are no 
spies. 

12. And he said unto them, Nay, 
but to see the nakedness of the land 
ye are come. 

13. And they said, Thy servants 
are twelve brethren, the sons of one 
man in the land of Canaan; and be- 
hold, the youngest is this day with our 
father, and one is not. 



needy, and shall save the souls of the 
needy. 

14. He shall redeem their soul from 
deceit and violence : and precious shall 
their blood be in his sight. 

15. And he shall live, and to him 
shall be given of the gold of Sheba: 
prayer also shall be made for him con- 
tinually ; and daily shall he be praised. 

16. There shall be a handful of com 
in the earth upon the top of the moun- 
tains ; the fruit thereof shall- shake like 
Lebanon : and they of the city shall 
flourish like grass of the earth. 

17. His name shall endure for ever: 
his name shall be continued as long as 
the sun ; and men shall be blessed in 
him : all nations shall call him blessed. 

18. Blessed be the Lord God, the 
God of Israel, who only doeth won- 
drous things. 

19. Blessed be his glorious name for 
ever : and let the whole earth be filled 
with his glory ; Amen, and Amen. 

20. The prayers of David the son of 
Jesse are ended. 



The Spirit. 

John ii. 19. Jesus answered and 
said unto them, Destroy this temple, 
and in three days I will raise it up. 

20. Then said the Jews, Forty and 
six years was this temple in building, 
and wilt thou rear it up in three 
days? 

21. But he spake of the temple of 
his body. 

22. When therefore he was risen 
from the dead, his disciples remembered 
that he had said this unto them : and 
they believed the scripture, and the 
word which Jesus had said. 

xvi. 16. These things understood 
not his disciples at the first : but when 
Jasus was glorified, then remembered 
they that these things were written of 
him, and that they had done these 
things unto him. 



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Note. 

F There were two things asserted by 
these ten brothers, which Joseph insists 
must be proved, in order to clear them 
of the charge of being spies. One was 
the fact of their having another bro- 
ther with their father, and also that 
one was not: the twelve brethren must 
be all made to appear, or, by the life of 
Pharaoh, they were spies. 

Analogous to this in the antitype, is 
the manifest necessity of a united and 
concurrent testimony in the witness of 
the twelve, who were chosen to company 
with Jesus from the baptism of John to 
the day " when he was taken up" The 
truth of the gospel must stand upon 
the joint foundation of the twelve stones. 
The fact that one of these was a devil, 
and fell from his place in the breastplate 
of fire, instead of weakening, increases 
the evidence, that the testimony they 
bore to the resurrection of Christ was 
true; because the appearing of Jesus to 
Paul, and the putting him into the minis- 
try in so signal a manner, giving him, 
separately and apart from the rest, a full 
revelation of the mystery of the gospel, 
is more conclusive proof of the fact, than 
any other could possibly be. To take 
out a defective stone from a foundation, 
and, at a distance from the rest, to shape 
and form another exactly to fit its place, 
requires the hand of the master-builder. 
Joseph's brethren assert with confidence, 
" thy servants are twelve brethren ;" and 
yet they as confidently add, "and one is 
not" This must, therefore, have been 
said both retrospectively, and propheti- 
cally ; as it recognizes a fact which they 
could not know, as regards the exist- 
ence of Joseph. 



The Letter. 

14. And Joseph said unto them, 
That is it that I spake unto you, say- 
ing, Ye are spies : 

15. Hereby ye shall be proved : By 
the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go 



17. And his disciples remembered 
that it was written, The zeal of thine 
house hath eaten me up. 

* * * * * 

5. And as they were afraid, and 
bowed down their faces to the earth, 
they said unto them, Why seek ye the 
living among the dead ? 

6. He is not here, but is risen. Re- 
member how he spake unto you when 
he was yet in Galilee, 

7. Saying, The Son of man must be 
delivered into the hands of sinful men, 
and be crucified, and the third day rise 



8. And they remembered his words. 

Acts i. 1. The former treatise have 
I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus 
began both to do and teach, 

2. Until the day in which he Was 
taken up, after that he through the 
Holy Ghost had given commandments 
unto the apostles whom he had chosen : 

3. To whom also he shewed himself 
alive after his passion by many infalli- 
ble proofs, being seen of them forty 
days, and speaking of the things per- 
taining to the kingdom of God. 

Gal. i. 11. But I certify you, bre- 
thren, that the gospel which was 
preached of me is not after man : 

12. For I neither received it of man, 
neither was I taught it, but by the re- 
velation of Jesus Christ. 

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15. But when it pleased God, who 
separated me from my mother's womb, 
and called me by his grace, 

16. To reveal his Son in me, that I 
might preach him among the heathen ; 
immediately I conferred not with flesh 
and blood. 



The Spirit. 

1 Cor. xv. 14. And if Christ be not 
risen, then is our preaching vain, and 
your faith is also vain. 

15. Yea, and we are found false 
witnesses of God; because we have 



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forth hence, except your youngest bro- 
ther come hither. 

16. Send one of you, and let him 
fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept 
in prison, that your words may be 
proved, whether there be any truth in 
you: or else by the life of Pharaoh 
surely ye are spies. 

Note. 

That part of the mystery of Christ 
which concerned the Gentiles becoming 
" fellow-heirs and of the same body, and 
partakers of the promise in Christ by 
the gospel," was not understood until 
after the resurrection. It was revealed, 
or promised to the church, by the pro- 
phets, but was not clearly understood 
till it was made manifest to the apostles 
by the Spirit. , 

"When Peter was sent to the house of 
Cornelius to preach the gospel, he could 
not comprehend the divine command, 
and was only convinced of the truth, by 
the pouring out of the Holy Spirit upon 
the household. But it was reserved for 
Paul, to " make all men see what is the 
fellowship of the mystery which from 
the beginning of the world had been hid 
in God, who created all things by Jesus 
Christ." 

By the bringing in of the younger bro- 
ther, or as it is in another place, the re- 
turn of the "younger son" great enlarge- 
ment and power was given to the testi- 
mony of the gospel : and in turn, when 
the "elder brother," the Jews, shall be 
brought back to their own olive, or 
their own land, it will be " as life from 
the dead" 

Joseph's brethren are required to 
prove that one of the twelve is not, — 
but the credibility of their testimony is 
made chiefly to rest upon the bringing 
of their younger brother into Egypt. So 
it is the resurrection from the dead, rather 
than the death of Jesus, and the promise 
of the Spirit which was to follow the re- 
surrection, to gather the dispersed of 
Israel, and bring nigh those that are 
afar off, — upon which the truth of the 
gospel rests. "It is Christ that died; 
yea, rather, which is risen again ;" — to 
give life to the world. 



testified of God that he raised up 
Christ : whom he raised not up, if so 
be that the dead rise not. 

16. For if the dead rise not, then is 
not Christ raised ; 

17. And if Christ be not raised, 
your faith is vain ; ye are yet in your 
sins. 

18. Then they also which are fallen 
asleep in Christ are perished. . 

Eph. hi. 1. For this cause, I, Paul, 
the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you 
Gentiles, 

2. If ye have heard of the dispensa- 
tion of the grace of God which is given 
me to you- ward : 

3. How that by revelation he made 
known unto me the mystery, as I wrote 
afore in few words ; 

4. Whereby, when ye read, ye may 
understand my knowleege in the mys- 
tery of Christ, 

5. Which in other ages was not 
made known unto the sons of men, as 
it is now revealed unto his holy apos- 
tles and prophets by the Spirit ; 

6. That the Gentiles should be fel- 
low-heirs, and of the same body, and 
partakers of his promise in Christ by 
the gospel : 

7. Whereof I was made a minister, 
according to the gift of the grace of 
God given unto me by the effectual 
working of his power. 

8. Unto me, who am less than the 
least of all saints, is this grace given, 
that I should preach among the Gentiles 
the unsearchable riches of Christ ; 

9. And to make all men see what is 
the fellowship of the mystery, which 
from the beginning of the world hath 
been hid in God, who created all things 
by Jesus Christ : 

10. To the intent that now unto the 
principalities and powers in heavenly 
places might be known by the church 
the manifold wisdom of God, 

11. According to the eternal purpose 
which he purposed in Christ Jesus our 
Lord: 

12. In whom we have boldness and 



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Tlie Letter. 

17. And he put them all together into 
ward three days. 

18. And Joseph said unto them the 
third day, This do, and live ; for I fear 
God: 

19. If ye he true men, let one of your 
brethren be bound in the house of your 
prison : go ye, carry corn for the famine 
of your houses : 

20. But bring your youngest brother 
unto me ; so shall your words be veri- 
fied, and ye shall not die. And they 
did so. 

21. And they said one to another, 
We are verily guilty concerning our 
brother, in that we saw the anguish of 
his soul, when he besought us, and we 
would not hear ; therefore is this dis- 
tress come upon us. 

22. And Reuben answered them, 
saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, 
Do not sin against the child; and ye 
would not hear ; therefore behold also 
his blood is required. 

23. And they knew not that Joseph 
understood them; for he spake unto 
them by an interpreter. 

24. And he turned himself about 
from them, and wept; and returned 
to them again, and communed with 
them, and took from them Simeon, and 
bound him before their eyes. 

Xote. 

During the three days that Jesus was 
laid in the tomb, the disciples were 
"shut up" to all hope from their Lord 



access with confidence by the faith of 
him. 

13. Wherefore I desire that ye faint 
not at my tribulations for you, which 
is your glory. 

14. For this cause I bow my knees 
unto the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, 

15. Of whom the whole family in 
heaven and earth is named. 



Tlie Spirit. 

Luke xxiv. 21. But we trusted that 
it had been he which should have re- 
deemed Israel ; and beside all this, to- 
day is the third day since these things 
were done. 

Acts i. 16. * * * David spake be- 
fore concerning Judas, which was guide 
to theni that took Jesus. 

17. For he was numbered with us, 
and had obtained part of this ministry. 

18. Now this man purchased a field 
with the reward of iniquity : and fall- 
ing headlong, he burst asunder in the 
midst, and all Ms bowels gushed out 

* * * * % 

25. That he may take part of this 
ministry and apostleship, from which 
Judas by transgression fell, that he 
might go to his own place. 

Luke xxiv. 16. But their eyes were 
holden, that they should not know him. 

17. And he said unto them, What 
manner of communications are these 
that ye have one to another, as ye walk, 
and are sad ] 

18. And the one of them, whose 
name was Cleopas, answering, said 
unto him, Art thou only a stranger in 
Jerusalem, and hast not known the 
things which are come to pass there in 
these days] 

19. And he said unto them, What 
things 1 And they said unto him, 
Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which 
was a prophet mighty in deed and word 
before God, and all the people : 

20. And how the chief priests and 



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and Master. To their apprehension, all 
was lost ; for he who they thought 
would have redeemed Israel, had been 
crucified as a malefactor ! Being as yet 
without understanding of the nature of 
that redemption which he came to ac- 
complish, — the " needs be that Christ 
should suffer," — it never entered their 
minds to conceive of such a method of 
deliverance — such a way to victory and 
triumph ! 

Thoughts similar to these, doubtless 
possessed the minds of Joseph's brethren, 
when, instead of bread for their house- 
holds, they met only threats, accusation, 
and imprisonment. Consciousness of ill 
desert, gave a sombre coloring to all that 
befell them, and the guilt of a brother's 
blood, lying heavily upon their hearts, 
caused a fearful looking for of judgment 
at the hand of God. Little did they 
imagine that under this dark cloud was 
concealed a purpose of matchless grace, 
mercy and love, to such ungodly and 
hell-deserving sinners as themselves; 
and that the stern governor of Egypt 
was their own gentle and loving bro- 
ther. 

On the third day, Joseph commanded 
a new method of proving the truth of 
the men of Canaan. One of their num- 
ber (Simeon) was to be left bound, 



The Letter. 

25. Then Joseph commanded to fill 
their sacks with corn, and to restore 
every man's money into his sack, and 
to give them provision for the way: 
and thus did he unto them. 

26. And they laded their asses with 
the corn, and departed thence. 

27. And as one of them opened his 
sack to give his ass provender in the 
inn, he espied his money : for behold, 
it was in his sack's mouth. 

28. And he said unto his brethren, 
My money is restored ; and lo, it is 
even in my sack : and their heart failed 
them, and they were afraid, saying one 
to another, What is this that God hath 
done unto us ? 



our rulers delivered him to be con- 
demned to death, and have crucified 
him. 

Acts xv. 7. And when there had 
been much disputing, Peter rose up 
and said unto them, Men and brethren, 
ye know how that a good while ago, 
God made choice among us, that the 
Gentiles, by my mouth, should hear the 
word of the gospel, and believe. 

8. And God, which knoweth the 
hearts, bare them witness, giving them 
the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us : 

9. And put no difference between 
us and them, purifying their hearts by 
faith. 



in the house of their prison, while 
the others returned with bread for 
their households and to bring their 
younger brother. This alludes to the 
fact, that when Jesus was, on the third 
day, liberated from the prison of the 
tomb, one of the twelve (Judas) was 
left bound in the second death — " his 
own place " — to prove that he was not a 
true man ; while the other disciples 
were sent into Galilee, to proclaim that 
" Jesus was risen indeed from the dead, 
and had appeared to Simon." 



The Spirit. 

Rom. viii. 32. He that spared not 
his own Son, but delivered him up for 
us all, how shall he not with him also 
freely give us all things ? 

John i. 16. And of his fulness have 
all we received, and grace for grace. 

17. For the law was given by Moses, 
but grace and truth came by Jesus 
Christ. 

Rom. iii. 21. But now the right- 
eousness of God without the law is 
manifested, being witnessed by the law 
and the prophets ; 

22. Even the righteousness of God, 
which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto 
all, and upon all them that believe ; for 
there is no difference : 



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Note. 

The sovereign freeness of divine 
grace, abounding to the chief of sinners 
through Jesus Christ, is the distinguish- 
ing feature of the gospel. Justification 
by faith, without the deeds of the law ; 
pardon and peace, through the blood of 
the cross, wholly irrespective of human 
merit or demerit, is the one grand theme 
of apostolic preaching. Freely they had 
received, and freely they dispensed to 
others of the rich provisions of God's 
house ; the great things which he has laid 
up for them that fear him, and freely 
bestows "without money and without 
price," upon the destitute and perishing. 

But this method of divine wisdom is 
hid from the wise and prudent, and is 
marvellous in the eyes of ignorant and 
foolish men ; who, blessing themselves 
in their fancied stock of self-righteous- 
ness, think to purchase the gifts of God 
with this counterfeit coin: and when 
they find it rejected and turned back 
upon themselves, " their hearts fail them 
and they are afraid," not knowing the 
"gift of God," and not conceiving how 
help should come in any other way than 
that of barter. 

Thus also feared and marvelled the 
men of Canaan when they discovered 
their money returned in their sacks ! 
Whence is this, that the stern governor 
of Egypt, who we supposed would exact 
the uttermost farthing, has thus stored 
us with corn, and also returned our 
money with it ! Surely it is the just 
judgment of God, who is about to visit 
upon us the full demerits of our sins ; 
and who thus has purposed to find oc- 
casion against us ! 



The Letter, 

29. And they came unto Jacob their 
father unto the land of Canaan, and 
told him all that befell unto them, 
saying, 

30. The man, who is the lord of the 
land, spake roughly to us, and took us 
for spies of the country. 



23. For all have sinned, and come 
short of the glory of God : 

24. Being justified freely by his 
grace, through the redemption that is 
in Christ Jesus : 

25. Whom God hath set forth to be 
a propitiation, through faith in his 
blood, to declare his righteousness for 
the remission of sins that are past, 
through the forbearance of God. 

v. 6. For when we were yet without 
strength, in due time Christ died for 
the ungodly. 

7. For scarcely for a righteous man 
will one die : yet peradventure for a 
good man some would even dare to 
die. 

8. But God commendeth his love to- 
wards us, in that while we were yet 
sinners, Christ died for us. 

9. Much more then, being now T justi- 
fied by his blood, we shall be saved 
from wrath through him. 

10. For if, when w^e w r ere enemies, 
we were reconciled to God by the 
death of his Son ; much more, being 
reconciled, we shall be saved by his 
life. 

Titus hi. 4. But after that the 
kindness and love of God our Saviour 
toward man appeared, 

5. Not by works of righteousness 
which we have done, but according to 
his mercy he saved us, by the washing 
of regeneration, and renewing of the 
Holy Ghost ; 

6. Which he shed on us abundantly 
through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 

7. That, being justified by his grace, 
we should be made heirs according to 
the hope of eternal life. 



The Spirit. 

Acts xi. 2, 3. And when Peter 
was come up to Jerusalem, they that 
were of the circumcision contended 
with him, saying, Thou wentest in to 
men uncircumcised, and did eat with 
them. 

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31. And we said unto him, We are 
true men : we are no spies. 

32. We be twelve brethren, sons of 
our father : one is not, and the young- 
est is this day with our father in the 
land of Canaan. 

33. And the man, the lord of the 
country, said unto us, Hereby shall I 
know that ye are true men : leave one 
of your brethren here with me, and take 

food for the famine of your households, 
and be gone. 

34. And bring your youngest brother 
unto me ; then shall I know that ye 
are no spies, but that ye are true men : 
so will I deliver you your brother, and 
ye shall traffic ;n the land. 

Kote. 

"When the calling of the Gentiles was 
first made known to the church, it 
caused great wonder and controversy 
among the disciples. Peter, who first 
preached Christ to the household of 
Cornelius, not only scrupled himself 
about obeying the vision, but he was 
afterwards obliged to rehearse the whole 
matter to those who contended with him 
for going in to men uncircumcised. 
Again, the miraculous conversion and 
calling of Paul to be a ckosefi vessel in 
bearing the gospel to that people, was a 
matter of equal mystery and excitement. 

Both these subjects, which are identi- 
fied with each other, are alluded to 



The Letter. 

35. And it came to pass as they 
emptied their sacks, that, behold, every 
man's bundle of money was in his sack : 
and when both they and their father 
saw the bundles of money, they were 
afraid. 

36. And Jacob their father said unto 
them, Me have ye bereaved of my 
children: Joseph is not, and Simeon 
is not, and ye will take Benjamin away. 
All these things are against me. 

37. And Reuben spake unto his fa- 
ther, saying, Slay my two sons, if I 
bring him not to thee : deliver him into 



from the beginning, and expounded it 
in order unto them. 

xv. 4. And when they were come to 
Jerusalem, they were received of the 
church, and of the apostles and elders, 
and they declared all things that God 
had done with them. 

* * % * * 

13. And after they had held their 
peace, James answered, saying, Men 
and brethren, hearken unto me. 

14. Simeon hath declared how God 
at the first did visit the Gentiles, to 
take out of them a people for his 
name. 

15. And to this agree the words of 
the prophets ; as it is written, 

16. After this I will return, and will 
build again the tabernacle of David 
which is fallen down ; and I will build 
again the ruins thereof, and I will set 
it up : 

17. That the residue of men might 
seek after the Lord, and all the Gen- 
tiles, upon whom my name is called, 
saith the Lord, who doeth all these 
things. 

18. Known unto God are all his 
works from the beginning of the 
world. 



jointly by the special call of Benjamin to 
be numbered with the twelve. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xl. 27. Why sayest thou, O 
Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way 
is hid from the Lord, and my judgment 
is passed over from my God ? 

28. Hast thou not known, hast thou 
not heard, that the everlasting God, the 
Lord, the Creator of the ends of the 
earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? 
there is no searching of his understand- 
ing. 

29. He giveth power to the faint; 
and to them that have no might he in- 
creaseth strength. 

30. Even the youths shall faint and 



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my hand, and I will bring him to thee 
again. 

38. And he said, My son shall not 
go down with you ; for his brother is 
dead, and he is left alone : if mischief 
befall him by the way in the which ye 
go, then shall ye bring down my gray 
hairs with sorrow to the grave. 

Note. 

The lamentation of Jacob, and his fear 
of being bereaved, allude to the language 
of Zion in view of the loss of her natural 
branches, to make room for the Gen- 
tiles. 

That her increase should be from her 
loss; her fulness from her desolation, 
was too much for her faith to grasp ; 
and her language is, " my way is hid 
from the Lord ;" " the Lord hath for- 
gotten me ; my Lord hath forsaken me ;" 
or with Jacob, "all these things are 
against me !" He could not see how 
the sending of Benjamin should be the 
bringing in of thousands ; and the sure 
prelude to the "gathering together in 
one " his entire household, to live and 
rejoice with him who was mourned as 
dead. 

Well might the apostle exclaim, in 
view of this same subject, the union 
of Jews and Gentiles in one root : 
" the depth of the riches both of 
the wisdom and knowledge of God! 
how unsearchable are his judgments, and 
his ways past finding out! For who 
hath known the mind of the Lord ? or 
who hath been his counsellor ? Or who 
hath first given to him, and it shall be 
recompensed unto him again ? For of 
him, and through him, and to him, are 
all things : to whom be glory for ever. 
Amen." Rom. xi. 33-36. 



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be weary, and the young men shall ut- 
terly fall. 

31. But they that wait upon the 
Lord shall renew their strength ; they 
shall mount up with wings as eagles : 
they shall run, and not be weary; and 
they shall walk, and not faint. 

xlix. 14. But Zion said, The Lord 
hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath 
forgotten me. 

15. Can a woman forget her sucking 
child, that she should not have com- 
passion on the son of her womb- 
yea, they may forget, yet will I not 
forget thee. 

16. Behold I have graven thee upon 
the palms of my hands ; thy walls are 
continually before me. 

17. Thy children shall make haste; 
thy destroyers and they that made thee 
waste, shall go forth of thee. 

4. Then I said, I have labored in 
vain, I have spent my strength for 
nought, and in vain ; yet surely my 
judgment is with the Lord, and my 
work with my God. 

5. And now, saith the Lord that 
formed me from the womb to be his 
servant, to bring Jacob again to him, 
Though Israel be not gathered, yet 
shall I be glorious in the eyes of 
the Lord, and my God shall be my 
strength. 

6. And he said, It is a light thing 
that thou shouldest be my servant, to 
raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to 
restore the preserved of Israel ; I will; 
also give thee for a light to the Gen- 
tiles, that thou mayest be my salvation 
unto the end of the earth. 

li. 5. My righteousness is near ; my 
salvation is gone forth, and mine arms 
shall judge the people ; the isles shall 
wait upon me, and on mine arm shall 
they trust. 



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CHAPTER XLIII. 



The Letter. 

1. And the famine was sore in the 
land. 

2. And it came to pass, when they 
had eaten up the corn which they had 
brought out of Egypt, their father said 
unto them, Go again, buy us a little 
food. 

3. And Judah spake unto him, say- 
ing, The man did solemnly protest unto 
us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, 
except your brother be with you. 

4. If thou wilt send our brother with 
us, we will go down and buy thee 
food : 

5. But if thou wilt not send him, we 
will not go down: for the man said 
unto us, Ye shall not see my face, ex- 
cept your brother be with you. 

6. And Israel said, Wherefore dealt 
ye so ill with me, as to tell the man 
whether ye had yet a brother ? 

7. And they said, The man asked us 
straitly of our state, and of our kindred, 
saying, Is your father yet alive % have 
ye another brother? and we told him 
according to the tenor of these words : 
Could we certainly know that he would 
say, Bring your brother down ? 

Note. 

It is the hungering and thirsting of 
the household of faith, for the enlarge- 
ment and extension of the Redeemer's 
kingdom, — their longing desire to see 
him rule " from sea to sea, and from the 
river to the ends of the earth," — which 
constrains them to apply to the store- 
house of grace and mercy for these rich 
blessings ; — to give him no rest, till he 
make Jerusalem a name and a praise in 
the earth. 

There are set times to favor Zion; 
:and the period had now come, when she 
should lengthen herfcords and strength- 



Tlie Spirit. 

John x. 16. And other sheep 1 
have, which are not of this fold : them 
also I must bring, and they shall hear 
my voice ; and there shall be one fold, 
and one shepherd. 

Acts ix. 1. And Saul, yet breathing 
out threatenings and slaughter against 
the disciples of the Lord, went unto the 
high priest, 

2. And desired of him letters to Da- 
mascus to the synagogues, that if he 
found any of this way, whether they 
were men or women, he might bring 
them bound unto Jerusalem. 

3. And as he journeyed, he came 
near Damascus ; and suddenly there 
shined round about him a light from 
heaven : 

4. And he fell to the earth, and 
heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, 
Saul, why persecutest thou me ? 

5. And he said, Who art thou, Lord ? 
And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom 
thou persecutest. It is hard for thee 
to kick against the pricks. 

6. And he, trembling and astonished, 
said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to 
do? And the Lord said unto him, 
Arise, and go into the city, and it shall 
be told thee what thou must do. 

7. And the men which journeyed 
with him stood speechless, hearing a 
voice, but seeing no man. 

8. And Saul rose from the earth ; 
and when his eyes were opened, he saw 
no man : but they led him by the hand, 
and brought him into Damascus. 

9. And he was three days without 
sight, and neither did eat nor drink. 

10. And there was a certain disciple 
at Damascus, named Ananias ; and to 
him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. 
And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 



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en her stakes, and break forth on the 
right hand and on the left. Paul must 
be sent far hence, to bear the Redeemer's 
name before Gentiles and kings; and if 
he will not obey the^rs^ call, he must 
be "apprehended" by a power from 
heaven which he can no longer resist. 

When Jesus purposes to bring his 
people nigh to himself, and to make 
greater discoveries to them of his own 
glory, he makes them feel their deep 
poverty; — the famine which is in their 
own souls when not in the enjoyment of 
his presence. But such is their carnal 
self-confidence, and distrust of his love 
and mercy, that, not until they are ready 
to perish, will they seek his face. 



The Letter. 

8. And Judah said unto Israel his 
father, Send the lad with me, and we 
will arise and go; that w T e may live, 
and not die, both we, and thou, and also 
our little ones. 

9. I will be surety for him ; of my 
hand shalt thou require him : if I bring 
him not unto thee, and set him before 
thee, then let me bear the blame for 
ever : 

10. For except we had lingered, 
surely now we had returned this second 
time. 

11. And their father Israel said unto 
them, If it must be so now, do this : 
take of the best fruits in the land in 
your vessels, and carry down the man 
a present, a little balm, and a little 
honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and al- 
monds : 

12. And take double money in your 
hand ; and the money that was brought 
again in the mouth of your sacks, carry 



11. And the Lord said unto him, 
Arise, and go into the street which is 
called Straight, and inquire in the 
house of Judas for one called Saul of 
Tarsus : for, behold, he prayeth, 

12. And hath seen in a vision a man 
named Ananias coming in, and putting 
his hand on him, that he might receive 
his sight. 

13. Then Ananias answered, Lord, 
I have heard by many of this man, how 
much evil he hath done to thy saints at 
Jerusalem : 

14. And here he hath authority from 
the chief priests to bind all that call on 
thy name. 

15. But the Lord said unto him, Go 
thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto 
me, to bear my name before the Gen- 
tiles, and kings, and the children of 
Israel : 

16. For I will shew him how great 
things he must suffer for my name's 
sake. 



The Spirit. 

Rev. v. 5. And one of the elders 
saith unto me, Weep not : behold, the 
Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root 
of David, hath prevailed to open the 
book, and to loose the seven seals 
thereof. 

Acts ix. 26. And when Saul was 
come to Jerusalem, he essayed to join 
himself to the disciples : but they were 
all afraid of him, and believed not that 
he was a disciple. 

27. But Barnabas took him, and 
brought him to the apostles, and de- 
clared nnto them how he had seen the 
Lord in the way, and that he had spoken 
to him, and how he had preached boldly 
at Damascus in the name of Jesus. 

28. And he was with them coming 
in and going out at Jerusalem. 

29. And he spake boldly in the name 
of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against 
the Grecians : but they went about to 
slay him. 



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it again in your hand ; peradventure it 
vxis an oversight, 

13. Take also your brother, and 
arise, go again unto the man : 

14. And God Almighty give you 
mercy before the man, that he may 
send away your other brother, and 
Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my 
children, I am bereaved. 

15. And the men took that present, ' 
and they took double money in their 
hand, and Benjamin ; and rose up, and 
went down to Egypt, and stood before 
Joseph. 

!Note. 

Judah here takes precedence of his 
brethren in interceding and prevailing 
for the sending forth of Benjamin, at the 
call of Joseph. He even pledges himself 
a surety for the issue of the matter. So 
the "Lion of the tribe of Judah" prevails 
to open the book of the divine purposes, 
"and to fulfil the word of God, even the 
mystery which hath been hid for ages 
and from generations, but now is made 
manifest to his saints, to whom God 
wotild make known what is the riches of 
the glory of this mystery among the Gen- 
tiles," &c. Jacob is constrained to con- 
sent that Benjamin should go, but gives 
orders for taking double money, and also 
a present, to propitiate the governor of 
Egypt. In this we see exemplified the 
deep-rooted notion which prevails even 
in the church, of rendering an equiva- 
lent for grace received, — a propitiatory 
sacrifice or penance, — thus making 
peace, not by the blood of the cross, 
but by the deeds of the law This 
voluntary humility and will-worship, 
was what influenced the believing Pha- 
risees, in th'e loth chapter of Acts, to 
urge that it was needful to circumcise 
the Gentile converts, and command 
them to keep the law of Moses. 



30. Which when the brethren knew, 
they brought him down to Cesarea, and 
sent him forth to Tarsus. 

xv. 5. But there rose up certain of 
the sect of the Pharisees which believed, 
saying, That it was needful to circum- 
cise them, and to command them to 
keep the law of Moses. 

6. And the apostles and elders came 
together for to consider of this mat- 
ter. 

7. And when there had been much 
disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto 
them, Men and brethren, ye know how 
that a good while ago God made choice 
amcfng us, that the Gentiles by my 
mouth should hear the word of the 
gospel, and believe. 

8. And God, which knoweth the 
hearts, bare them witness, giving them 
the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto 
us; 

9. And put no difference between 
us and them, purifying their hearts by 
faith. 

10. Now therefore why tempt ye 
God, to put a yoke upon the neck of 
the disciples, which neither our fathers 
nor we were able to bear 1 

11. But we believe that through the 
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall 
be saved, even as they. 

Mic. vi. 6. Wherewith shall I come 
before the Lord, and bow myself before 
the high God? shall I come before him 
with burnt offerings, with calves of a 
year old 1 ? 

7. Will the Lord be pleased will: 
thousands of rams, or with ten thou- 
sands of rivers of oil ? shall I give my 
first-born for my transgression, the fruit 
of my body for the sin of my soul ? 



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BENJAMIN BROUGHT TO JOSEPH. 

16. And when Joseph saw Benjamin 
with them, he said to the ruler of his 
house, Bring these men home, and slay, 
and make ready: for these men shall 
dine with me at noon. 

17. And the man did as Joseph 
bade : and the man brought the men 
into Joseph's house. 

18. And the men were afraid, be- 
cause they were brought into Joseph's 
house ; and they said, Because of the 
money that was returned in our sacks 
at the first time are we brought in : 
that he may seek occasion against us, 
and fall upon us, and take us for bond- 
men, and our asses. 

19. And they came near to the 
steward of Joseph's house, and they 
communed with him at the door of the 
house, 

20. And said, O sir, we came indeed 
down at the first time to buy food: 

21. And it came to pass, when we 
came to the inn, that we opened our 
sacks, and behold, every man's money 
icas in the mouth of his sack, our 
money in full weight : and we have 
brought it again in our hand. 

22. And other money have we 
brought down in our hands to buy 
food: we cannot tell who put our 
money in our sacks. 

23. And he said, Peace be to you, 
fear not: your God, and the God of 
your father, hath given you treasure in 
your sacks : I had your money. And 
he brought Simeon out unto them. 

24. And the man brought the men 
into Joseph's house, and gave them 
water, and they washed their feet ; and 
he gave their asses provender. 

25. And they made ready the pre- 
sent against Joseph came at noon : for 
they heard that they should eat bread 
there. 

26. And when Joseph came home, 
they brought him the present which 
was in their hand into the house, and 



The Spirit. 

THE YOUNGER SON BROUGHT TO HIS 
FATHER'S HOUSE. 

Luke xv. 11. And he said, A cer- 
tain man had two sons : 

12. And the younger of them said 
to his father, Father, give me the por- 
tion of goods that falleth to me. And 
he divided unto them his living. 

13. And not many days after, the 
younger son gathered all together, and 
took his journey into a far country, and 
there wasted his substance with riotous 
living. 

* * * * * 

15. And he went and joined himself 
to a citizen of that country; and he 
sent him into his fields to feed swine. 

16. And he would fain have filled 
his belly with the husks that the 
swine did eat ; and no man gave unto 
him. 

17. And when he came to himself, 
he said, How many hired servants of 
my father's have bread enough and to 
spare, and I perish with hunger! 

18. I will arise and go to my father, 
and will say unto him, Father, I have 
sinned against heaven, and before 
thee, 

19. And am no more worthy to be 
called thy son : make me as one of thy 
hired servants. 

20. And he arose, and came to his 
father. But when he was yet a great 
way off, his father saw him, and had 
compassion, and ran, and fell on his 
neck, and kissed him. 

21. And the son said unto him, Fa- 
ther, I have sinned against heaven, and 
in thy sight, and am no more worthy to 
be called thy son. 

22. But the father said to his ser- 
vants, Bring forth the best robe, and 
put it on him ; and put a ring on his 
hand, and shoes on Ms feet : 

23. And bring hither the fatted calf, 
and kill it; and let us eat and be 
merry : 

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bowed themselves to him to the 
earth. 

27. And he asked them of their wel- 
fare, and said, Is your father well, the 
old man of whom ye spake ? Is he yet 
alive ? 

28. And they answered, Thy servant 
our father is in good health, he is yet 
alive : and they bowed down their 
heads, and made obeisance. 

29. And he lifted up his eyes, and 
saw his brother Benjamin, his mothers 
son, and said, Is this your younger 
brother, of whom ye spake unto me ? 
And he said, God be gracious unto 
thee, my son. 

30. And Joseph made haste ; for his 
bowels did yearn upon his brother: 
and he sought where to weep ; and he 
entered into his chamber, and wept 
there. 

31. And he washed his face, and 
went out, and refrained himself, and 
said, Set on bread. 

32. And they set on for him by him- 
self, and for them by themselves, and 
for the Egyptians which did eat with 
him, by themselves; because the Egyp- 
tians might not eat bread with the He- 
brews ; for that is an abomination unto 
the Egyptians. 

33. And they sat before him, the 
first-born according to his birth-right, 
and the youngest according to his 
youth : and the men marvelled one at 
another. 

34. And he took and sent messes 
unto them from before him : but Ben- 
jamin's mess was five times so much as 
any of theirs. And they drank, and 
were merry with him. 

Note. 

It cannot he doubted that the two 
parables, here placed as analogous with 
each other, have both allusion to one 
and the same event. The discrepancies 
that occur, are the result of the different 
circumstances that were connected with 
their being called forth. The parable 
from Luke was not simply a prediction, 
but was intended to teach the nature of 



alive again ; he was lost, and is found. 
And they began to be merry. 

25. Now his elder son was in the 
field : and as he came and drew nigh 
to the house, he heard music and 
dancing. 

26. And he called one of the ser- 
vants, and asked what these things 
meant. 

27. And he said unto him, Thy bro- 
ther is come ; and thy father hath killed 
the fatted calf, because he hath received 
him safe and sound. 

28. And he was angry, and would 
not go in ; therefore came his father 
out, and entreated him. 

29. And he answering, said to Ms 
father, Lo, these many years do I 
serve thee, neither transgressed I at 
any time thy commandment; and yet 
thou never gavest me a kid, that I 
might make merry with my friends : 

30. But as soon as this thy son was 
come, which hath devoured thy living 
with harlots, thou hast killed for him 
the fatted calf. 

31. And he said unto hini, Son, thou 
art ever with me; and all that I have 
is thine. 

32. It was meet that we should 
make merry, and be glad : for this thy 
brother was dead, and is alive again ; 
and was lost, and is found. 



self-righteousness, and expose the con- 
duct of the Jews in their high esteem of 
themselves while they despised others ; 
also, that the dealings of God with them 
would be widely different from their 
expeetations, and would reprove their 
pride and selfishness. 

The parable of Benjamin, while it 
predicted and prefigured the same 
event, — the calling in of the Gentiles, — 
had, besides, many other things con- 
nected with it. The twelve witnesses 
must be prepared to testify to the 
household of Jacob, that Joseph was yet 
alive; and that he was governor of the 
land of Egypt. Neither of these things 
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liable testimony. In addition to the ne- 
cessity of the number twelve to complete 
the apostleship, it was most likely that 
Benjamin would be more familiar with 
his own brother, — better recognize his 
person, and be able with greater cer- 
tainty to identify him, under these new 
and strange circumstances. 

So much for the type. The antitype 



must also be accredited by the most in- 
fallible proofs. All that had been writ- 
ten and predicted of the Messiah, must 
be fulfilled in him. Among these things 
was, that he should not only "restore 
the preserved of Israel," but that he 
should be "« light to lighten the Gen- 
tiles." 



CHAPTER XLIV. 



The Letter. 

1. And he commanded the steward 
of his house, saying, Fill the men's 
sacks with food, as much as they can 
carry, and put every man's money in 
his sack's mouth. 

2. And put my cup, the silver cup, 
in the sack's mouth of the youngest, 
and his corn money. And he did ac- 
cording to the word that Joseph had 
spoken. 

Note. 

In order to see the symbolical and 
mystical meaning of this strange act of 
Joseph in his conduct towards Benja- 
min; and also to find an analogy to it 
in the history of Paul and his ministry, 
we must look, not merely at the act it- 
self, but to the design and intention of 
it. The twelve witnesses that were 
chosen to preach the everlasting gospel, 
must be prepared and instructed for the 
great work. All, excepting Paul, had 
been favored with personal intercourse 
with Christ during his public ministry, 
so that they could say, " That which we 
have seen with our eyes, which we have 
looked upon, and our hands have handled 
of the word of life, declare we unto you." 

To supply the lack of this special 
training, it is supposed by some, that 
Paul, after his miraculous conversion, 
was privileged with the immediate per- 
sonal teaching of Christ during the three 
years which intervened between his 
baptism by Ananias, and his going up to 



The Spirit. 

2 Cor. xii. 1. It is not expedient 
for me doubtless to glory. I will come 
to visions and revelations of the Lord. 

2. I knew a man in Christ above 
fourteen years ago, (whether in the 
body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of 
the body, I cannot tell: God know- 
eth :) such a one caught up to the 
third heaven. 

3. And I knew such a man, (whe- 
ther in the body, or out of the body, I 
cannot tell : God knoweth ;) 

4. How that he was caught up into 
paradise, and heard unspeakable words, 
which it is not lawful for a man to 
utter. 

5. Of such a one will I glory: yet 
of myself I will not glory, but in mine 
infirmities. 

6. For though I would desire to 
glory I shall not be a fool ; for I will 
say the truth : but now I forbear, lest 
any man should think of me above that 
which he seeth me to be, or that he 
heareth of me. 

7. And lest I should be exalted 
above measure through the abundance 
of the revelations, there was given to 
me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger 
of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be 
exalted above measure. 

8. For this thing I besought the 
Lord thrice, that it might depart from 
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Jerusalem to confer with the other 
apostles. This idea is thought to be in- 
timated in the first chapter of Galatians. 
That he was made " eye-witness " of the 
resurrection of Jesus from the dead, on 
his memorable journey to Damascus, is 
sot disputed. At any rate we may sup- 
pose that every deficiency he might suf- 
fer from being " born out of due time" 
was amply supplied by the abundant 
revelations made to him, as recorded in 
2 Cor. xii. It is also evident from the 
whole history of this apostle, that a 
"thorn in the flesh " was needful, "lest 
lie should be exalted above measure." 

Equally needful was it that Benja- 
min, who so clearly typifies this apostle, 
should at this very time, experience a 
similar discipline. He had just been 
made the object of special favor by the 
governor of Egypt, and when they were 
all fed from his table, Benjamin's mess 
was five times as much as the rest, though 
he was the youngest and least of all. 
In addition to this, had he been suffered 
to reach his father's house, there to dis- 
cover the silver cup, and to conclude 
that he had been further distinguished 



Tlie Letter. 

3. As soon as the morning was 
light, the men were sent away, they, 
and their asses. 

A. And when they were gone out of 
the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said 
unto his steward, Up, follow after the 
men; and when thou dost overtake 
them, say unto them, Wherefore have 
ye rewarded evil for good ? 

5. Is not this it in which my lord 
drinketh, and whereby indeed he divin- 
eth ? ye have done evil in so doing. 

6. And he overtook them, and he 
spake unto them these same words. 

7. And they said unto him, Where- 
fore saith my lord these words ? God 
forbid that thy servants should do ac- 
cording to this thing : 

8. Behold, the money which we 
found in our sacks' mouths, we brought 
ao-ain unto thee out of the land of Ca- 



9. And he said unto me, My grace is 
sufficient for thee : for my strength is 
made perfect in weakness. Most gladly 
therefore will I rather glory in my in- 
firmities, that the power of Christ may 
rest upon me. 

10. Therefore I take pleasure in in- 
firmities, in reproaches, in necessities, 
in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's 
sake : for when I am weak, then am I 
strong. 

11. I am become a fool in glorying : 
ye have compelled me : for I ought to 
have been commended of you : for in 
nothing am I behind the very ehiefest 
apostles, though I be nothing. 

12. Truly the signs of an apostle 
were wrought among you in all pa- 
tience, in signs, and wonders, and 
mighty deeds. 



above them all by this signal gift, would 
not Benjamin have been in danger of 
glorying above measure over his less fa- 
vored brethren ? 



The Spirit. 

2 Cok. xi. 22. Are they Hebrews ? 
so am I. Are they Israelites 1 so am 
I. Are they the seed of Abraham ? so 
am I. 

23. Are they ministers of Christ? (I 
speak as a fool,) I am more ; in labors 
more abundant, in stripes above mea- 
sure, in prisons more frequent, in 
deaths oft. 

24. Of the Jews five times received 
I forty stripes save one. 

25. Thrice was I beaten with rods, 
once was I stoned, thrice I suffered 
shipwreck, a night and a day I have 
been in the deep ; 

26. In journejings often, in perils of 
waters, in perils of robbers, in perils 
by mine own countrymen, in perils by 
the heathen, in perils in the city, in 
perils in the wilderness, in perils in the 
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naan : how then should we steal out 
of thy lord's house silver or gold ? 

9. With whomsoever of thy ser- 
vants it be found, both let him die, and 
we also will be my lord's bond-men. 

10. And he said, Now also let it be 
according unto your words : he with 
whom it is found shall be my servant ; 
and ye shall be blameless. 

jSTote. 

How admirably suited are the me- 
thods of divine wisdom, to bring bach to 
the feet of sovereign mercy and grace, 
such as, by reason of unusual manifesta- 
tions of favor, are tempted to forget 
what manner of persons they are. 

It was not strange that such an one 
as Paul, — taken to the third heaven, and 
listening to words not lawful for man to 
utter, — regaled from the Master's own 
cup, and fed from his own table, should 
be in danger of beinsr " exalted above 



TJie Letter. 

11. Then they speedily took down 
every man his sack to the ground, and 
opened every man his sack. 

12. And he searched, and begau at 
the eldest, and left at the youngest: 
and the cup was found in Benjamin's 
sack. 

13. Then they rent their clothes, and 
laded every man his ass, and returned 
to the city. 

14. And Judah and his brethren 
came to Joseph's house, (for he icas 
yet there :) and they fell before him on 
the ground. 

15. And Joseph said unto them, 
What deed is this that ye have done 1 
wot ye not that such a man as I can 
certainly divine ? 

16. And Judah said. What shall we 
say unto my lord ? what shall we speak ? 
or how shall we clear ourselves ? God 
hath found out the iniquity of thy ser- 
vants : behold we are my lord's ser- 
vants, both we, and lie also with whom 
the cup is found. 



27. In weariness and painfulness, in 
watchings often, in hunger and thirst, 
in fastings often, in cold and naked- 
ness. 

28. Besides those things that are 
without, that which cometh upon me 
daih T , the care of all the churches. 

29. Who is weak, and I am not 
weak? who is offended, and I burn 
not? 

30. If I must needs glory, I will 
glory of the things which concern mine 
infirmities. 

31. The God and Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for 
evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 

measure," and that a "thorn in the 
flesh" should be needful for him. His 
divine Master knew exactly how to ad- 
minister the antidote to such dangerous 
influence. 



The Spirit. 

Rom. xi. 18. Boast not against the 
branches. But if thou boast, thou 
bearest not the root, but the root thee. 

19. Thou wilt say then, The branch- 
es were broken off, that I might be 
graffed in. 

20. Well ; because of unbelief they 
were broken off, and thou standest by 
faith. Be not high-minded, but fear : 

21. For if God spared not the natu- 
ral branches, take heed lest he also spare 
not thee. 

22. Behold therefore the goodness 
and severity of God : on them which 
fell, severity; but toward thee, good- 
ness, if thou continue in his goodness : 
otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 

23. And they also, if they abide not 
still in unbelief, shall be graffed in : 
for God is able to graff them in 
again. 

24. For if thou wert cut out of the 
olive-tree which is wild by nature, and 
wert graffed contrary to nature into a 
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r 17. And he said, God forbid that I 
should do so : but the man in whose 
hand the cup is found, he shall be my 
servant ; and as for you, get you up in 
peace unto your father. 

18. Then Judah came near unto him, 
and said, O my lord, let thy servant, I 
pray thee, speak a word in my lord's 
ears, and let not thine anger burn 
against thy servant : for thou art even 
as Pharaoh. 

19. My lord asked his servants, say- 
ing, Have ye a father, or a brother 1 

20. And we said unto my lord, We 
have a father, an old man, and a child 
of his old age, a little one : and his bro- 
ther is dead, and he alone is left of his 
mother, and his father loveth him. 

21. And thou saidst unto thy ser- 
vants, Bring him down unto me that I 
may set mine eyes upon him. 

22. And we said unto my lord, The 
lad cannot leave his father : for if he 
should leave his father, his father would 
die. 

23. And thou saidst unto thy ser- 
vants, Except your youngest brother 
come down with you, ye shall see my 
face no more. 

24. And it came to pass, when we 
came up unto thy servant my father, 
we told him the words of my lord. 

25. And our father said, Go again, 
and buy us a little food. 

26. And we said, We cannot go 
down : if our youngest brother be with 
us, then will we go down ; for we may 
not see the man's face, except our 
youngest brother be with us. 

27. And thy servant my father said 
unto us, Ye know that my wife bare 
me two sons : 

28. And the one went out from me, 
and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces ; 
and I saw him not since : 

29. And if ye take this also from 
me, and mischief befall him, ye shall 
bring down my gray hairs with sorrow 
to the grave. 

30. Now therefore when I come to 
thy servant my father, and the lad be I 



these, which be the natural branches, 
be graffed into their own olive-tree 1 

25. For I would not, brethren, that 
ye should be ignorant of this mystery, 
(lest ye should be wise in your own 
conceits,) that blindness in part is hap- 
pened to Israel, until the fulness of the 
Gentiles be come in. 

26. And so all Israel shall be saved: 
as it is written, There shall come out 
of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn 
away ungodliness from Jacob. 

Rom. xi. 1. I say then, Hath God 
cast away his people? God forbid, 
For I also am an Israelite, of the seed 
of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 

2. God hath not cast away his peo- 
ple which he foreknew. Wot ye not 
what the scripture saith of Elias 1 how 
he maketh intercession to God against 
Israel, saying, 

3. Lord, they have killed thy pro- 
phets, and digged down thine altars ; 
and I am left alone, and they seek my 
life. 

4. But what saith the answer of God 
unto him ? I have reserved to myself 
seven thousand men, who have not 
bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 

5. Even so then at this present time 
also there is a remnant according to 
the election of grace. 

6. And if by grace, then is it no 
more of works : otherwise grace is no 
more grace. But if it be of works, 
then is it no more grace: otherwise 
work is no more work. 

7. What then ? Israel hath not ob- 
tained that which he seeketh for : but 
the election hath obtained it, and the 
rest were blinded, 

8. (According as it is written, God 
hath given them the spirit of slumber, 
eyes that they should not see, and ears 
that they should not hear ;) unto this 
day. 

9. And David saith, Let their table 
be made a snare, and a trap, and a 
stumbling-block, and a recompense unto 
them : 

10. Let their eyes be darkened, that 



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not with its; (seeing that his life is 
bound up in the lad's life ;) 

31. It shall come to pass, when he 
seeth that the lad is not with us, that 
he will die : and thy servants shall bring 
down the gray hairs of thy servant our 
father with sorrow to the grave. 

32. For thy servant became surety 
for the lad unto my father, saying, If I 
bring him not unto thee, then I shall 
bear the blame to my father for ever. 

33. Now therefore, I pray thee, let 
thy servant abide instead of the lad a 
bond-man to my lord ; and let the lad 
go up with his brethren. 

34. For how shall I go up to my fa- 
ther, and the lad be not with me ? lest 
peradventure I see the evil that shall 
come on my father. 

Note. 
This figure of the " cup" may not only 
refer to the case of Paul, and his pecu- 



they may not see, and bow down their 
back always. 



liar and distinguished favors, but also to 
the temptation to which the Gentiles 
were exposed, of boasting against the na- 
tural branches, which were cut off, that 
they might be grafted into the olive 
tree. They needed to be instructed and 
admonished upon the wisdom and good- 
ness of God in this arrangement, that 
they might "not be high-minded, but 
fear" lest they also be cast away. 

The gospel net brings into the visible 
kingdom both good and bad ; but as it 
was with the ancient covenaut people, so 
will it be under the new covenant ; 
every branch professionally in the vine, 
but which brings forth no fruit, " he 
taketh away." Empty " carcasses " will 
always fall in the wilderness, for they 
can never enter " his rest." 



CHAPTER XLV. 



The Letter. 

1. Then Joseph could not refrain 
himself before all them that stood by 
him ; and he cried, Cause every man to 
go out from me : and there stood no 
man with him, while Joseph made him- 
self known unto his brethren. 

2. And he wept aloud; and the 
Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh 
heard. 

3. And Joseph said unto his bre- 
thren, I am Joseph; doth my father 
yet live ? And his brethren could not 
answer him ; for they were troubled at 
his presence. 

Note. 
The two-fold character of the brethren 
of Joseph, as representing the twelve 
witnesses, and also the Jewish nation in 
their crucifying the Lord of glory, must 
be kept in view, in order to understand 



The Spirit. 

Rox^i. xi. 14. If by any means I may 
provoke to emulation them which are 
my flesh, and might save some of 
them. 

15. For if the casting away of them 
be the reconciling of the world, what 
shall the receiving of them be, but life 
from the dead? 

16. For if the first fruit be holy, the 
lump is also holy: and if the root be 
holy, so are the branches. 

17. And if some of the branches be 
broken olf, and thou, being a wild 
olive-tree, wert graffed in among them, 
and with them partakest of the root 
and fatness of the olive-tree ; 

Jfc 2p ^r* t* *r» 

27. For this is my covenant unto 
them, when I shall take away their 
sins. 



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the analogy of this type with spiritual 
things. Sometimes the one figure is 
alluded to and sometimes the other. 

The manifestations of Jesus to his 
people, are wholly aside from the 
world. A stranger intermeddleth not 
with their joys, neither comprehendeth 
the union and fellowship that exist be- 
tween them. 

The short address of Joseph is full of 
meaning. " / am Joseph ; doth my fa- 
ther yet live ?" It involves everything 
of interest both to himself and them. 
" lam Joseph" whom ye crucified — who 
was dead and is alive, and lives for ever- 
more, — lives that you may live also, — 
reigns and rules that you may enjoy all 
the benefits and blessings that are at his 
disposal. "Does my father yet live?" 
Are my people, the church, which I pur- 
chased with my blood, enjoying peace 
and prosperity? have they been fed and 
nurtured with the provisions of my 
house, and are they in health and safe- 
ty ; growing in grace, in wisdom, and 
knowledge ? 



28. As concerning the gospel, lliey 
are enemies for your sakes: but as 
touching the election, they are beloved 
for the fathers' sakes. 

% % * % * 

32. For God hath concluded them 
all in unbelief, that he might have 
mercy upon all. 

33. O the depth of the riches both 
of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! 
how unsearchable are his judgments, 
and his ways past finding out ! 

34. For who hath known the mind 
of the Lord? or who hath been his 
counsellor? 

35. Or who hath first given to him, 
and it shall be recompensed unto him 
again ? 

36. For of him, and through him, 
and to him are all things : to whom he 
glory for ever. Amen. 

Zech. xii. 10. And I will pour upon 
the house of David, and upon the inha- 
bitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace 
and of supplications; and they shall 
look upon me whom they have pierced, 
and they shall mourn for him, as one 
mourneth for Ms only son, and shall be 
in bitterness for him, as one that is in 
bitterness for Ms first-born. 



The Letter. 

4. And Joseph said unto his bre- 
thren, Come near to me, I pray you : 
and they came near. And he said, I 
am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold 
into Egypt. 

5. Now therefore be not grieved, nor 
angry with yourselves, that ye sold me 
hither : for God did send me before you 
to preserve life. 

6. For these two years hath the fa- 
mine been in the land: and yet there 
are five years, in the which there shall 
neither be earing nor harvest. 

7. And God sent me before you, to 
preserve you a posterity in the earth, 
and to save your lives by a great deli- 
verance. 

8. So now it was not you that sent 



Tlie Spirit. 

Acts iii. 17. And now, brethren, 
I wot that through ignorance ye did 
it, as did also your rulers. 

18. But those things, which God be- 
fore had showed by the mouth of all 
his prophets, that Christ should suffer, 
he hath so fulfilled. 

ii. 23. Him, being delivered by the 
determinate counsel and foreknowledge 
of God, ye have taken, and by wicked 
hands have crucified and slain : 

24. Whom God hath raised up, hav- 
ing loosed the pains of death : because 
it was not possible that he should be 
holden of it. 

Is a. xliv. 21. Remember these, O 
Jacob and Israel ; for thou art my ser- 
vant : I have formed thee ; thou art my 



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me hither, but God : and he hath made 
me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all 
his house, and a ruler throughout all 
the land of Egypt. 

jSote. 

The vail has been rent, that separated 
you from the love and fellowship of your 
brother. The coat of many colors, that 
ye saw and hated, no longer divides be- 
tween us. You can draw nigh, in full 
assurance of my love, for it was not you 
that did it ; — I freely gave myself to 
die; "Xo man took my life from me, 
but I laid it down of myself." " My 
Father sent me before you to preserve 
you a posterity, — and save much people 
alive, as it is this day." 

"All power in heaven and earth is 
committed unto me;" — "Atk what ye 
will, and it shall be done unto you.'' 
" All things are yours f — for I am 
yours, and in me ye have all the riches 
of grace and glory — all that pertains to 
the life that now is, and that which is 
to come. Do not imagine ye could 
have had any power over me, had it 
not been given you from above. Re- 
member ye not my dreams? — what is 
■written in the prophets concerning me, 
that it needs must be that Christ must 
suffer, and rise again from the dead, 
that the scriptures might be fulfilled? 
"It was not you. that sent me hither, but 
God;" — so it was "the determinate 
counsel and foreknowledge of God " 
that delivered his best beloved Son 
into the hands of his murderers ! Yain 
man, in his wisdom, imagines that it 
was the unforeseen exigency of the case, 
that induced the Father to make this 
sacrifice ! That it was to prevent the 
entire subversion of his original plan, 
that he resorted to such a remedy for 
an unlooked-for evil ! But how does 
the testimony of divine truth pour con- 
tempt upon the blind presumption of 
such reasoners ! 



servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be 
forgotten of me. 

22. I have blotted out, as a thick 
cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a 
cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I 
have redeemed thee. 

23. Sing, O ye heavens ; for the 
Lord hath done it; shout, ye lower 
parts of the earth; break forth into 
singing, ye mountains, O forest, and 
every tree therein : for the Lord hath 
redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself 
in Israel. 

24. Thus saith the Lord, thy Re- 
deemer, and he that formed thee from 
the womb; I am the Lord that maketh 
all things; that stretcheth forth the 
heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad 
the earth by myself ; 

25. That frustrated the tokens of 
the liars, and maketh diviners mad; 
that turneth wise men backward, and 
maketh their knowledge foolish ; 

26. That confirmeth the word of his 
servant, and performeth the counsel of 
his messengers; that saith to Jerusa- 
lem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to 
the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built ; 
and I will raise up the decayed places 
thereof; 

27. That saith to the deep, Be dry, 
and I will dry up thy rivers. 

Heb. x. 16. This is the covenant 
that I will make with them after those 
days, saith the Lord; I will put my 
laws into their hearts, and in their 
minds will I write them ; 

17. xA.nd their sins and iniquities will 
I remember no more. 

18. Now. where remission of these 
is, there is no more offering for sin. 

19. Having therefore, brethren, bold- 
ness to enter into the holiest by the 
blood of Jesus, . 

20. By a new and living way, which 
he hath consecrated for us, through the 
vail, that is to say, his flesh ; 

21. And having a high priest over 
the house of God ; 

22. Let us draw near with a true 
heart, in full assurance of faith, having 



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The Letter. 

9. Haste ye, and go up to my father, 
and say unto him, Thus saith thy son 
Joseph, God hath made me lord of all 
Egypt ; come down unto me, tarry 
not: 

10. And thou shalt dwell in the land 
of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto 
me, thou, and thy children, and thy 
children's children, and thy flocks, and 
thy herds, and all that thou hast : 

11. x\nd there will I nourish thee, 
(for yet there are five years of famine,) 
lest thou, and thy household, and all 
that thou hast come to poverty. 

ISote. 

The true bread of life is now dis- 
pensed to the household of Israel ; par- 
don and peace, repentance and remission 
of sins, through a risen and exalted 
Saviour ! The twelve are charged with 
their high commission — to proclaim to 
the ends of the earth, that Joseph is yet 
alive ; " That same Jesu3 whom ye cru- 
cified, is made both Lord and Christ," 
" Therefore repent and he baptized, every 
one of you, for the remission of sins, and 
ye shall receive the gift of the Holy 
Ghost ; for the promise is to you and 
to your children, and to them that are 
afar off, even as many as the Lord thy 
God shall call" " Ye are the children 
of the prophets, and of the covenant 
which God made with our fathers, say- 
ino- unto Abraham, In thee and in thy 
seed shall all the kindreds of the earth 
be blessed" "For other sheep I have, 
which are not of this fold ; them also I 
must bring, that there may be one fold 
and one shepherd ;" and " Ye shall all 
be brought nigh by the blood of Jesus, 
and become fellow-citizens with the 
saints, and of the household of God." 



our hearts sprinkled from an evil eon- 
science, and our bodies washed with 
pure water. 

23. Let us hold fast the profession 
of our faith without wavering ; for he 
is faithful that promised. 



Tne Spirit. 

Mark xvi. 15. And he said unto 
them, Go ye into all the world, and 
preach the gospel to every creature. 

16. He that believeth, and is bap- 
tized, shall be saved : but he that be- 
lieveth not, shall be damned. 

Isa. xlv. 22. Look unto me, and be 
ye saved, all the ends of the earth : for 
I am God, and there is none else. 

23. I have sworn by myself, the 
word is gone out of my mouth in 
righteousness, and shall not return, 
That unto me every knee shall bow, 
every tongue shall swear. 

24. Surely, shall one say, In the Lord 
have I righteousness and strength: 
even to him shall men come; and all 
that are incensed against him shall be 
ashamed. 

25. In the Lord shall all the seed of 
Israel be justified, and shall glory. 

Acts x. 36. The word which God 
sent unto the children of Israel, preach- 
ing peace by Jesus Christ : (he is Lord 
of all:) 

37. That word, I" say, ye know, 
which was published throughout all 
Judaea, and began from Galilee, after 
the baptism which John preached ; 

38. How God anointed Jesus of 
Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and 
with power : who went about doing 
good, and healing all that were op- 
pressed of the devil, for God was with 

him. 
* * * * * 

42. And he commanded us to preach 
unto the people, and to testify that it is 
he which was ordained of God to be the 
Judge of quick and dead. 

43. To him give all the prophets 
witness, that through his name who- 



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"Nor is there salvation in any other; 
for there is none other name under hea. 
ven, given among men, whereby ye can 
be saved." 

The purpose of Joseph was to bring all 
his father's household to himself, that 
they might be nourished by his own 
hand, and partake of that riches and 
honor which had been awarded to him. 
So also it was the Father's will, and 
" according to his good pleasure which 
he purposed in himself, that in the dis- 
pensation of the fulness of times, he 
might gather together in one all things 
in Christ, both which are in heaven and 
which are on earth, even in him." 

There were Jive years of famine yet 
remained, when the proclamation was 
sent out to the house of Israel. The 
times and seasons are not made known 
to men, but this period has, doubtless, 
reference to that in which the gospel 
should be preached unto all nations for 
a witness, and then shall the end be. 



soever believeth in him shall receive re- 
mission of sins. 

Jer. xxxi. 6. For there shall be a 
day, that the watchmen upon the mount 
Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let 
us go up to Zion unto the Lord our 
God. 

7. For thus saith the Lord ; Sing 
with gladness for Jacob, and shout 
among the chief of the nations : pub- 
lish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save 
thy people, the remnant of Israel. 

8. Behold, I will bring them from 
the north country, aDd gather them 
from the coasts of the earth, and with 
them the blind and the lame, the woman 
with child and her that travail eth with 
child together ; a great company shall 
return thither. 

9. They shall come with weeping, 
and with supplications will I lead them : 
I will cause them to walk by the rivers 
of waters in a straight way, wherein 
they shall not stumble: for I am a 
father to Israel, and Ephraim is my 
first-born. 

Isa. lv. 1. Ho, every one that thirst- 
eth, come ye to the waters, and he that 
hath no money; come ye, buy, and 
eat ; yea, come, buy wine and milk 
without money, and without price. 

2. Wherefore do ye spend money for 
that which is not bread ? and your labor 
for that which satisfieth not 1 hearken 
diligently unto me, and eat ye that which 
is good, and let your soul delight itself 
in fatness. 

3. Incline your ear, and come unto 
me : hear, and your soul shall live ; 
and I will make an everlasting cove- 
nant with you, even the sure mercies of 
David. 



The Letter. 

12. And behold, your eyes see, and 
the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that 
it is "my mouth that speaketh unto 

you. 

13. And ye shall tell my father oi 
all my glory in Egypt, and of all that 



The Spirit. 

Acts ii. 31. He seeing this before, 
spake of the resurrection of Christ, that 
his soul was not left in hell, neither did 
his flesh see corruption. 

32. This same Jesus hath God raised 
up, whereof we are all witnesses. 



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ye have seen : and ye shall haste, and 
bring down my father hither. 

14. And he fell upon his brother 
Benjamin's neck, and wept ; and Ben- 
jamin wept upon his neck. 

15. Moreover he kissed all his bre- 
thren, and wept upon them : and after 
that his brethren talked with him. 

16. And the fame thereof was heard 
in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's 
brethren are come : and it pleased Pha- 
raoh well, and his servants. 

]S"OTE. 

We have before seen that all the bre- 
thren except Benjamin were eye-wit- 
nesses of that which was typically the 
death of Christ ; and also, that they had 
all seen him alive the first time they 
came into Egypt, except this younger 
brother ; and now he also beheld him, 
and was ready, with the rest, to testify 
accordingly. This applies to the case of 
Christ and his apostles ; Paul being the 
last to behold him. 

In all this narrative, Joseph manifests 
a special regard to Benjamin. Reason 
will say — it is very natural that he 
should love his own brother, born of his 
mother, better than those born of ano- 
ther woman. But we look beyond the 
natural, and would seek for the spirit- 
ual reason for this peculiar regard. And 
here all we can do to arrive at the fact 
is to resolve it into the same case of 
which Jesus says, " Even so, Father, for 
so it seemeth good in thy sight." It 
surely was not because the antitypical 
Benjamin — whether we consider this to 
be the Gentiles, or the apostle of the 
Gentiles — was better deserving of the 
favor of his divine Master, than the 
others. He was a persecutor and a blas- 
phemer; and they wasted his substance 
in riotous living. But Paul says, " By 
the grace of God I am what lam." 

The weeping of Joseph over Benja- 
min, was an expression of joy and love ; 
but when he also wept upon all his bre- 
thren, there was a mingled feeling of 
pity and compassion, with the natural 
affection and sympathy of a brother. 
In like manner, while Jesus rejoiced 
over his chosen and beloved disciples, as 



hi. 1 5. And killed the Prince of life 
whom God hath raised from the dead ; 
whereof we are witnesses. 

Luke xxiv. 38. And he said unto 
them, Why are ye troubled ? and why 
do thoughts arise in your hearts ? 

39. Behold my hands and my feet, 
that it is I myself : handle me, and see ; 
for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, 
as ye see me have. 

40. And when he had thus spoken, 
he showed them his hands and Ms feet. 

41. And while they yet believed not 
for joy, and. wondered, he said unto 
them, Have ye here any meat ? 

42. And they gave him a piece of a 
broiled fish, and of an honey-comb. 

43. And he took it, and did eat be- 
fore them. 

Isa. xliii. 10. Ye are my witnesses, 
saith the Lord, aud my servant whom I 
have chosen : that ye may know and 
believe me, and understand that I am 
he : before me there was no God 
formed, neither shall there be after me. 

11. 1, even I, am the Lord; and be- 
sides me there is no saviour. 

12. I have declared, and have saved, 
and I have shewed, when there was 
no strange god among you : therefore 
ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, 
that I am God. 

Acts xv. 47. For so hath the Lord 
commanded us, saying, I have set thee 
to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou 
shouldest be for salvation unto the 
ends of the earth. 

48. And when the Gentiles heard 
this, they were glad, and glorified the 
word of the Lord: and as many as 
were ordained to eternal life, believed. 

Col. i. 27. To whom God would 
make known what is tke riches of the 
glory of this mystery among the Gen- 
tiles ; which is Christ in you, the hope 
of glory. 

28. Whom we preach, warning every 
man, and teaching every man in all 
wisdom; that we may present every 
man perfect in Christ Jesus. 



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the purchase of his blood, he wept in 
compassion over Jerusalem, in view of 



The Letter. 

17. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; 
lade your beasts, and go, get you unto 
the land of Canaan ; 

18. And take your father, and your 
households, and come unto me : and I 
will give you the good of the land of 
Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the 
land. 

19. Now thou art commanded, this 
do ye ; take you wagons out of the 
land of Egypt for your little ones, and 
for your wives, and bring your father, 
and come. 

20. Also regard not your stuff: for 
the good of all the land of Egypt is 
yours. 

Note. 

In every regulation of Joseph, and in 
all the arrangements of the kingdom, 
Pharaoh exactly coincides. They have 
but one mind in all things. Whatsoever 
Joseph directs, is done ; Pharaoh only 
enforcing the command, and adding 
more particular instructions. This is 
consistent with what is written, "I and 
my Father are one" Sometimes the gos- 
pel is termed "the gospel of the grace 
of God;" and sometimes it is called 
"the gospel of his Son" or " the gospel of 
Christ." 

Again, Jesus has said, " No man Com- 
eth unto me, except the Father which 
sent me, draw him; and I will raise 
him up at the last day." "They shall 
be all taught of God. Every man there- 
fore that hath heard and learned of the 
Father, cometh unto me." "In my Fa- 
ther's house are many mansions. I go to 
prepare a place for you ; and if I go and 
prepare a place for you, I will come 
again and receive you unto myself, that 
where I am, there ye may be also." 

"Father, I will that they also whom 

thou hast given me be with me where I 

am ; that they may behold my glory, 

which thou hast given me : for thou 

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the calamities that awaited that devoted 
city. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. lv. 2. Wherefore do ye spend! 
money for that which is not bread, and! 
your labor for that which satisfietrw 
not ? Hearken diligently unto me, and 
eat ye that which is good, and let your ■ 
soul delight itself in fatness. 

3. Incline your ear and come unto > 
me, hear and your soul shall live ; and 
I will make an everlasting covenant* 
with you, even the sure mercies of 
David. 

Eph. ii. 4. But God, who is rich in i 
mercy, for his great love wherewith he 
loved us, 

5. Even when we were dead in sin, 
hath quickened us together with Christ ; 
(by grace are ye saved ;) 

6. And hath raised us up together, 
and made us sit together in heavenly 
places in Christ Jesus ; 

7. That in the ages to come he- 
might shew the exceeding riches of his 
grace in his kindness toward us, through 
Christ Jesus. 

1 Cor. i. 21. Therefore let no man j 
glory in men : for all things are yours ; 

22. Whether Paul, or Apollos, or- 
Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, 
or things present, or things to come ; ' 
all are yours ; 

23. And ye are Christ's ; and Christ 
is God's. 

Isa. lxiv. 4. For since the beginning 
of the world men have not heard, nor 
perceived by the ear, neither hath the 
eye seen, O God, besides thee, ichat 
he hath prepared for him that waiteth 
for him. 

Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
hath blessed us with all spiritual bless- 
ings in heavenly places in Christ. 

John xvii. 20. Neither pray I for 
these alone, but for them also which, 
shall believe on me through their word ; 



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lovedst me before the foundation of the 
world. righteous Father, the world 
hath not known thee : but I have known 
thee, and these have known that thou 
hast sent rne. And I have declared 
unto them thy name, and will declare 
it; that the love wherewith thou hast 
loved me, may ^e in them, and I in 
them." 



The Letter. 

2 1 . And the children of Israel did so : 
and Joseph gave them wagons, ac- 
cording to the commandment of Pha- 
raoh, and gave them provision for the 
way. 

22. To all of them he gave each man 
changes of raiment: but to Benjamin 
he gave three hundred pieces of silver, 
and five changes of raiment. 

23. And to his father he sent after 
this manner ; ten asses laden with the 
good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses 
laden with corn and bread and meat 
for his father by the way. 

Inote. t 

The angels, ministers, or messengers 
employed in the dispensation both of 
the law and the gospel, are sometimes 
called -chariots, or wagons, as in the 
11th verse of the 68th Psalm. 

It was such chariots as these, and 
suck gifts as are "given to every man 
(in Zion^ to profit withal," that are al- 
luded te by this figure. The gifts which 
are dispensed among the members of 
*the mystical body of Christ, for the good 
of the whole, are wisely appointed by 
4he Head of the church. Though there 
are a diversity of operations, yet are all 
equally needful; and no member, how- 
ever lacking in honor, or comeliness, 
can be dispeased with, any more than 
the one upon which is bestowed more 
abundant honor. Benjamin as usual 
has "more than they all." But the an- 
titypical Benjamin was called, to more 
abundant labor, and more abundant 
suffering, and was as much distinguished 
in these as he was in gifts. 

Among the other things which he re- 



21. That they all may be one; as 
thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, 
that they also may be one in us ; that 
the world may believe that thou hast 
sent me. 

22. And the glory which thou gavest 
me I have given them ; that they may 
be one, even as we are one. 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lxviii. 11. The Lord gave the 
word ; great was the company of those 
that published it. 

***** 

17. The chariots of God are twenty 
thousand, even thousands of angels: 
the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in 
the holy place. 

18. Thou hast ascended on high, 
thou hast led captivity captive : thou 
hast received gifts for men ; yea, for 
the rebellious also, that the Lord God 
might dwell among them. 

19. Blessed be the Lord, who daily 
loadeth us icilh benefits, even the God 
of our salvation. Selah. 

20. He that is our God is the God of 
salvation ; and unto God the Lord be- 
long the issues from death. 

21. But God shall wound the head 
of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of 
such an one as goeth on still in his 
trespasses. 

22. The Lord said, I will bring again 
from Bashan ; I will bring my people 
again from the depths of the sea : 

23. That thy foot may be dipped in 
the blood of thins enemies, and the 
tongue of thy dogs in the same. 

24. They have seen thy goings, O 
God; even the goings of my God, my 
king, in the sanctuary. 

25. The singers went before, the 
players on instruments followed after ; 
among them were the damsels playing 
with timbrels. 

26. Bless ye God in the congrega- 
tions, even the Lord, from the fountain 
of Israel. 



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counts as being called to, is " the care of 
all the churches." If we take into ac- 
count that jive only of the apostles are 
recorded as eminent laborers, we may 
suppose that Paul had the oversight of 
their works, and thus thence changes of 
raiment. 

Israel also, as the representative of 
the church, receives at the hand of Jo- 
seph, abundance of gifts, " for the way." 
To the household of faith it is pro- 
mised, "My God shall supply all your 
need, according to his riches in glory by 
Christ Jesus." 



The Letter. 

24. So he sent his brethren away, 
and they departed: and he said unto 
them, See that ye fall not out by the 
way. 

25. And they went up out of Egypt, 
and came into the land of Canaan unto 
Jacob their father, 

26. And told him, saying, Joseph is 
yet alive, and he is governor over all 
the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart 
fainted, for he believed them not. 

27. And they told him all the words 
of Joseph, which he had said unto 
them: and when he saw the wagons 
which Joseph had sent to carry him, 
the spirit of Jacob their father revived : 

28. And Israel said, It is enough ; 
Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go 
and see him before I die. 

Xote. 

A chief requisite in the testimony 
borne by the apostles was, that in all 
essential points they should agree toge- 
ther ; not so minutely as to look like 
collusion and give the impression of 
plan and design, but that in all impor- 
tant matters they should speak one 
thing. 

The transition from the deep despond- 
ency, which fell upon the disciples at 
the death of Christ, to the joyful news 



27. There is little Benjamin with 
j their ruler, the princes of Judah and 
■ their council, the princes of Zebulun, 
j and the princes of Naphtali. 

2S. Thy God hath commanded thy 
strength: strengthen, O God, that 
which thou hast wrought for us. 

1 Cor. xii. 4. Now there are diver- 
sities of gifts, but the same Spirit, 

5. And there are differences of ad- 
ministrations, but the same Lord. 

6. And there are diversities of opera- 
tions, but it is the same God which 
worketh all in all. 

7. But the manifestation of the Spi- 
rit is given to every man to profit 
withal. 



The Spirit. 

1 Cor. i. 10. Now, I beseecn you, 
brethren, by the name of our Lord Je- 
sus Christ, that ye all speak the same 
thing, and that there be no divisions 
among you ; but that ye be perfectly 
joined together in the same mind, and 
in the same judgment. 

Matt, xxviii. 16. Then the eleven 
disciples went away into Galilee, into a 
mountain where Jesus had appointed 
them. 

17. And when they saw him, they 
worshipped him : but some doubted. 

John xx. 25. Except I shall see in 
his hands the print of the nails, and put 
my finger into the print of the nails, 
and thrust my hand into his side, I will 
not believe. 

1 Ep. Johx i. 1. That which was 
from the beginning, which we have 
heard, which we have seen with our 
eyes, which we have looked upon, and 
our hands have handled, of the word 
of life ; 

2. (For the life was manifested, and 
we have seen it, and bear witness, and 
shew unto you that eternal life which 
was with the Father, and was mani- 
fested unto us ;) 

3. That which we have seen and 
heard declare we unto you, that ye also 



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of his being again alive, must have been 
overwhelming. "With all his previous 
teaching, (the dreams of Joseph,) thej 
understood nothing of the nature and 
design of his death ; of course nothing of 
his resurrection. Therefore when the 
news was spread among them that their 
Lord was risen, and had been seen by 
many, it was not strange that they 
should doubt. "When, however, the evi- 
dence became conclusive ; especially 
when " the 'promise of the Father 1 '' (the 
"waggons) was sent to endue them with 
power, and to bring them nigh, they no 
longer doubted ; but boldly declared the 
things which had taken place ; testify- 
ing both to Jews and Gentiles, that Je- 
sus was both Lord and Christ. 

"No man can call Christ Lord but by 
the Holy Ghost," whose special office it 
is to testify of him. The Spirit of Truth, 
the Comforter, takes of the things that 
are Christ's and shows them to his peo- 
ple, whereby they are enabled to say, 
" It is enough," " Iknow that my Redeem- 
er lives" and that I shall have life in his 
name. 



may have fellowship with us : and 
truly our fellowship is with the Father, 
and with his Son Jesus Christ. 

Isa. lii. 6. Therefore my people 
shall know my name : therefore they 
shall ~know in that day that I am he that 
doth speak : behold, it is I. 

7. How beautiful upon the moun- 
tains are the feet of him that bringeth 
good tidings, that publisheth peace; 
that bringeth good tidings of good, that 
publisheth salvation ; that saith unto 
Zioc, Thy God reigneth ! 

8. Thy watchmen shall lift up the 
voice; with the voice together shall 
they sing: for they shall see eye to 
eye, when the Lord shall bring again 
Zion. 

9. Break forth into joy, sing to- 
gether, ye waste places of Jerusa- 
lem: for the Lord hath comforted 
his people, he hath redeemed Jeru- 
salem. 



CHAPTER XLVI. 



The Letter, 

1. And Israel took his journey with 
all that he had, and came to Beer- 
sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the 
God of his father Isaac. 

2. And God spake unto Israel in the 
visions of the night, and said, Jacob, 
Jacoo ! And he said, Here am I. 

3. And he said, I am God, the God 
of thy father : fear not to go down into 
Egypt ; for I will there make of thee a 
great nation. 

4. I will go down with thee into 
Egypt ; and I will also surely bring 
thee up again: and Joseph shall put 
his hand upon thine eyes. 

Note. 
Asrain Israel is found at Beer-shcba, 



The Spirit. 

Acts i. 12. Then returned they 
unto Jerusalem from the mount called 
Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sab- 
bath-day's journey. 

13. And when they were come in, 
they went up into an upper room, where 
abode both Peter, and James, and John, 
and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bar- 
tholomew, and Matthew, James the son 
of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and 
Judas the brother of James. 

14. These all continued with one 

accord in prayer and supplication, with 

the women, and Mary the mother of 

Jesus, and with his brethren. 
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the well of the oath ; for all that is done 
to establish and bless, to build up and 
extend Zion, at any time, or under any 
circumstances, is in accordance with the 
same oath and promise of God to Abra- 
ham, in which he sicare by himself. For 
the covenant of peace was between them both 
— the Father and the Son ; and not with 
man that should lie, or the sou of man 
that should repent; and it v?a.s given to 
Abraham by promise : and not to him, as 
the father of the circumcision only, but 
of the uneircumcision also ; that it might 
be sure to all the seed ; not to that which 
is of the law only, but to that which is 
of the faith of our father Abraham. 
Hence all such, whether Jew or Gentile, 
are bidden to ''look unto Abraham their 
father, and unto Sarah that bare them." 

And now that the whole house of 
Israel are to be gathered to Shiloh, 
whether in Jerusalem or in Egypt, — in 
heaven or in earth, — Jews or Gentiles ; 
— they are reminded of the icell of the 
oath ; and that this is the word of the 
Lord, spoken in "visions of the night" — 
but brought to pass in this gospel day of 
light and salvation. 

" Joseph shall put his hand upon thine 
eyes," — so the reign of the King of kings 
and Lord of lords shall extend through- 
out all ages ; and when the testimouy of 
the dispensation of the Spirit shall be 
closed and sealed for ever, and the me- 
diatorial kingdom shall be given up to 
the Father, then shall the second Person 
in the Godhead, the Lamb that sits in 
the midst of the throne, be God over all, 
blessed for evermore ; to whom every 
knee shall bow ; and he shall receive 
blessing, and honor, and glory, and 
power, from every creature in heaven 
and in earth. 



The Letter. 

5. And Jacob rose up from Beer- 
sheba : and the sons of Israel carried 
Jaco.b their father, and their little ones, 
and their wives, in the wagons which 
Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 

6. And they took their cattle, and 
their goods, which they had gotten in 



45. And sold their possessions and 
goods, and parted them to all men, as 
every man had need. 

46. And they, continuing daily with 
one accord in the temple, and breaking- 
bread from house to house, did eat 
their meat with gladness and single- 
ness of heart, 

47. Praising God, and having favor 
with all the people. And the Lord 
added to the church daily such as 
should be saved. 

ii. 1. And when the day of Pente- 
cost was fully come, they were all with 
one accord in one place. 

2. And suddenly there came a sound 
from heaven, as of a rushing mighty 
wind, and it filled all the house where 
they were sitting. 

3. And there appeared unto them 
cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it 
sat upon each of them. 

4. And they were all filled with the 
Holy Ghost, and began to speak with 
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them 
utterance. 

Tsa. Ii. 12. I, even I, am he that com- 
forteth you : who art thou, that thou 
shouldest be afraid of a man that shall 
die, and of the son of man which shall 
be made as grass ; 

13. And forgettest the Lord thy 
Maker, that hath stretched forth the 
heavens, and laid the foundations of 
the earth ; and hast feared continually 
every day because of the fury of the 
oppressor, as if he were ready to de- 
stroy? and where is the fury of the 
oppressor? 



The Spirit. 

Gen. xxxvii. 9. And he dreamed yet 
another dream, and told it his brethren, 
and said, Behold, I have dreamed a 
dream more : and behold, the sun and 
the moon and the eleven stars made 
obeisance to me. 
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the land of Canaan, and came into 
Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with 
him : 

7. His sons, and his sons' sons with 
Mm, his daughters, and his sons' 
daughters, and all his seed, brought he 
with him into Egypt. 

8. And these are the names of the 
children of Israel which came into 
Egypt, Jacob and his sons : Reuben, 
Jacob's first-born. 

9. And the sons of Reuben ; Ha- 
nocb, and Phallu, and Hezron, and 
Carmi. 

10 And the sods of Simeon ; Je- 
muel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jaehin, 
and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Ca- 
naanitish woman. 

11. And the sons of Levi; Gershon, 
Kohath, and Merari. 

12. And the sons of Judah; Er, and 
Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and 
Zarah : but Er and Onan died in the 
land of Canaan. And the sons of 
Pharez were Hezron and Hamnl. 

13. And the sons of Issachar; Tola, 
and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 

14. And the sons of Zebulun ; Se- 
red, and Elon, and Jahleel. 

15. These be the sons of Leah, which 
she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, 
with his daughter Dinah : all the souls 
of his sons and his daughters were 

thirty and three. 
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26. All the souls that came with 
Jacob into Egypt, which came out of 
his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, 
all the souls were threescore and six. 

27. And the sons of Joseph, which 
were borne him in Egypt, icere two 
souls : all the souls of the house of 
Jacob, which came into Egypt, were 
threescore and ten. 

Note. 

The house of Israel were all numbered 
and brought out by name ; to show that 
he who keepeth them is "strong in 
power," and therefore "not one faileth." 
None whose names are written in the 
book of life, — engraven on the breast- 



to his brethren : and his father rebuked 
him, and said unto him, What is this 
dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall 
I and thy mother and thy brethren in- 
deed come to bow down ourselves to 
thee to the earth '? 

Isa. xl. 26. Lift up your eyes on 
high, and behold who hath created 
these things, that bringeth out their 
host by number : he calleth them all by 
names, by the greatness of his might, 
for that he is strong in power ; not one 
faileth. 

Ps. exxxix. 16. Thine eyes did see 
my substance, yet being unperfect ; and 
in thy book all my members were writ- 
ten, which in continuance were fashion- 
ed, when as yet there was none of 
them. 

17. How precious also are thy 
thoughts unto me, O God! how great 
is the sum of them ! 

18. If I should count them, they are 
more in number than the sand : when I 
awake, I am still with thee. 

Rev. xx. 12. And I saw the dead, 
small and great, stand before God; 
and the books were opened : and ano- 
ther book was opened, which is the book 
of life : and the dead were judged out 
of those things which were written in 
the books, according to their works. 

15. And whosoever was not found 
written in the book of life was cast 
into the lake of fire. 

Ex. xxviii. 17. And thou shalt set 
in it settings of stones, even four rows 
of stones ; the first row shall be a sar- 
dius, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this shall 
be the first row. 

18. And the second row shall be an 
emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 

19. And the third row a ligure, an 
agate, and an amethyst. 

20. And the fourth row a beryl, and 
an onyx, and a jasper : they shall be set 
in gold in their enclosings. 

21. And the stones shall be with the 
names of the children of Israel, twelve, 
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plate of tlie High Priest, and borne by 
him into the holy place for a memorial, 
— can ever be lost; for of these Jesus 
says, " My Father which gave them me 
is greater than all, and none is able to 
pluck them out of my Father's hand." 

But it must be remembered, that all 
this is said of Israel only as a type; 
" for they are not all Israel who are of 
Israel;" but the children of promise are 
counted for the seed. Yet are the spi- 
ritual Israel all numbered and called, 
and recorded by name in the Lamb's 
book of life. 



gravings of a signet ; every one with 
his name shall they be according to the 

twelve tribes. 
* * * * * 

29. And Aaron shall bear the names 
of the children of Israel in the breast- 
plate of judgment upon his heart, 
when he goeth in unto the holy place, 
for a memorial before the Lord con* 
tinually. 



The Letter. 

28. And he sent Judah before him 
unto Joseph, to direct his face unto 
Goshen ; and they came into the land 
of Goshen. 

29. And Joseph made ready his 
ehariot, and went up to meet Israel his 
father, to Goshen, and presented him- 
self unto him, and he fell on his neck, 
and wept on his neck a good while. 

30. And Israel said unto Joseph, 
Now let me die, since I have seen thy 
face, because thou art yet alive. 

]N"OTE. 

It was eminently the tribe of Judah 
which was chosen to direct the house of 
Israel to Christ. This tribe were to be 
specially and miraculously preserved 
till Shiloh came, to whom the gathering 
of the people should be. When, there- 
fore, Jesus was born in Bethlehem of 
Judah, as "king of the Jews," to assume 
the sceptre of his father David, he was 
obviously identified with the Shiloh of 
this prophecy. xYs the " Lion of the 
tribe of Judah" he opened the sealed 
book of the mysteries of God, — made 
manifest what had been hid for ages, — 
which had been testified by the pro- 
phets, and were now revealed to the 
church. 

But it was not enough that Joseph 
sent Judah to direct the face of Jacob 
to Goshen. He made ready his chariot, 
and went himself to meet his father, and 



The Spirit. 

Ps. lxviii. 17. The chariots of God 
are twenty thousand, even thousands of 
angels ; the Lord is among them, as in 
Sinai, in the holy place. 

Luke ii. 25. And, behold, there 
was a man in Jerusalem, whose name 
was Simeon ; and the same man was 
just and devout, waiting for the conso- 
lation of Israel : and the Holy Ghost 
was upon him. 

26. And it was revealed unto him by 
the Holy Ghost, that he should not see 
death, before he had seen the Lord's 
Christ. 

27. And he came by the Spirit into 
the temple: and when the parents 
brought in the child Jesus, to do for 
him after the custom of the law, 

28. Then took he him up in his 
arms, and blessed God, and said, 

29. Lord, now lettest thou thy ser- 
vant depart in peace, according to thy 
word: 

30. For mine eyes have seen thy 
salvation, 

31. Which thou hast prepared be- 
fore the face of all people ; 

32. A light to lighten the Gentiles, 
and the glory of thy people Tsrae]. 

Ps. lxviii. 3. But let the righteous 
be glad ; let them rejoice before God : 
yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 

4. Sing unto God, sing praises to 
; his name : extol him that rideth upon 



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presented himself before him. So, also, 
bad Jesus granted to his people only 
outward testimony, — the evidence of 
the best attested facts, — they would 
have remained still afar off in unbelief. 
Had it not pleased the Father to reveal 
his Son in them as well as to them, they 
could never have been able to "rejoice 
with joy unspeakable and full of glory." 
Had Simeon received no divine and 
spiritual testimony, "that he should not 
depart till he had seen the salvation of 
God," he could not so confidently have 
rejoiced over the infant Jesus, as the ac- 
complishment of that promise. 

This coming forth of Joseph to meet 
his father, may also have allusion to the 
promise of Jesus to his disciples, when 
he 6ent them forth to preach in all the 
cities, "whither he himself would come ;" 
"for," said he, "ye shall not have gone 
over the eities of Israel till the Son of 
man be come." 



The Letter. 

31. And Joseph said unto his bre- 
thren, and unto his father's house, I 
will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say 
unto him, My brethren, and my father's 
house, which were in the land of Ca- 
naan, are come unto me. 

32. And the men are shepherds, for 
their trade hath been to feed cattle; 
and they have brought their flocks, 
and their herds, and all that they 
have. 

33. And it shall come to pass, when 
Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, 
What is your occupation ? 

34. That ye shall say, Thy servants' 
trade hath been about cattle from our 
youth even until now, both we and also 
our fathers ; that ye may dwell in the 
land of Goshen : for every shepherd is 
an abomination unto the Egyptians. 



the heavens by his name JAH, and re- 
joice before him. 

5. A father of the fatherless, and a 
judge of the widows, is God in his holy 
habitation. 

6. God setteth the solitary in fami- 
lies: he bringeth out those which are 
bound with chains : but the rebellious 
dwell in a dry land. 

7. O God, when thou wen test forth 
before thy people, when thou didst 
march through the wilderness : Se- 
lah: 

8. The earth shook, the heavens also 
dropped at the presence of God ; even 
Sinai itself was moved at the presence 
of God, the God of Israel. 

9. Thou, O God, didst send a plenti- 
ful rain, whereby thou didst confirm 
thine inheritance, when it was weary. 

10. Thy congregation hath dwelt 
therein : thou, O God, hast prepared 
of thy goodness for the poor. 

19. Blessed be the Lord, who daily 
loadeth us with benefits, even the God 
of our salvation. Selah. 



The Spirit. 

John xiv. 2. In my Father's house 
are many mansions : if it were not so, 
I would have told you. I go to prepare 
a place for you. 

3. And if I go and prepare a place 
for you, I will come again and receive 
you unto myself; that where I am, there 
ye may be also. 

xvii. 14. I have given them thy 
word ; and the world hath hated them, 
because they are not of the world, even 
as I am not of the world. 

15. I pray not that thou shouldest 
take them out of the world, but that 
thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 

16. They are not of the world, even 
as I am not of the world. 

xv. 18. If the world hate you, ye 
know that it hated me before it haled 
you. 



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NOTE. 

Jesus not only redeems his people by 
bis blood, and bestows upon them the 
hope of everlasting life, but he also pro- 
vides for their welfare iu this life. Espe- 
cially he takes care that they are kept 
from the pollutions of the world. One 
of the methods of his grace for this pur- 
pose, is to separate them from the un- 
godly by the very nature of their high 
calling ; which is in itself so distasteful to 
the natural heart, that it desires no fel- 
lowship with them. The more clearly 
and decidedly the believer makes known 
to the world the true spirit and charac- 
ter of his religion, the greater will be 
the barrier between him and the ungod- 
ly. He must not only be "crucified to 
the world," but the world must be " cru- 
cified to him" — must hate him as it did 
his Lord; and then, each will preserve 
his proper place. A shepherd was an 
abomination to the Egyptians, and they 
desired no fellowship with them ; and 
just so far as the disciples of Christ ma- 
nifest the spirit of their divine Master, 
they will be hated and avoided by the 
world. There is no communion between 
light and darkness. 



19. If ye were of the world, the 
world would love his own : but be- 
cause ye are not of the world, but I 
have chosen you out of the world, 
therefore the world hateth you. 

20. Remember the word that I said 
unto yon, The servant is not greater 
than his lord. If they have persecuted 
me, they will also persecute you : if 
they have kept my saying, they will 
keep yours also. 

2 Cor. vi. 14. Be ye not unequally 
yoked together with unbelievers ; for 
what fellowship hath righteousness 
with unrighteousness 1 and what com- 
munion hath light with darkness? 

15. And what concord hath Christ 
with Belial ? or what part hath he that 
believeth with an infidel ? 

16. And what agreement hath the 
temple of God with idols ? for ye are 
the temple of the living God ; as God 
hath said, I will dwell in them, and 
walk in them ; and I will be their God, 
and they shall be my people. 

17. Wherefore, come out from 
among them, and be ye separate, saith 
the Lord, and touch not the unclean 
thing ; and I will receive you, 

18. And will be a Father unto you, 
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, 
saith the Lord Almighty. 

2 Tim. i. 8. Be not thou therefore 
ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, 
nor of me his prisoner : but be thou 
partaker of the afflictions of the gospel 
according to the power of God ; 

9. Who hath saved us, and called 
us with a holy calling, not according 
to our works, but according to his 
own purpose and grace, which was 
given us in Christ Jesus before the 
world began. 



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CHAPTER XLVIL 



The Letter. 

1. Then Joseph came and told Pha- 
raoh, and said, My father and my bre- 
thren, and their flocks, and their herds, 
and all that they have, are come out of 
the land of Canaan ; and behold, they 
are in the land of Goshen. 

2. And he took some of his bre- 
thren, even five men, and presented 
them unto Pharaoh. 

3. And Pharaoh said unto his bre- 
thren, What is your occupation % And 
they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants 
are shepherds, both we, and also our 
fathers. 

4. They said moreover unto Pha- 
raoh, For to sojourn in the land are we 
come : for thy servants have no pasture 
for their flocks, for the famine is sore 
in the land of Canaan : now therefore, 
we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in 
the land of Goshen. 

Note. 



There are always some few that are 
"burning and shining lights" in the 
church, and do honor to their profession. 
Such are always honored by their di- 
vine Master in being called to signal du- 
ties, and to fill signal offices in Zion, as 
samples of the grace of God. These all 
declare that they have here no continu- 
ing city, but that they seek one which 
is to come, even as these five brethren 
of Joseph declare to Pharaoh that they 
had no pasture for their cattle, and that 
it was the famine which brought them 
to seek a dwelling in Goshen. 

It may be the case that five only of Jo- 
seph's brethren were presented to Pha- 
raoh, to show that five of the apostles 
were true men, and not the others. It 
is evident that only five of the first 
twelve, are recorded as active laborers 
in the vineyard. 

Joseph, in all that he did for his fa- 



The Spirit. 

John xvii. 6. I have manifested thy 
name unto the men which thou gavest 
me out of the world: thine they were, 
and thou gavest them me; and they 
have kept thy word. 

7. Now they have known that all 
things whatsoever thou hast given me 
are of thee : 

8. For I have given unto them the 
words which thou gavest me ; and they 
have received them, and have known 
surely that I came out from thee, and 
they have believed that thou didst 
send me. 

9. I pray for them : I pray not for 
the world, but for them which thou 
hast given me ; for they are thine. 

10. And all mine are thine, and thine 
are mine ; and I am glorified in them. 

***** 

13. And now come I to thee; and 
these things I speak in the world, that 
they might have my joy fulfilled in 
themselves. 

14. I have given them thy word; 
and the world hath hated them, because 
they are not of the world, even as I am 
not of the world. 

15. I pray not that thou shouldest 
take them out of the world, but that 
thou shouldest keep them from the 
evil. 

16. They are not of the world, even 
as I am not of the world.^ 

17. Sanctify them through thy truth : 
thy word is truth. 

18. As thou hast sent me into the 
world, even so have I also sent them 
into the world. 

19. And for their sakes I sanctify 
myself, that they also might be sancti- 
fied through the truth. 

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ther's house, communicated and advised 
with Pharaoh, even as Jesus did nothing 
without the Father. He says to his 
people, "Fear not, little flock, for it is 
the Father's good pleasure to give you 
the kingdom." The mansions prepared 
for them were in the Father's house. 
For as Pharaoh had given all into the 
hands of Joseph, so all the riches of 
grace and glory that had been treasured 
in Jesus, were for his people, and be- 
stowed freely for his sake. 



The Letter. 

5. And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, 
saying, Thy father and thy brethren are 
come unto thee : 

6. The land of Egypt is before thee ; 
in the best of the land make thy father 
and brethren to dwell; in the land of 
Goshen let them dwell ; and if thou 
knowest any men of activity among 
them, then make them rulers over my 
cattle. 

7. And Joseph brought in Jacob his 
father, and set him before Pharaoh: 
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 

8. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, 
How old art thou ? 

9. And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, 
The days of the years of my pilgrimage 
are a hundred and thirty years \ few 
and evil have the days of the years of 
my life been, and have not attained 
unto the days of the years of the life of 
my fathers in the days of their pil- 
grimage. 

10. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and 
went out from before Pharaoh. 

Note. 
Tso good thing does God the Father 
withhold from his people; those who 
come unto him by Jesus Christ ; and 
while they are made partakers of the 
riches of grace, they render the praise 
and the blessing to the God and Father 
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 
who has made them meet to be partak- 



in the same calling wherein he was 
called. 

21. Art thou called being a servant? 
care not for it ; but if thou mayest be 
made free, use it rather. 

22. For he that is called in the Lord, 
being a servant, is the Lord's freeman : 
likewise also he that is called, being 
free, is Christ's servant. 

23. Ye are bought with a price ; be 
not ye the servants of men. 

24. Brethren, let every man wherein 
he is called, therein abide with God. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xxv. 6. And in this mountain 
shall the Lord of hosts make unto all 
people a feast of fat things, a feast of 
wines on the lees, of fat things full of 
marrow, of wines on the lees well re- 
fined. 

7. And he will destroy in this moun- 
tain the face of the covering cast over 
all people, and the vail that is spread 
over all nations. 

8. He will swallow up death in vic- 
tory ; and the Lord God will wipe 
away tears from off all faces ; and the 
rebuke of his people shall he take away 
from off all the earth : for the Lord 
hath spoken it. 

9. And it shall be said in that day, 
Lo, this is our God ; we have waited 
for him, and he will save us : this is 
the Lord; we have waited for him, 
we will be glad and rejoice in his sal- 
vation. 

Ps. lxxxiv. 10. For a day in thy 
courts is better than a thousand. I 
had rather be a door-keeper in the 
house of my God, than to dwell in the 
tents of wickedness. 

1 1 . For the Lord God is a sun and 
shield: the Lord will give grace and 
glory : no good thing will he withhold 
from them that walk uprightly. 

12. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the 
man that trusteth in thee. 

Isa. lxv. 9. And I will bring forth 



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ers of these gifts. They are also con- 
strained by the mercies of God to render 
themselves a living sacrifice to his ser- 
vice. 

Pharaoh inquires of Jacob, How old 
art thou? The answer of Jacob, that 
he " had not attained unto the days of the 
years of the life of his fathers" alludes to 
the comparative shortness of the period 
since the dispensation of the Spirit or 
gospel had been established. It was 
like the one day in seven which God 
blessed and sanctified to his own use and 
service. But this one day of gospel rest, 
though at this time but just commenced, 
was never to end. Its " sun should no 
more go down, neither should its moon 
withdraw itself; for the Lord should be 
its. everlasting light," <£c. 

Jacob is set before Pharaoh and bless- 
es him. And it is also written, :t Now 
to him who is of power to establish you 
according to my gospel and the preach- 
ing of Jesus Christ, (according to the re- 
velation of the mystery which was kept 
secret since the world began, but now 
is made manifest, and by the scriptures 
of the prophets, according to the com- 
mandment of the everlasting God, made 
known to all nations for the obedience 
of faith ;) to God, only wise, be glory 
through Jesus Christ, for ever. Amen." 

And again, li Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 



T7ie Letter. 

11. And Joseph placed his father 
and his brethren, and gave them a pos- 
session in the land of Egypt, in the 
best of the land, in the land of Rame- 
ses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 

12. And Joseph nourished his fa- 
ther, and his brethren, and all his 
father's household, with bread accord- 
ing to their families. 

!N"ote. 

As Joshua gave Israel possession of 
the land of Canaan, after all their jour- 
neyings in the wilderness ; and as Jo- 
seph gave them possession of the land 
of Egypt, " the best of the land" so Jesus, 



a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah 
an inheritor of my mountains: and 
mine elect shall inherit it, and my ser- 
vants shall dwell there. 

10. And Sharon shall be a fold of 
flocks, and the valley of Achor a place 
for the herds to lie down in, for my 
people that have sought me. 

Col. i. 20. And, having made peace 
through the blood of his cross, by him 
to reconcile all things unto himself; by 
him, I say, whether tliey be things in 
earth, or things in heaven. 

21. And you, that were sometime 
alienated, and enemies in your mind 
by wicked works, yet now hath he re- 
conciled, 

22. In the body of his flesh through 
death, to present you holy, and un- 
blamable, and unreprovable in his 
sight ; 

12. Giving thanks unto the Father, 
which hath made us meet to be par- 
takers of the inheritance of the saints 
in light ; 

13. Who hath delivered us from the 
power of darkness, and hath translated 
us into the kingdom of his dear Son. 



Christ, who hath blessed us with all 
spiritual blessings in heavenly places in 
Christ." 



The Spirit. 

1 Pet. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, 
according to his abundant mercy, hath 
begotten us again unto a lively hope, 
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ 
from the dead, 

4. To an inheritance "incorruptible, 
and undefiled, and that fadeth not 
away, reserved in heaven for you, 

5. Who are kept by the power of 
God through faith unto salvation, ready 
to be revealed in the last time. 

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9. Receiving the end of your faith, 
even the salvation of your souls. 

10. Of which salvation the prophets 



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the Captain of their salvation, the Lamb 
that was slain to redeem them out of 
every nation, kindred, and toDgue, has 
given them "an inheritance incorrupti- 
ble, undefiled, and that fadeth not awuy, 
reserved in heaven for all that are kept 
by the powvr of God, through faith unto 
salvation." 

To this inheritance they were begot- 
ten again, to a lively hope by the resur- 
rection of Christ from the dead. As he 
lives they shall live also ; for he gave 
himself for them, that they might have 
life, and have it more abundantly. 

From its divine Head is the church of 
Christ nourished. Every branch of the 
living vine draws its vital sustenance 
from the root, and all its vigor and fruit- 
fulness is dependent upon the strength 
and life thus ministered. 

The inheritance of the saints has re- 
spect not only to the heavenly rest and 
glory after death, but to all the bless- 
ings of grace in the wilderness. For 
when the apostle describes the new co- 
venant state of things, as compared with 
the first dispensation, he speaks of the 
heirs of the kingdom as aheady come to 
their possession. "Ye are come unto 
mount Zion, and unto the city of the 
living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; 
and to an innumerable company of an- 
gels; to the general assembly and 
church of the first born, which are writ 
ten in heaven, and to God the Judge of 
all, and to the spirits of just men made 
perfect ; and to Jesus the Mediator of 
the new covenant, and to the blood of 
sprinkling, that speaketh better things 
than that of Abel." 



Tlw Loiter. 

13. And there was no bread in all 
the land; for the famine was very sore, 
so that the land of Egypt, and all the 
land of Canaan, fainted by reason of 
the famine. 

14. And Joseph gathered up all the 
money that was found in the land of 



have inquired and searched diligently, 
who prophesied of the grace that should 
come unto you. 

1 1 . Searching what, or what manner 
of time, the Spirit of Christ which was 
in them did signify, when it testified 
beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and 
the glory that should follow. 

Eph. iv. 16. From whom the whole 
body fitly joined together and compact- 
ed by that which every joint supplieth, 
according to the effectual working in the 
measure of every part, maketh increase 
of the body, unto the edifying of itself 
in love. 

iii. 14. For this cause I bow my 
knees unto the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, 

15. Of whom the whole family in 
heaven and earth is named, 

16. That he would grant you, ac- 
cording to the riches of his glory, to be 
strengthened with might by his Spirit 
in the inner man* 

17. That Christ may dwell in your 
hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted 
and grounded in love, 

18. May be able to comprehend 
with all saints what is the breadth, and 
length, and depth, and height; 

19. And to know the love of Christ, 
which passeth knowledge, that ye might 
be filled with all the fulness of God. 

20. Now, unto him that is able to do 
exceeding abundantly above all that we 
ask or think, according to the power 
that worketh in us, 

21. Unto him be glory in the church 
by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, 
world without end. Amen. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. Ix. 2. For behold, the darkness 
shall cover the earth, and gross dark- 
ness the people : but the Lord shall 
arise upon thee, and his glory shall be 
seen upon thee. 

Rom. iii. 9. What then ? are we bet- 
ter than they ? No. in no wise : for we 



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Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for 
the corn which they bought : and Jo- 
seph brought the money into Pharaoh's 
house. 

Note. 

"When the gospel of the kingdom was 
first proclaimed, it was the period spo- 
ken of by the prophet, " darkness shall 
cover the earth, and gross darkness the 
people." " There teas no bread in all the 
land;" or, in other words, "there was 
none righteous, no, not one ; there was 
none that understandeth ; there was 
none that seeketh. after God ; they 
were all gone out of the way ; they 
were together become unprofitable." 

" Joseph gathered up all the money 
that was found in the land of Egypt, 
and in the land of Canaan, for the corn 
which they bought." And precisely 
what the corn of Joseph was to these 
lands, is the preaching of the gospel 
among men. We have already seen that 
the household of Israel received their 
corn " without money or price," but the 
Egyptians were obliged to pay for all 
they received. Human reason will re- 
ply, " All this is very natural ; Joseph 
would, of course make a difference be- 
tween the Egyptians and his own bre- 
thren, and his father's house ; especially 
as the corn was all his own ; he having 
provided it, and without him was not 
anything prepared that was prepared ; 
so that had it not been for Joseph, all 
flesh would have perished with famine. 
Surely the Egyptians had no claim upon 
him, but his own brethren, had they 
known who he was, and in what manner 
he would treat them, would have gone to 
him with the greatest confidence of be- 
ing freely supplied. Besides, he de- 
clares to them that God had sent him 
before them for this very purpose /" 

All this is very well, and a true state- 
ment of the case ; if the same reasoning 
is only allowed in the antitype. The 
blessings of the everlasting covenant 
were all prepared, and wholly com- 
mitted to the Lord Jesus Christ, as of 
right his own, and with the express 
stipulation that they were prepared for 
his people, — those whom his Father had 
given him — the sheep for whom he laid 



have before proved both Jews and Gen- 
tiles, that they are all under sin ; 

10. As it is written, There is none 
righteous, no not one : 

11. There is none that understand- 
eth, there is none that seeketh after 
God. 

12. They are all gone out of the 
way, they are together become unpro- 
fitable : there is none that doeth good, 
no, not one. 

***** 

19. Now we know that what things 
soever the law saith, it saith to them 
who are under the law : that every 
mouth may be stopped, and all the 
world may become guilty before God. 

20. Therefore by the deeds of the 
law there shall no flesh be justified in 
his sight : for by the law is the know- 
ledge of sin. 

21. But now the righteousness of 
God without the law is manifested, 
being witnessed by the law and the 
prophets ; 

22. Even the righteousness of God, 
which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto 
all and upon all them that believe ; for 
there is no difference : 

23. For all have sinned and come 
short of the glory of God ; 

24. Being justified freely by his 
grace, through the redemption that is 
in Christ Jesus: 

25. Whom God hath set forth to be 
a propitiation through faith in his blood, 
to declare his righteousness for the re- 
mission of sins that are past, through 
the forbearance of God. 

2 Cor. ii. 15. For we are unto God 
a sweet savor of Christ, in them that 
are saved, and in them that perish. 

16. To the one we are the savor of 
death unto death ; and to the other the 
savor of life unto life: and who is 
sufficient for these things % 

Matt. xxiv. 14. And this gospel of 
the kingdom shall be preached in all 
the world, for a witness unto all na- 
tions : and then shall the end come. , 



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down his life — the church which he pur- 
chased with his own blood — the mem- 
bers of his own body, of his flesh, and 
of his bones. Where then is the injus- 
tice of his dispensing them accordingly ? 
At the same time, if there are others, 



The Letter. 

15. And when money failed in the 
land of Egypt, and in the land of 
Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto 
Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for 
why should we die in thy presence? 
for the money faileth. 

16. And Joseph said, Give your cat- 
tle ; and I will give you for your cat- 
tle, if money fail. 

17. And they brought their cattle 
unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them 
bread in exchange for horses, and for 
the flocks, and for the cattle of the 
herds, and for the asses ; and he fed 
them with bread, for all their cattle, for 
that year. 

18. When that year was ended, they 
came unto him the second year, and 
said unto him, We will not hide it from 
my lord, how that our money is spent ; 
my lord also hath our herds of cattle ; 
there is not aught left in the sight of 
my lord, but our bodies and our lands : 

19. Wherefore shall we die before 
thine eyes, both we and our land ? buy 
us and our land for bread, and we and 
our land will be servants unto Pha- 
raoh ; and give us seed, that we may 
live, and not die, that the land be not 
desolate. 

20. And Joseph bought all the land 
of Egypt for Pharaoh ; for the Egyp- 
tians sold every man his field, because 
the famine prevailed over them : so the 
land became Pharaoh's. 

Note. 

All men are either under the law or 
under grace. The language of the law 
is, "Pay that thou owest," — even "the 
uttermost farthing." " Cursed is every 
one that continueth not in all things 



who by law and justice, would have 
been cut off from the earth at once, but 
who are suffered to live upon the bounty 
of the ting, because he has need of them, 
why should they not pay for what they 
receive ? 



The Spirit. 

Matt, xviii. 25. But forasmuch as 
he had not to pay, his lord commanded 
him to be sold, and his wife and chil- 
dren, and all that he had, and payment 
to be made. 

v. 25. Agree with thine adversary 
quickly, while thou art in the way with 
him ; lest at any time the adversary de- 
liver thee to the judge, and the judge 
deliver thee to the officer, and thou be 
cast into prison. 

26. Verily, I say unto thee, Thou 
shalt by no means come out thence, 
till thou hast paid the uttermost far- 
thing. 

Rom. iii. 19. Now we know that 
what things soever the law saith, it 
saith to them who are under the law : 
that every mouth may be stopped, and 
all the world may become guilty before 
God. 

20. Therefore by the deeds of the 
law, there shall no flesh be justified in 
his sight : for by the law is the know- 
ledge of sin. 

Gal. iii. 10. For as many as are of 
the works of the law, are under the 
curse : for it is written, Cursed is every 
one that continueth not in all things 
which are written in the book of the 
law to do them. 

11. But that no man is justified by 
the law in the sight of God, it is evi- 
dent: for, The just shall live by faith. 

12. And the law is not of faith : but, 
The man that doeth them shall live in 
them. 

ii. 16. Knowing that a man is not 
justified by the works of the law, but 
by .the faith of Jesus Christ, even we 
have believed in Jesus Christ, that we 
might be justified by the faith of Christ, 



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written in the book of the law to do 
them." "The soul that sinneth, it shall 
die." All men have sinned, and there- 
fore, by the law, all are under the curse. 
And unless delivered from " the law of 
sin and death," by the "law of the Spirit 
of life in Christ Jesus," they must remain 
forfeited, soul and body, to divine jus- 
tice. If they are permitted to have a 
reprieve from the speedy execution of 
the sentence of death, they owe this re- 
prieve, together with every favor of a 
common providence, wholly to the fact 
that Jesus Christ has a purpose to ac- 
complish in the redemption of his peo- 
ple ; and until that purpose is fully 
effected, he has need of the ungodly, as 
instruments of his will, in bringing 
about and fulfilling his designs. For 
this reason, his mediatorial office is 
effectual in their behalf, so far that they 
are suffered to live, and to enjoy the 
common favors of this life, so long as 
the Lord has need of them. In this 
sense, and no other, did Jesus die for all 



The Letter. 

21. And as for the people, he re 
moved them to cities from one end of 
the borders of Egypt even to the other 
end thereof. 

22. Only the land of the priests 
bought he not ; for the priests had a 
portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and 
did eat their portion which Pharaoh 
gave them; wherefore they sold not 
their lands. 

23. Then Joseph said unto the peo- 
ple, Behold, I have bought you this 
day, and your land for Pharaoh : lo. 
here is seed for you, and ye shall sow 
the land. 

24. And it shall come to pass in the 
increase, that ye shall give the fifth 
part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall 
be your own, for seed of the field, and 
for your food, and for them of your 
households, and for food for your little 
ones. 



and not by the works of the law : for 
by the works of the law shall no flesh 
be justified. 

men. He died for them all, just as Jo- 
seph died, or suffered, for the Egyptians. 
That he did not die for them, as he did 
for Israel, is most apparent, when he says 
to his brethren, " Cod sent me before 
you to preserve you a posterity in the 
earth, and to save your lives by a great 
deliverance ;" — which language accords 
with all that is predicted of the purpose 
of Christ in dying for his people. And 
again, it is also apparent by the very 
different manner in which the benefits 
of his death and exaltation are appro- 
priated to Israel and to the Egyptians. 
To Israel is freely given the best of all 
the land of Egypt, with all other things 
needful; for Joseph himself sustained 
them. Whereas the Egyptians, though 
they did share the corn, yet became 
bond-slaves to Pharaoh in return for 
such a favor. 



The Spirit. 

1 John ii. 19. They went out from 
us, but they were not of us ; for if they 
had been of us, they would no doubt 
have continued with us : but they went 
out, that they might be made manifest 
that they were not all of us. 

1 Cor. ix. 13. Do ye not know that 
they which minister about holy things 
live of the things of the temple, and they 
which wait at the altar are partakers 
with the altar? 

Ezk. xviii. 19. Yet say ye, Why? 
doth not the son bear the iniquity of 
the father l When the son hath done 
that which is lawful and right, and 
hath kept all my statutes, and hath done 
them, he shall surely live. 
- 20. The soul that sinneth. it shall 
die. The son shall not bear the iniqui- 
ty of the father, neither shall the father 
bear the iniquity of the son : the right- 
eousness of the righteous shall be upon 



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451 



25. And they said, Thou hast saved 
our lives : let us find grace in the sight 
of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's 
servants. 

Note. 

By this it appears that the dispensa- 
tion of corn to the Egyptians, was the 
means of removing them away from Jo- 
seph as far as the east is from the west, 
instead of bringing them nigh, as was 
the case with Israel. This is always the 
effect of a preached gospel upon the 
wicked, when not accompanied by the 
power of the Holy Spirit. It estranges, 
alienates, and divides between the right- 
eous and the wicked. It is the " witness " 
which either justifies or condemns ; 
•which is a " savor of life unto life, or of 
death unto death." This fact is exem- 
plified by the preaching of Peter on the 
day of Pentecost, and that of Stephen 
shortly after. They both preached the 
same gospel, but in the first case the 
word was made effectual by the Spirit, 
and in the other it was not. Peter's 
sermon was blessed to the conversion of 
three thousand souls ; but Stephen's 
hearers took up stones and stoned him ! 

It appears that the priests were ex- 
empt from the general rules of Joseph's 
administration. They had a portion 
from Pharaoh ; and we are told, both in 
the law and in the gospel, that " they 
who serve the altar, shall live of the 
altar." But the word priests may 
be rendered princes, or heads of the 
people. This may, therefore, allude to 
the fact that the rulers of the darkness 
of the world, who rule in the hearts of 
the children of disobedience, and blind 
their minds to the gospel, have no part 
or lot in the gospel, or the benefits of the 
mediatorial kingdom and reign of Christ, 
but receive their portion from God, as 
described in Isa. xxx. 33. 

The next regulation of Joseph's reign, 
30 



him, and the wickedness of the wicked 
shall be upon him. 

21. But if the wicked will turn from 
all his sins that he hath committed, and 
keep all my statutes, and do that which 
is lawful and right, he shall surely live, 
he shall not die. 

22. All his transgressions that he 
hath committed, they shall not be men- 
tioned unto him : in his righteousness 
that he hath done he shall live. 

23. Have I any pleasure at all that 
the wicked should die 1 saith the Lord 
God: and not that he should return 
from his ways, and live ? 

24. But when the righteous turneth 
away from his righteousness, and eom- 
mitteth iniquity, and doeth according to 
all the abominations that the wicked 
man doeth, shall he live ? All his right- 
eousness that he hath done shall not be 
mentioned : in his trespass that he hath 
trespassed, and in his sin that he hath 
sinned, in them shall he die. 

25. Yet ye say, The way of the Lord 
is not equal. Hear now, O house of 
Israel ; Is not my way equal ] are not 
your ways unequal ? 

26. When a righteous man turnetf i 
away from his righteousness, and coir,- 
mitteth iniquity, and dieth in them ; or 
his iniquity that he hath done shall he 
die. 



was to give seed to those whose lands 
were forfeited to Pharaoh, and require 
them to raise food for themselves. Alas! 
for those on whom this decree, in its 
true spirit and meaning, is imposed ! 
Their condition may be seen in the 
chapter from Ezekiel, which is here 
quoted, where God addresses them on 
their own ground, and takes them in 
the snare of their own self-righteous de- 
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The Gospel by Moses; 



had brought this entire household to Jo- 
seph (Jesus) as their lord and king, to 
rule over them for ever. 

The special office work of the third 
Person of the Godhead being thus finish- 
ed, he lays down the mortal manifesta- 
tion of himself to men, as his fathers had 
done. The time had come for Jacob to 
die ; — for the "record " or witness of the 
three in heaven, to cease ; that God may- 
be all in all. But the three must never 
cease to be one ; and Jacob must, by the 
oath of the covenant, be buried in Macb- 
pelah, and not in Egypt. 

If this era of the typical history cor- 
respond to that spoken of in 1 Cor. xv. 
24, it may be objected, that it is there 
declared, " the kingdom shall be deliver- 
ed to God, even the Father," — whereas, 
in the type it is now left in the hands 
of the Son. To this seeming difficulty, 
we reply that the title of Father is spe- 
cially ascribed to God as the great ori- 
ginal source or mover of the plan of 
grace, and that of Son, to him, as having 
accomplished this purpose or plan: 
"therefore, when the work of redemption 
should be finished, and no more media- 
tion or priestly intercession needful, this 
title, intimating a presiding and direct- 
ing power, is laid down, and God is one. 
Bat it must be remembered that the 
title-of Father belongs equally to Christ 
with that of Son, and that the delivery 



52. In a moment, in the twinkling 
of an eye, at the last trump : for the 
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall 
be raised incorruptible, and we shall be 
changed. 

53. For this corruptible must put on 
incorruption, and this mortal must put 
on immortality. 

54. So when this corruptible shall 
have put on incorruption, and this mor- 
tal shall have put on immortality, then 
shall be brought to pass the saying 
that is written, Death is swallowed up 
in victory. 

55. O death, where is thy sting ? O 
grave, where is thy victory ? 

56. The sting of death is sin ; and 
the strength of sin is the law. 

57. But thanks be to God, which 
giveth us the victory, through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

58. Therefore, my beloved brethren, 
be ye steadfast, unmovable, always 
abounding in the work of the Lord, 
forasmuch as ye know that your labor 
is not in vain in the Lord. 



of the kingdom is only the laying down 
equally of both, in the union of all in 
Him who is " the first and the last," — 
" the beginning and the end ;" and fills 
the throne of God and the Lamb. 



CHAPTER XLVIII. 



The Letter, 

1. And It came to pass after these 
things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy 
father is sick': -and he took with him 
his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 

2. And one told Jacob, and said, Be- 
hold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee : 
and Israel strengthened himself, and 
-sat upon the bed. 

3. And Jacob saidusto Joseph, God 
Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in 
the land of Canaan, and %kssed me, 



The Spirit. 

Rom. viii. 23. And not only they, 
but ourselves also, which have the first- 
fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves 
groan within ourselves, waiting for the 
adoption, to wit, the redemption of our 
body. 

24. For we are saved by hope. But 
hope that is seen, is not hope : for what 
a man seeth, why doth he yet hope 
for? 

Is a. xxv. 8. He will swallow up 



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455 



4. And said unto me, Behold, I will 
make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, 
and I will make of thee a multitude of 
people ; and will give this land to thy 
seed after thee, for an everlasting pos- 
session. 

5. And now, thy two sons, Ephraim 
and Manasseh, which were born unto 
thee in the land of Egypt, before I 
came unto thee into Egypt, are mine : 
as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be 
mine. 

6. And thy issue, which thou beget- 
test after them, shall be thine, and shall 
be called after the name of their bre- 
thren in their inheritance. 

Note. 

Before the reign of Jesus could wholly 
lay aside its mediatorial character, there 
remained two things yet to be accom- 
plished under the dispensation of the 
Spirit. The first of these was the adop- 
tion of the two sons of Joseph by Jacob, 
and the instalment of them among the 
twelve as Reuben and Simeon. For this 
last act, Jacob is represented as strength- 
ening himself on the bed of death; ty- 
pically the strengthening of the church 
in its struggle with the king of terrors. 
" The last enemy which shall be destroyed 
is death ;" and the intimation of this 
truth is the last act of Jacob. In claim- 
ing the two sons of Joseph, who were 
born to him after his typical resurrec- 
tion from the dead, Jacob virtually de- 
clares that the church do not receive in 
the present life the full " redemption of 
the purchased possession," but only an 
"earnest of it;" and that those who 
have "the first-fruits of the Spirit, groan 
within themselves, waiting for the adop- 
tion, even the redemption of the body." 

As these two sons of Joseph were now 
adopted by Jacob, and placed among the 
twelve, it was to serve as a token, that 
the bodies of the saints, left for a time 
" subject, to vanity," should finally be 
adopted into the family of the first-born 
whose names are written in heaven, and 
made like unto the glorious body of 
their ascended Lord. 



death in victory : and the Lord God 
will wipe away tears from off all faces ; 
and the rebuke of his people shall he 
take away from off all the earth : for 
the Lord hath spoken it. 

9. And it shall be said in that day, 
Lo, this is our God ; we have waited 
for him, and he will save us: this is 
the Lord; we have waited for him, 
we will be glad and rejoice in his sal- 
vation. 

1 Cor. xv. 17. And if Christ be not 
raised, your faith is vain ; ye are yet in 
your sins. 

18. Then they also which are fallen 
asleep in Christ are perished. 

19. If in this life only we have hope 
in Christ, we are of all men most mise- 
rable. 

20. But now is Christ risen from the 
dead, and become the first-fruits of them 
that slept. 

21. For since by man came death, 
by man came also the resurrection of 
the dead. 

22. For as in Adam all die, even so 
in Christ shall all be made alive. 

23. But every man in his own order : 
Christ the first-fruits; afterward they 
that are Christ's at his coming. 

24. Then cometh the end, when he 
shall have delivered up the kingdom to 
God, even the Father ; when he shall 
have put down all rule, and all author- 
ity, and power. 

25. For he must reign, till he hath 
put all enemies under his feet. 

26. The last enemy that shall be de- 
stroyed is death. 

Eph. i. 12. That we should be to 
the praise of his glory, who first trusted 
in Christ. 

13. In whom ye also trusted, after 
that ye heard the word of truth, the 
gospel of your salvation : in whom also, 
after that ye believed, ye were sealed 
with that Holy Spirit of promise, 

14. Which is the earnest of our in- 
heritance, until the redemption of the 
purchased possession, unto the praise 
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The Letter. 

7. And as for me, when I came from 
Padan, Rachel died by me in the land 
of Canaan, in the way, when yet there 
was but a little way to come unto 
Ephrath : and I buried her there in the 
way of Ephrath, the same is Beth- 
lehem. 

8. And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, 
and said, Who are these ? 

9. And Joseph said unto his father, 
They are my sons, whom God hath 
given me in this place. And he said, 
Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and 
I will bless them. 

Note. 

f - : Bethlehem of Judah was spoken of by 
prophets as the place whence should 
come the Governor who should rule Is- 
rael, or the united kingdom of Israel and 
Judah, or Jews and Gentiles. There- 
fore, before reaching that place, Rachel, 
in her single character of the daughter of 
Zion, must die, or cease to be. 

David, speaking in prophetic vision of 
an habitation for the mighty God of 
Jacob, says, " Lo, we have heard of it 
at Ephratah :" from thence should the 
tabernacle arise where should rest the 
ark of his strength. 

Jacob, in speaking of adopting the sons 
of Joseph, adverts to this prophecy, and 
then, as if keeping hold of the links in 
the chain of its complete fulfilment, he 
asks of Ephraim and Manasseh, " Who 
are these?" "who hath begotten me 
these?" as if the valley of dry bones, 
the " whole house of Israel" rose up in 
vision before him from their spiritual 
graves, to become a temple for the 
mighty God of Jacob ! 

Ephraim and Manssseh united under 
the hand of Jacob in one blessing, (only 
Ephraim being placed before Manasseh,) 
points us to the 19th verse of Ezk. 
xxxvii. ; where the prophet is told that 
the stick of Joseph in the hand of 
Ephraim, shall be united with the stick 
of Judah and become one. 

Both of these figures therefore refer 
to one great event, which is, first, the 
spiritual resurrection of the valley of vi- 



The Spirit. 

Ps. cxxxii. 1. Lord, remember Da- 
vid, and all his afflictions : 

2. How he sware unto the Lord, 
and vowed unto the mighty God of 
Jacob ; 

3. Surely I will not come into the 
tabernacle of mine house, nor go up into 
my bed; 

4. I will not give sleep to mine eyes, 
nor slumber to mine eyelids, 

5. Until I find out a place for the 
Lord, an habitation for the mighty God 
of Jacob. 

6. Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah : 
we found it in the fields of the wood. 

7. We will go into his tabernacles : 
we will worship at his footstool. 

8. Arise, O Lord, into thy rest ; thou, 
and the ark of thy strength. 

9. Let thy priests be clothed with 
righteousness ; and let thy saints shout 
for joy. 

10. For thy servant David's sake, 
turn not away the face of thine 
anointed. 

11. The Lord hath sworn in truth 
unto David ; he will not turn from it ; 
Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon 
thy throne. 

12. If thy children will keep my co- 
venant and my testimony that I shall 
teach them ; their children also shall 
sit upon thy throne for evermore. 

13. For the Lord hath chosen Zion; 
he hath desired it for his habitation. 

14. This is my rest for ever; here 
will I dwell ; for I have desired it. 

15. I will abundantly bless her pro- 
vision: I will satisfy her poor with 
bread. 

16. I will also clothe her priests with 
salvation, and her saints shall shout 
aloud for joy. 

Matt. ii. 5. And they said unto 
him, In Bethlehem of Judea : for thus 
it is written by the prophet, 

6. And thou Bethlehem, in the land 
of Juda, art not the least among the 
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eion, or "whole house of Israel ;" and 
second, the final resurrection of the dead, 
when by the quickening of the body 
and its reunion with the soul, the en- 
tire " purchased possession" shall be re- 
deemed. 

This is the last doctrine taught by the 
Spirit of truth. 



Tlie Letter. 

10. (Now the eyes of Israel were 
dim for age, so that he eould not see :) 
and he brought them near unto him ; 
and he kissed them, and embraced 
them. 

11. And Israel said unto Joseph, I 
had not thought to see thy face : and 
lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 

12. And Joseph brought them out 
from between his knees, arid he bowed 
himself with his face to the earth. 

13. And Joseph took them both, 
Ephraim in his right hand toward Isra- 
el's left hand, and Manasseh in his left 
hand toward Israel's right hand, and 
brought them near unto him. 

14. And Israel stretched out his 
right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's 
head, who was the younger, and his 
left hand upon Manasseh's head, guid- 
ing his hands wittingly : for Manasseh 
was the first-born. 

I!s"ote. 

In discerning the things of the Spirit, 
the natural eyes are of no use. We 
have seen in every case where the pro- 
phetic blessing is bestowed, it is not 
after the sight of the eyes or hearing of 
the ears. But he who bestows this in- 
heritance, is " of quick understanding," 
(or touch,) and guides his hands wit- 
tingly in the dispensation of his favors. 

"We find in all cases where the natural 
heir is passed by, that the blessing may 
rest upon the heir of promise, the father 
shows a reluctance to this rejection of 
his first-born. Thus it was with Abra- 



come a Governor, that shall rule my 
people Israel. 

Ezk. xxxvii. 19. Say unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I 
will take the stick of Joseph, which is 
in the hand of Ephraitn, and the tribes 
of Israel his fellows, and will put them 
with him, even with the stick of Judah, 
and make them one stick, and they 
shall be one in mine hand. 



The Spirit. 

Isa. xi. 2. And the Spirit of the 
Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of 
wisdom and understanding, the spirit of 
counsel and might, the spirit of know- 
ledge, and of the fear of the Lord ; 

3. And shall make him of quick un- 
derstanding in the fear of the Lord : 
and he shall not judge after the sight 
of his eyes, neither reprove after the 
hearing of his ears : 

4. But with righteousuess shall he 
judge the poor, and reprove with equity 
for the meek of the earth : and he shall 
smite the earth with the rod of his 
mouth, and with the breath of his lip 
shall he slay the wicked. 

xlii. 16. And I will bring the blind 
by a way that they knew not ; I will 
lead them in paths that they have 
not known : I will make darkness 
light before them, and crooked things 
straight. These things will I do unto 
them, and not forsake them. 

17. They shall be turned back, they 
shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in 
graven images, that say to the molten 
images, Ye are our gods. 

18. Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye 
blind, that ye may see. 

19. Who is blind, but my servant? 
or deaf, as my messenger that I sent ? 
who is blind as he that is perfect, and 
blind as the Lord's servant ? 

20. Seeing many things, but thou 
observest not: opening the ears, but 
he heareth not. 

Rom. ix. 15. For he saith to Mo- 



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ham in the case of Ishmael, — with Isaac 
in the case of Esau, — and now with Jo- 
seph in the case of Manasseh. This na- 
tural sympathy was also manifested by 
Jesus himself in his lamentation over 
Jerusalem, and in his weeping at the 
grave of Lazarus, where at the same 
time his divine power was so remark- 
ably put forth. 

The manner of Jacob's blessing is very 
peculiar, and is expressive of that which 
it represents, viz. the way in which the 
blessings of salvation are made to rest 
upon the redeemed. The hands of Ja- 
cob were crossed ! and how crossing and 
contrary to our natural desires and car- 
nal wisdom are all the dealings of God, 
both with soul and body ! and yet all 



The Letter. 

15. And he blessed Joseph, and said, 
God, before whom my fathers Abraham 
and Isaac did walk, the God which fed 
me all my life long unto this day, 

16. The Angel which redeemed me 
from all evil, bless the lads; and let my 
name be named on them, and the name 
of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ; and 
let them grow into a multitude in the 
midst of the earth. 

Note. 

This blessing is very remarkable ! 
Though designed for the lads, it is said, 
he blessed Joseph : because all the bless- 
ings and all the promises are in Christ 
for his people. Jacob next uites the fa- 
thers of the covenant as co-partners and 
witnesses of all that God had done in 
feeding and leading him all his life long 
unto this day ; and brings this forward 
in review, as confirmation and security 
for the performance of all involved in 
this blessing. 

He next speaks of the angel which 
redeemed him from all evil. This last 
invocation must have reference to Jacob 
as identified with the church, when 
" the angel of his presence saved them ; 
and in his love and in his pity he re- 



ses, I will have mercy on worn I will 
have mercy, and I will have compassion 
on whom I will have compassion. 

16. So then it is not of him that 
willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of 
God that sheweth mercy. 

1 Cor. xv. 45. And so it is written, 
The first man Adam was made a living 
soul, the last Adam was made a quick- 
ening spirit. 

46. Howbeit that was not first which 
is spiritual, but that which is natural ; 
and afterward that which is spiritual. 

47. The first man is of the earth, 
earthy; the second man is the Lord 
from heaven. 



TJie Spirit. 

Deut. xxxii. 9. For the Lord's por- 
tion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of 
his inheritance. 

10. He found him in a desert land, 
and in the waste howling wilderness ; 
he led him about, he instructed him, he 
kept him as the apple of his eye. 

11. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, 
fluttereth over her young, spreadeth 
abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth 
them on her wings ; 

12. So the Lord alone did lead him, 
and there was no strange god with 
him. 

xxxiii. 28. Israel then shall dwell in 
safety alone : the fountain of Jacob 
shall he upon a land of corn and wine ; 
also his heavens shall drop down dew. 

29. Happy art thou, O Israel: who is 
like unto thee, O people saved by the 
Lord, the shield of thy help, and who 
is the sword of thy excellency! and 
thine enemies shall be found liars unto 
thee, and thou shalt tread upon their 
high places. 

Isa. lxiii. 7. I will mention the lov- 
ing-kindnesses of the Lord, and the 
praises of the Lord, according to all 
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deemed them ; and he bare them and 
carried them all the days of old." 

And lastly Jacob desires that his name 
and the name of his fathers, Abraham 
and Isaac, might be named upon them, 
and that they might grow into a multi- 
tude, (fee. This refers us to the words 
of the gospel commission given to the 
twelve, when they were sent to preach 
to every creature, "baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost" This name is the sig- 
nature placed to the seal of the cove- 
nant, to render valid and sure the deed 
of promise. 



The Letter. 

17. And when Joseph saw that his 
father laid his right hand upon the head 
of Ephraim, it displeased him : and he 
held up his father's hand, to remove it 
from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's 
head. 

18. And Joseph said unto his father, 
Not so, my father : for this is the first- 
born ; put thy right hand upon his 
head. 

1 9. And his father refused, and said, 
I know it, my son, I know it : he also 
shall become a people, and he also shall 
be great; but truly his younger brother 
shall be greater than he, and his seed 
shall become a multitude of nations. 

Rote. 

In opposing the decree of Jacob, sanc- 
tioned as it was by the names of the 
united three, we must suppose Joseph 
to act by the sympathies of his human 
nature only, as the type of Jesus, or the 
Word made flesh. Taking part of the 
same nature as the children which the 
Father had given him, he pleads in 
their behalf, as the Mediator of the cove- 
nant. 

The reply is, that Manasseh should be 
great, but surely his brother should be 
greater than he. So was it with Isaac 
and Ishmael, and with Jacob and Esau. 



the great goodness toward the house of 
Israel, which he hath bestowed on them 
according to his mercies, and according 
to the multitude of his loving-kind- 
nesses. 

8. For he said, Surely they are my 
people, children that will not lie : so he 
was their Saviour. 

9. In all their affliction- he was af- 
flicted, and the angel of his presence 
saved them : in his love and in his pity 
he redeemed them ; and he bare them, 
and carried them all the days of old. 

Matt, xxviii. 19. Go ye therefore 
and teach all nations, baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. 



The Spirit. 

Num. xxiii. 19. God is not a man, 
that he should lie ; neither the son of 
man, that he should repent: hath he 
said, and shall he not do it ? or hath 
he spoken, and shall he not make it 
good? 

20. Behold, I have received com- 
mandment to bless : and he hath bless- 
ed ; and I cannot reverse it, . 

Isa. xl. 13. Who hath directed the 
Spirit of the Lord, or, being his coun- 
sellor, hath taught him ? 

14. With whom took he counsel, and 
ivho instructed him, and taught him in 
the path of judgment, and taught him 
knowledge, and shewed to him the 
way of understanding ? 

xlvi. 9. Remember the former things 
of old ; for I am God, and there is none 
else ; I am God, and there is none like 
me, 

10. Declaring the end from the be- 
ginning, and from ancient times the 
things that are not yet done, saying, 
My counsel shall stand, and I will do 
all my pleasure. 

Jer. xxxi. 9. They shall come with 
weeping, and with supplications will I 
lead them ; I will cause them to walk 
by the rivers of waters in a straight 
way, wherein they shall not stumble : 



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The spiritual exceeds the natural ; — the 
heir of promise is greater than the seed 
of the flesh — and the heavenly inherit- 
ance, superior to the earthly. 

Ephraim is one of the names given to 
the whole family of Israel, while Manas- 
seh is never applied but to a small por- 
tion. This tribe was divided ; half hav- 
ing their lot on one sHe Jordan, and 
half on the other. This shows that they 
that are dead, and they that remain 
alive, are both of one family. 



The Letter. 

20. And he blessed them that day, 
saying. In thee shall Israel bless, sav- 
ing, God make thee as Ephraim and as 
Manasseh : and he set Ephraim before 
Manasseh. 

21. And Israel said unto Joseph, Be- 
hold, I die ; but God shall be with you, 
and bring you again unto the land of 
your fathers. 

22. Moreover I have given to thee 
one portion above thy brethren, which 
I took out of the hand of the Amorite 
with my sword and with my bow. 

Kote. 

The blessing which distinguishes Israel 
from the world — or the spiritual from 
the natural — is being made alive in 
Christ from a death in sin, previous to 
being made alive from the death of the 
body. Therefore it is written, "Blessed 
are the dead that die in the Lord ; and 
blessed are they which have part in the 
first resurrection" <fcc. 

"When Christ rose from the dead, he 
became the " first-fruits " of them that 
Blept; — a promise of the harvest. By 



for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim 
is my first-born. 

10. Hear the word of the Lord, O 
ye nations, and declare it in the isles 
afar off, and say, He that scattered 
Israel will gather him, and keep him, 
as a shepherd doth his flock. 

11. For the Lord hath redeemed 
Jacob, and ransomed him from the 
hand of Mm that was stronger than 
he. 

* * * * * 

16. Thus saith the Lord; Refrain 
thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes 
from tears : for thy work shall be re- 
warded, saith the Lord; and they 
shall come again from the land of the 
enemy. 

17. And there is hope in thine end, 
saith the Lord, that thy children shall 
come again to their own border. 



The Spirit. 

Rev. xx. 4. And I saw thrones, 
and they sat upon them, and judgment 
was given unto them : and / saw the 
souls of them that were beheaded for 
the witness of Jesus, and for the word 
of God, and which had not worshipped 
the beast, neither his image, neither had 
received Ms mark upon their foreheads, 
or in their hands ; and they lived and 
reigned with Christ a thousand years. 

5. But the rest of the dead lived not 
again until the thousand years were 
finished. This is the first resurrec- 
tion. 

6. Blessed and holy is he that hath 
part in the first resurrection : on such 
the second death hath no power, but 
they shall be priests of God and of 
Christ, and shall reign with him a thou- 
sand years. 

xiv. 13. And I heard a voice from 
heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed . 
are the dead which die in the Lord from 
henceforth : Yea, saith the Spirit, that 
they may rest from their labors; and 
their works do follow them. 

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"the dew of his youth" the earth should 
send forth her dead. Ephraim, which 
signifies fruitfulness, is a figurative pro- 
mise that the "whole house of Israel," 
quickened and made alive from a death 
in sin, to spiritual fruitfulness, should 
also be quickened together with Christ, 
and made alive from the death of the 
body, and raised up to dwell with him 
for ever. But in the order of this bless- 
ing the spiritual quickening is first, and 
then that of the body. But as both lads 
were blessed together, so is the promise 
ot both these things equally sure. 

Jacob gives to Joseph " one portion 
above his brethren, which he took from 
the hand of the Amorite with his sword 
and with his bow." But Jacob was " a 
plain man and dwelt in tents ;" and we 
never read of his using a sword or con- 
tending with any one. But "the sword 
of the Spirit, which is the word of God," 
is sharp and powerful, and is that with 
which a portion is divided to Jesus 
" with the strong ;" — because he had 
made his soul an offering for sin. And 
it is the " dispensation of the Spirit" — 
the preached gospel — which is the pow- 
er of God unto salvation. 



have you to be ignorant, brethren, con- 
cerning thern which are asleep, that ye 
sorrow not, even as others which have 
no hope. 

14. For if we believe that Jesns died 
and rose again, even so them also 
which sleep in Jesus will God bring 
with him. 

Isa. liti. 11. He shall see of the 
travail of his soul, and shall be satis- 
fied : by his knowledge shall my right- 
eous servant justify many ; for he shall 
bear their iniquities. 

12. Therefore will I divide him a 
portion with the great, and he shall di- 
vide the spoil with the strong ; because 
he hath poured out his soul unto death : 
and he was numbered with the trans- 
gressors ; and he bare the sin of many, 
and made intercession for the trans- 
gressors. 

Rev. i. 16. And he had in his right 
hand seven stars ; and out of his mouth 
went a sharp two-edged sword; and. 
his countenance was as the sun shineth 
in his strength. 

Eph. vi. 17. * * * And the sword 
of the Spirit, which is the word of 
God. 



CHAPTER XLIX. 



The Letter. 

1. And Jacob called unto his sons, 
and said, Gather yourselves together, 
that I may tell yon that which shall be- 
fall you in the last days. 

2. Gather yourselves together and 
hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken 
unto Israel your father. 

3. Reuben, thou art my first-born, 
my might, and the beginning of my 
strength, the excellency of dignity, and 
the excellency of power : 

4. Unstable as water, thou shalt not 
excel ; because thou wentest up to thy 
father's bed ; then defiledst thou it ; he 
went up to my couch. 



The Spirit. 

Eph. ii. 20. And are built upon the 
foundation of the apostles and pro- 
phets, Jesus Christ himself being the 
chief corner-stone ; 

21. In whom all the building fitly 
framed together, groweth unto a holy 
temple in the Lord : 

22. In. whom ye also are builded to- 
gether, for a habitation of God through 
the Spirit. 

Deut. xxxiii. 4. Moses commanded 
us a law ; even the inheritance of the 
congregation of Jacob. 

5. And he was king in Jeshurun, 
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Note. 

The prophetic declarations of Jacob, 
concerning his twelve sons, have respect 
to their typical character, as represent- 
ing the twelve foundation stones of the 
gospel kingdom. Many analogies may 
of course be traced between these heads 
of the tribes and the twelve apostles. 

We have before compared Reuben 
with Peter. Reuben was the first-born 
of Jacob, and Peter was the first-fruits 
of the gospel ; the first called into the 
kingdom and service of Christ. Not 
only so, but he was chosen to lay the 
first stone in the visible kingdom of 
heaven, among both Jews and Gentiles. 
He preached the first gospel sermon on 
the day of Pentecost, and also to the 
Gentiles at the house of Cornelius. But 
it appears that his apostleship to the 
Gentiles was subsequently given to 
Paul. Reuben was the "excellency of 
dignity and the excellency of power" — 
and Peter also was pre-eminent for 
boldness and zeal in his Master's ser- 
vice. 

Peter was distinguished by Jesus in 
many ways. His very name, and espe- 
cially the name given him, of Cephas, 
which was only a confirmation of his 
own, for both mean a stone orrock,«im- 
plies an allusion to his calling to be the 
first workman in the spiritual building. 
The words of Jesus in the 16th chapter 
of Matthew, verses 17, 18, 19, corrobo- 
rate this idea. 

But Reuben is accused of being "un- 
stable as water," and of defiling his 
father's couch : in both of which an 
analogy is found in the conduct of Pe- 
ter. First, his cowardly denial of his 
Master, after boasting his readiness to 
die with him ; and second, that, though 
called to preach salvation by faith, with- 
out the deeds of the law, he was guilty 
of dissimulation, in requiring the Gen- 
tiles to observe legal ceremonies, through 
fear of the Jews; and thus he defiled 
and polluted the pure gospel rest, by 
the works of the law. 



tribes of Israel were gathered toge- 
ther. 

6. Let Reuben live, and not die ; 
and let not his men be few. 

Matt. xvi. 17. And Jesus answer- 
ed, and said unto him, Blessed art 
thou, Simon-Barjona : for flesh and 
blood hath not revealed it unto thee, 
but my Father which is in heaven. 

18. And I say also unto thee, that 
thou art Peter, and upon this rock I 
will build my church : and the gates of 
hell shall not prevail against it. 

19. And I. will give unto thee the 
keys of the kingdom of heaven : and 
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, 
shall be bound in heaven ; and what- 
soever thou shalt loose on earth, shall 
be loosed in heaven. 

Rev. xxi. 12. And had a wall great 
and high, and had twelve gates, and at 
the gates twelve angels, and names 
written thereon, which are the names 
of the twelve tribes of the children of 
Israel. 

13. On the east, three gates; on 
the north, three gates ; on the south, 
three gates ; and on the west, three 
gates. 

14. And the wall of the city had 
twelve foundations, and in them the 
names of the twelve apostles of the 
Lamb. 

Gal. ii. 11. But when Peter was 
come to Antioch, I withstood him to 
the face, because he was to be blamed. 

12. For, before that certain came 
from James, he did eat with the Gen- 
tiles: but when they were come, he 
withdrew, and separated himself, fear- 
ing them which were of the circum- 
cision. 

13. And the other Jews dissembled 
likewise with him ; insomuch that Bar- 
nabas also was carried away with their 
dissimulation. 

14. But when I saw that they walk- 
ed not uprightly according to the truth 
of the gospel, I said unto Peter before 
them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest 
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The Letter. 

5. Simeon and Levi are brethren ; 
instruments of cruelty are in their ha- 
bitations. 

6. O my soul, come not thou into 
their secret ; unto their assembly, mine 
honor, be not thou united ! for in their 
anger they slew a man, and in their 
self-will they digged down a wall. 

7. Cursed he their anger, for it was 
fierce; and their wrath, for it was 
cruel : I will divide them in Jacob, and 
scatter them in Israel. 

Note. 

Simeon and Levi are here classed or 
united together as brethren of one stamp 
or character. If we refer to the words of 
Moses, in speaking of these same heads of 
the tribes in Deut. xxxiii., we shall find 
that Simeon is not mentioned at all ; 
and that Levi is immediately merged, 
lost, or changed into "the holy one, 
whom thou didst prove at the waters 
of Meribah," — or his priesthood into the 
order of Melchizedec. 

Simeon and Levi were cursed for their 
conduct toward the Shechemites, and 
were removed from their place, having 
no part nor lot with the twelve. 

The analogy found among the apostles 
to these two brethren, is more obscure 
and complicated than any others, from 
the very nature of their typical charac- 
ter. Judas, the son of perdition, is con- 
nected with both of these brethren in 
their typical or figurative import ; but 
this mysterious antitype also embraces 
at least a part of the symbolic character 
of Judah. It appears that Judas Isca- 
riot was the son of Simon, the Canaanite. 
Upon the Canaanites a curse has rested 
from the beginning; and "the iniquity 
of the fathers is visited upon the child- 
ren unto the third and fourth genera- 
tion," &a. Judas, then, inherited the 



as do the Jews, why compellest thou 
the Gentiles to live as do the Jews ? 

15. We who are Jews by nature, 
and not sinners of the Gentiles, * * 



The Spirit. 

Detjt. xxxiii. 8. And of Levi he 
said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim 
be with thy holy one, whom thou didst 
prove at Massah, and with whom thou 
didst strive at the waters of Meribah ; 

9. Who said unto his father and to 
his mother, I have not seen him, nei- 
ther did he acknowledge his brethren, 
nor knew his own children : for they 
have observed thy word, and kept thy 
covenant. 

10. They shall teach Jacob thy judg- 
ments, and Israel thy law ; they shall 
put incense before thee, and whole 
burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. 

11. Bless, Lord, his substance, and 
accept the work of his hands: smite 
through the loins of them that rise 
against him, and of them that hate him, 
that they rise not again. 

Heb. vii. 12. For the priesthood 
being changed, there is made of neces- 
sity a change also of the law. 

13. For he of whom these things 
are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, 
of which no man gave attendance at 
the altar. 

14. For it is evident that our Lord 
sprang out of Juda; of which tribe 
Moses spake nothing concerning priest- 
hood. 

15. And it is yet far more evident : 
for that after the similitude of Melchi- 
zedec there ariseth another priest, 

16. Who is made, not after the law 
of a carnal commandment, but after the 
power of an endless life. 

17. For he testifieth, Thou art a 
priest for ever after the order of Mel- 
chizedec. 

Acts i. 16. Men and brethren, the 
scripture must needs have been ful- 
filled, which the Holy Ghost by the 



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curse. He also held a place in the breast- 
plate, — a part in the apostleship, from 
which he fell by transgression. In this 
particular, he is the antitype both of 
Levi and of Esau. But in his own person 
— his fleshly nature, he is more clearly 
portrayed by Judah. 



mouth of David spake before concern- 
ing Judas, which was guide to them that 
took Jesus. 

17. For he was numbered with us, 
and had obtained part of this ministry. 

20. For it is written in the book 
of Psalms, Let his habitation be deso- 
late, and let no man dwell therein : 
and, His bishopric let another take. 

Heb. vii. 5. And verily they that are 
of the sons of Levi, who receive the 
office of the priesthood, have a com- 
mandment to take tithes of the people 
according to the law, that is, of their 
brethren, though they came out of the 
loins of Abraham. 

Josh. xix. 9. Out of the portion of 
the children of Judah was the. inherit- 
ance of the children of Simeon : for 
the part of the children of Judah was 
too much for them: therefore the 
children of Simeon had their inherit- 
.ance within the inheritance of them. 



The Letter. 

8. Judah, thou art lie whom thy bre- 
thren shall praise ; thy hand shall be in 
the neck of thine enemies : thy father's 
children shall bow down before thee. 

9. Judah is a lion's whelp ; from the 
prey, my son, thou art gone up: he 
stooped down, he couched as a lion, 
and as an old lion : who shall rouse 
him up ? 

10. The sceptre shall not depart 
from Judah, nor a lawgiver from be- 
tween his feet, until Shiloh come : and 
unto him shall the gathering of the 
people he. 

11. Binding his foal unto the vine, 
and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; 
he washed his garments in wine, and 
his clothes in the blood of grapes : 

12. His eyes shall he red with wine, 
and his teeth white with milk. 

Rote. 
In this description of Judah there is 
much of very mysterious import. The 



The Spirit. 

Deut. xxxiii. 7. And this is the 
blessing of Judah : and he said, Hear, 
Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him 
unto his people : let his hands be suffi- 
cient for him, and be thou a help to him 
from his enemies. 

Ps. lxxii. 11. Yea, all kings shall 
fall down before him : all nations shall 
serve him. 

12. For he shall deliver the needy 
when he crieth ; the poor also, and him 
that hath no helper. 

13. He shall spare the poor and 
needy, and shall save the souls of the 
needy. 

14. He shall redeem their soul from 
deceit and violence : and precious shall 
their blood be in his sight. 

15. And he shall live, and to him 
shall be given of the gold of Sheba : 
prayer also shall be made for him con- 
tinually ; and daily shall he be praised. 

Eph. ii. 2. Wherein in time past ye 
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figure is comprehensive and complicated; 
and involves some of the most distin- 
guishing features in the character and 
history, both of the Messiah and of the 
prince of this world. 

"Thou art he whom thy brethren 
shall praise." All that are of the same 
kindred, origin, and fellowship, will do 
him honor. This is true, both of Christ 
and Satan. " Thy hand shall be in the 
neck of thine enemies." In the day of 
his power, he will have them in subjec- 
tion. This is also true of both. "Thy 
father's children shall bow down to 
thee," which is true of both these ad- 
verse parties. 

" Judah is a lion's whelp /' the son of 
a king or ruler: and the Lion of the 
tribe of Judah, is also the Son of David ; 
and his adversary the roaring lion, is the 
son of perdition, the prince of this world. 
" From the prey, my son, thou art gone 
up;' 9 the Son of God has gone up from 
the prey of death and hell which he left 
vanquished on the field of battle. The 
son of perdition has gone " to his oivn 
place," from the prey which he had been 
watching to devour for ages ; the " heel " 
of the woman's seed. " He stooped down, 
he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; 
who shall rouse him up V With all the 



up 

skill and wisdom of an old lion, who 
would make sure of his prey, by con- 
cealing his purpose, the Son of God 
stooped down, humbled himself, made 
himself of no reputation, and became 
obedient unto death, even the death of 
the cross; because this was the only 
way to secure the prey ; while that very 
prey was boasting and triumphing in 
his supposed defeat. His wily adver- 
sary also, with all the daring of the 
lion, and all the subtlety of the serpent, 
"croucheth and humbleth himself that 
the poor may fall by his strong ones." 
"The sceptre shall not depart from Ju- 
dah," &c. ; the reign of sin and Satan 
shall not cease till the Son of David as- 
sume his throne and sceptre and gather 
the people to himself. The King of 
Zion shall come to his kingdom, lowly, 
and riding upon an ass, and a colt the 
foal of an ass. He comes as the pas- 
chal lamb to the sacrifice, and binds this 
sacrifice even to the horns of the altar ; 



world, according to the prince of the 
power of the air, the spirit that now 
worketh in the children of disobedi- 
ence. 

Rev. v. 5. And one of the elders 
saith unto me, Weep not : behold, the 
Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of 
David, hath prevailed to open the book, 
and to loose the seven seals thereof. 

1 Pet. v. 8. Be sober, be vigilant ; 
because your adversary the devil, as a 
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking 
whom he may devour. 

Heb. ii. 14. Forasmuch then as the 
children are partakers of flesh and 
blood, he also himself likewise took 
part of the same ; that through death 
he might destroy him that had the 
power of death, that is, the devil ; 

15. And deliver them, who, through 
fear of death, were all their life-time 
subject to bondage. 

Ps. x. 8. He sitteth in the lurking 
places of the villages: in the secret 
places doth he murder the innocent : 
his eyes are privily set against the 
poor. 

9. He licth in wait secretly as a lion 
in his den : he lieth in wait to catch the 
poor ; he doth catch the poor, when he 
draweth him into his net. 

10. He croucheth, and humbleth 
himself, that the poor may fall by his 
strong ones. 

Isa. xliii. 2. Wherefore art thou red 
in thine apparel, and thy garments like 
him that treadeth in the wine fat ? 

3. I have trodden the wine-press 
alone ; and of the people there was none 
with me : for I will tread them in mine 
anger, and trample them in my fury, 
and their blood shall be sprinkled upon 
my garments, and I will stain all my 
raiment. 



he dips his garments in blood, and stains 
all his raiment, while the wine is poured 
freely forth from the "choice vine," as 
a libation upon the altar, even the " new 
wine of the kingdom. ' 



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The Letter. 

13. Zebulun shall dwell at the haven 
of the sea ; and he shall be for a haven 
of ships ; and his border shall be unto 
Zidon. 

14. Issachar is a strong ass, couch- 
ing down between two burdens : 

15. And he saw that rest was good, 
and the land that it was pleasant ; and 
bowed his shoulder to bear, and be- 
came a servant unto tribute. 

BTote. 

Before we leave the subject of Judah 
as a type, we would add, that in all 
which is said of him, a reference is had 
to the bodily manifestation of kingly 
power — whether of Christ or Satan. 
And, as remotely connected with this 
figure, we would advert to the brazen 
serpent. Israel had been bitten by ser- 
pents, and they were healed by a simi- 
litude of that which had bitten them — 
but without the venom. So from Judah 
is the bodily form or heel of the seed of 
the woman ; the veil of his divinity : 
And from Judah also, is the bodily form 
of the seed of the serpent — the son of 
perdition, which devoured that " heel ;" 
but by which the serpent himself, with 
his works, were utterly destroyed. 

The- first two laborers called into the 
gospel kingdom, Simon Peter and An- 
drew his brother, were from the sea- 
coast of Zabulon and Nephthalim. They 
were fishers, but were told to leave 
their nets and Christ would make them 
fishers of men. It is remarkable that 
Andrew signifies strong; and Issachar 
is here called " a strong ass, couching 
down between two burdens." Comparing 
the language of Moses with that of Ja- 
cob, it would appear that the calling of 
Issachar was upon the land, while that 
of Zebulun was upon the sea: as the 
gift of one minister of the gospel is to 
spread the net which catches all, both 
good and bad ; while that of another is 
to judge, and choose, and separate the 
precious from the vile. Both these la- 
borers were to •' call the people to the 
mountain" or, in other words, to bring 
converts to Zion, the mountain of the 



The Spirit. 

Deut. xxxiii. 18. And of Zebulun 
he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going 
out ; and Issachar, in thy tents. 

19. They shall call the people unto 
the mountain; there they shall offer 
sacrifices of righteousness: for they 
shall suck of the abundance of the seas, 
and of treasures hid in the sand. 

Judges v. 14. Out of Ephraim was 
there a root of them against Amalek ; 
after thee, Benjamin, among thy peo- 
ple ; out of Machir came down govern- 
ors, and out of Zebulun they that han- 
dle the pen of the writer. 

15. And the princes of Issachar were 
with Deborah ; even Issachar, and also 
Barak: he was sent on foot into the 
valley. 

Isa. ix. 1. Nevertheless the dimness 
shall not be such as was in her vexa- 
tion, when at the first he lightly afflict- 
ed the land of Zebulun, and the land 
of Naphtali, and afterward did more 
grievously afflict her by the way of the 
sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the 
nations. 

2. The people that walked in dark- 
ness have seen a great light : they that 
dwell in the land of the shadow of 
death, upon them hath the light shined. 

Matt. iv. 13. And leaving Naza- 
reth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, 
which is upon the sea-coast, in the bor- 
ders of Zabulon and Nephthalim ; 

14. That it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by Esaias the prophet, 
saying, 

15. The land of Zabulon, and the 
land of Nephthalim, by the way of the 
sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the 
Gentiles ; 

16. The people which sat in dark- 
ness saw great light : and to them 
which sat in the region and shadow of 
death light is sprung up. 

17. From that time Jesus began to 
preach, and to say, Repent; for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

18. And Jesus, walking by the sea 
of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon 



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Lord's house. The figure seems to be 
this: that while one is called to preach 
the gospel, to go forth bearing precious 
eeed; another is called to prepare the 
ground, to watef and to reap. Yet. each, 
after his own gift and calling, is labor 
ing in the same vineyard, and to esta- 
blish the Lord's house upon the top of 
the mountains and exalt it above the 
hills. 

The fact was foretold by Isaiah, that 
light should first spring up in the land 
of Zebulun and Naphtali. It was in 
that land that Christ first preached ; 



The Letter. 

16. Dan shall judge his people, as 
one of the tribes of Israel. 

17. Dan shall be a serpent by the 
way, an adder in the path, that biteth 
the horse-heels, so that his rider shall 
fall backward. 

18. I have waited for thy salvation, 
OLord! 

1 9. Gad, a troop shall overcome him ; 
but he shall overcome at the last. 

Note. 

Whatever was the individual charac- 
ter of the sons of Jacob, they were all 
heads of tribes, and whatever were the 
character and calling of the twelve 
apostles of the Lamb, they were all to sit 
upon thrones judging the twelve tribes 
of Israel. Their typical features are 
sometimes presented in different indivi- 
duals. Of this we have an example in 
Keuben, Judah, and Dan. 

By Moses, Dan is called a "lion's 
whelp," which intimates pre-eminence of 
birth and station. Among all the apos- 
tles, none were so eminent as Paul. He is 
first presented to us as exalted in learn- 
ing, and in all whereof he might glory 
in the flesh. "An Hebrew of the He- 
brews ; as touching the law, a Phari- 
see ; concerning zeal, persecuting the 
church ; touching the righteousness 
which is in the law, blameless." From 
this height of self-righteousness, this hill 
of Bashan as high as the hill of God, with 
one " leap" at the call of Jesus, Paul de- 
31 



called Peter, and Andrew his brother, 
casting a net into the sea: for they 
were fishers. 

19. And he saith unto them, Follow 
me, and I will make you fishers of 
men. 

20. And they straightway left ilieir 
nets, and followed him. 



and from which he called his first apos- 
tles; and these apostles were first to 
spread that light, both among Jews and 
Gentiles. 



The Spirit. 

Detjt. xxxiii. 20. And of Gad he 
said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad : 
he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the 
arm with the crown of the head. 

21. And he provided the first part 
for himself, because there, in a portion 
of the lawgiver, was lie seated : and he 
came with the heads of the people, he 
executed the justice of the Lord, and 
his judgments with Israel. 

22. And of Dan he said, Dan is a 
lion's whelp ; he shall leap from Bashan. 

Josh. i. 12. And to the Reuben- 
ites, and to the Gaaites, and to half the 
tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, say- 
ing, 

13. Remember the word which Mo- 
ses, the servant of the Lord, commanded 
you, saying, The Lord your God hath 
given you rest, and hath given you this 
land. 

14. Your wives, your little ones, and 
your cattle, shall remain in the land 
which Moses gave you on this side 
Jordan ; but ye shall pass before your 
brethren armed, all the mighty men of 
valor, and help them : 

15. Until the Lord hath given your 
brethren rest, as he hath given you t . 
and they also have possessed the land 
which the Lord your God giveth them : 
then ye shall return unto the land of 
your possession, and enjoy it, which 
Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you 



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scended to his feet. From this time he 
had "the care of all the churches;" re- 
gulating their matters of discipline, and 
instructing them into the mysteries oi 
the faith. But especially did he set his 
face as a flint against all the inroads of 
Judaism. He had a sharp and biting re- 
buke for all that leave the faith of the 
gospel to " stay on horses and trust in 
chariots," or that " go down to Egypt for 
help." Paul labored faithfully in the 
body, and fully believed he should re- 
ceive his crown. " I have waited for 
thy salvation, Lord !" 

The vision concerning Gad appears to 
point to Peter, though he has already 
been presented by Reuben. Peter was 
overcome by a " troop" of those fleshly 
infirmities which needed to be corrected 
before he could be prepared to feed the 
flock of God. But signally did his di- 
vine Master give him the victory at last ! 
and in his subsequent ministry the 
words of Moses may be well applied to 
him. 



The Letter. 

20. Out of Asher his bread shall be 
fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 

21. Naphtali is a hind let loose : he 
giveth goodly words. 

27. Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: 
in the morning he shall devour the prey, 
and at night he shall divide the spoil. 

Note. 

Asher and Naphtali seem to combine 
the one character and work of John, 
" the disciple whom Jesus loved" 

The bread of Asher was to be fat, and 
his foot was to be dipped in oil. The 
portion of John from his divine Master 
was signally rich in grace and favor. 
His bread was fat, for it was dealt from 
his Master's own hand; and his foot- 
steps were upheld and guided by that 
blessed Comforter of whom he spake so 
much. Yet "his shoes were iron and 



on this side Jordan, toward the sun- 
rising. 

Ps. lxviii. 15. The hill of God is as 
the hill of Bashan ; a high hill, as the 
hill of Bashan. 

16. Why leap ye, ye high hills 1 this 
is the hill which God desireth to dwell 
in ; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for 
ever. 

Is a. xxxi. 1. Wo to them that go 
down to Egypt for help ; and stay on 
horses, and trust in chariots, because 
they are many; and in horsemen, be- 
cause they are very strong; but they 
look not unto the Holy One of Israel, 
neither seek the Lord ! 

2. Yet he also is wise, and will 
bring evil, and will not call back his 
words : but will arise against the house 
of the evil-doers, and against the help 
of them that work iniquity. 

3. Now the Egyptians are men, and 
not God; and their horses flesh, and 
not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch 
out his hand, both he that helpeth shall 
fall, and he that is holpen shall fall 
down, and they all shall fall together. 



The Spirit. 

Deut. xxxiii. 23. And of Naphtali 
he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with fa- 
vor, and full with the blessing of the 
Lord, possess thou the west and the 
south. 

24. And of Asher he said, Let Asher 
be blessed with children ; let him be 
acceptable to his brethren, and let him 
dip his foot in oil. 

25. Thy shoes shall be iron and 
brass; and as thy days, so shall thy 
strength be. 

12. And of Benjamin he said, The 
beloved of the Lord shall dwell in 
safety by him ; and the Lord shall cover 
him all the day long, and he shall dwell 
between his shoulders. 

Sol. Song ii. 7. I charge you, O ye 
daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, 
and by the hinds of the field, that ye 



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brass ;" so well were his feet shod with 
the preparation of the gospel of peace. 
As his day, so was his strength ; for he 
was strong in the grace that is in Christ 
Jesus. He is like " a hind let loose." The 
"hinds and roes of the field " alone fur- 
nish a similitude for the devoted fond- 
ness of this loving disciple to his Lord. 
"He giveth goodly words." How full 
of heavenly-mindedness are his epistles ! 
The temper of a little child is exhibited 
in all he says ; and his favorite title for 
the disciples is that of children. He so 
calls them, no less than eight times in 
his three short letters. Again, " he 
shall yield royal dainties;" not only 
those here described, but the royal mes- 
sages and proclamations of the King of 
kings and Lord of lords, from the 
throne of his majesty, were sent by his 
hand. 

"We have already noticed Benjamin as 
the apostle of the Gentiles ; the manner 
of whose birth and calling into the 
apostleship form an analogy so far; but 
whose character and labors afterward, 
are more fully exhibited in Dan. In 
the present passage, he is alluded to be- 
fore his conversion : when in the early 
history of the church, the morning of 
the gospel day, he was a blasphemer 
and a persecutor, and like a wolf among 
the sheep ; but at night he divided the 
spoil. He divided the labors, not only 
of those who built up Zion, but of those 
who spoiled her adversaries ; and finally 
he divided with them the inheritance of 
the saints. 



stir not up, nor awake my love till he 

please. 

***** 

17. Until the day break, and the 
shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, 
and be thou like a roe or a young hart 
upon the mountains of Bether. 

2 Sam. xxii. 33. God is my strength 
and power: and he maketh my way 
perfect. 

34. He maketh my feet like hinds' 
feel: and setteth me upon my high 
places. 

35. He teacheth my hands to war ; 
so that a bow of steel is broken by 
mine arms. 

John xxi. 20. Then Peter, turning 
about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus 
loved following; which also leaned on 
his breast at supper, and said, Lord, 
which is he that betrayeth thee ? 

21. Peter seeing him, saith to Jesus, 
Lord, and what shall this man do ? 

22. Jesus saith unto him, If I will 
that he tarry till I come, what is that to 
thee ? Follow thou me. 

Rev. i. 1. The Revelation of Jesus 
Christ, which God gave unto him, to 
shew unto his servants things which 
must shortly come to pass ; and he 
sent and signified it by his angel unto 
his servant John : 

2. Who bare record of the word of 
God, and of the testimony of Jesus 
Christ, and of all things that he saw. 

3. Blessed is he that readeth, and 
they that hear the words of this pro- 
phecy, and keep those things which are 
written therein : for the time is at 
hand. 



The Letter. 

22. Joseph is a fruitful bough ; even 
a fruitful bough by a well, whose 
branches run over the wall. 

23. The archers have sorely grieved 
him, and shot at him, and hated him : 

24. But his bow abode in strength, 
and the arms of his hands were made 
strong by the hands of the mighty God 



The Spirit. 

Deut. xxxiii. 13. And of Joseph he 
said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, 
for the precious things of heaven, for 
the dew, and for the deep that coucheth 
beneath, 

14. And for the precious fruits 
brought forth by the sun, and for the 
precious things put forth by the moon, 



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of Jacob : (from thence is the Shepherd, 
the stone of Israel :) 

25. Even by the God of thy father, 
who shall help thee, and by the Al- 
mighty, who shall bless thee with 
blessings of heaven above, blessings of 
the deep that lieth under, blessings of 
the breasts and of the womb. 

Kote. 

By referring to the 21st chapter of this 
book, -will be seen an explanation of this 
title of Joseph, "a fruitful bough by a 
well." It is there shown that Abraham 
gave to the king of Gerar (or rulers of 
Judah) seven ewe lambs, as witness that 
he had dug the well called Beer-sheba, or 
well of the oath; and that there he planted 
a grove, or tree, as it might be rendered. 
This tree is said to represent the rod out 
of the stem of Jesse, which should spring 
up from that people, according to the 
oath and promise of the covenant ; — 
" the branch which should grow out of 
li is roots." Joseph is this "branch or 
bough," in his typical allusion to Christ. 
He was promised to Abraham, as the 
seed "in whom all the nations of the 
earth should be blessed ;" and this pro- 
mise was given, or recorded among the 
tribe of Judah, to be fulfilled in that 
tribe; for this "Branch" should be both 
the "root and the offspring of David." 

This blessing of Joseph is virtually 
the same which had been confirmed to 
the three fathers, only more clearly and 
full}' developed, as designed to rest spe- 
cially upon the head of Joseph. And 
this, as the crown or reward of his suf- 
ferings, as mediator, or messenger of the 
covenant. 



15. And for the chief things of the 
ancient mountains, and for the precious 
things of the lasting hills, 

16. And for the precious things of 
the earth, and fulness thereof; and for 
the good will of him that dwelt in the 
bush : let the blessing come upon the 
head of Joseph, and upon the top of 
the head of him that was separated 
from his brethren. 

17. His glory is like the firstling of 
his bullock, and his horns are like the 
horns of unicorns : with them he shall 
push the people together to the ends 
of the earth : and they are the ten thou- 
sands of Ephraim, and they are the 
thousands of Manasseh. 

Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not; for I 
am with thee : be not dismayed ; for I 
am thy God : I will strengthen thee ; 
yea, I will help thee ; yea, I will uphold 
thee with the right hand of my right- 
eousness. 

Eph. i. 18. * * That ye may know 
what is the hope of his calling, and 
what the riches of the glory of his in- 
heritance in the saints, 

19. And what is the exceeding great- 
ness of his power to us-ward who be- 
lieve, according to the working of his 
mighty power, 

20. Which he wrought in Christ, 
when he raised him from the dead, and 
set him at his own right hand in the 
heavenly places, 

21. Far above all principality, and 
power, and might, and dominion, and 
every name that is named, not only in 
this world, but also in that which is to 
come: 

22. And hath put all things under 
his feet, and gave him to be the head 
over all things to the church, 

23. Which is his body, the fulness 
of him that filleth all in all. 

Phil. ii. 6. Who, being in the form 
of God, thought it not robbery to be 
equal with God : 

7. But made himself of no reputa- 
tion, and took upon him the form of a 
servant, and was made in the likeness 
of men : 



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The Letter. 

26. The blessings of thy father have 
prevailed above the blessings of my pro- 
genitors, unto the utmost bound of the 
everlasting hills : they shall be on the 
head of Joseph, and on the crown of the 
head of him that was separate from his 
brethren. 

XOTE. 

If, in considering this blessing of Jo- 
seph as a type of the Lamb that was slain, 
we take for our motto, the words placed 
at the head of the scriptures here quoted, 
we may be able to decide the question, 
Of whom do the prophets and apostles 
speak ? — To whom does all this testimony 
point? 

But, conclusive as these few passages 
are, in placing the crown of dominion 
and glory upon the head of Jesus, " the 
Lamb that is in the midst of the throne" 
they are no more so than the whole tes- 
timony of scripture, from the first verse 
of Genesis to the last of Revelation. 

Till we come to the book of Revela- 
tion, however, the throne is occupied by 
the Three Persons in the Godhead. Hence 
the expression, the Lamb who is in the 
midst of the throne, for Jesus was ex- 
alted at the right hand of the Majesty 
on high, when he ascended to heaven. 
But this condition of the throne has re- 
spect only to the mediatorial kingdom, 



8. And being found in fashion as 
a man, he humbled .himself, and be- 
came obedient unto death, even the 
death of the cross. 

9. Wherefore God also hath highly 
exalted him, and given him a name 
which is above every name : 

10. That at the name of Jesus every 
knee should bow, of things in heaven, 
and things in earth, and things under 
the earth : 

11. And that every tongue should 
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to 
the glory of God the Father. 

Ps. cxxxii. 18. His enemies will I 
clothe with shame ; but upon himself 
shall his crown flourish. 



Tlie Spirit. 

Rev. v. 13. And every creature 
which is in heaven, and on the earth, 
and under the earth, and such as are 
in the sea, and all that are in them, 
heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, 
and glory, and power, be unto him that 
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the 
Lamb, for ever and ever. 

14. And the four beasts said, Amen. 
And the four and twenty elders fell 
down and worshipped him that liveth 
for ever and ever. 

xix. 18. And he hath on his vesture 
and on his thigh a name written, 
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD 
OF LORDS. 

xxii. 13. I am Alpha and Omega, 
the beginning and the end, the first 
and the last. 

* * * ^ 5JC 

16. I, Jesus, have sent mine angel 
to testify unto you these things in the 
churches. I am the root and the off- 
spring of David, and the bright and 
morning-star. 

xi. 16. And the four and twenty 
elders, which sat before God on their 
seats, fell upon their faces, and wor- 
shipped God, 

17. Saying, We give thee thanks, O 
Lord God Almighty, which art, and 



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ia which the Three bore record, or testi- 
mony, to all that was to be accomplish- 
ed. But when the ministration of the 
Spirit, or the witness of " the Spirit, the 
water, and the blood" upon earth, was 
finished, in the gathering together of all 
things in Christ, both of these triune 
testimonies ceased at once; and God, 
even the Lamb, remained " the faithful 
and true witness." 

To this final point in the spiritual 
world, have we also arrived in the ty- 
pical history of Joseph. Abraham, Isaac, 
and Jacob have ceased, and Joseph re- 
mains lord of Egypt, and "head over 
all things to Israel." 



wast, and art to come ; because thou 
hast taken to thee thy great power, 
and hast reigned. 

iv. 8. And the four beasts had each 
of them six wings about him ; and they 
were full of eyes within : and they rest 
not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, 
holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, 
and is, and is to come. 

9. And when those beasts give glory, 
and honor, and thanks to him that sat on 
the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 

10. The four and twenty elders fall 
down before him that sat on the throne, 
and worship him that liveth for ever 
and ever, and cast their crowns before 
the throne, saying, 

11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to re- 
ceive glory, and honor, and power : for 
thou hast created all things, and for thy 
pleasure they are and were created. 

i. 13. And in the midst of the seven 
candlesticks one like unto the Son of 
man, clothed with a garment down to 
the foot, and girt about the paps with 
a golden girdle. 

14. His head and his hairs were white 
like wool, as white as snow ; and his 
eyes were as a flame of fire ; 

1 5. And his feet like unto fine brass, 
as if they burned in a furnace ; and his 
voice as the sound of many waters. 

16. And he had in his right hand 
seven stars : and out of his mouth went 
a sharp two-edged sword : and his coun- 
tenance was as the sun shineth in his 
strength. 

17. And when I saw him, I fell at his 
feet as dead. And he laid his right 
hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear 
not ; I am the first and the last : 

18. 1 am he that liveth, and was 
dead; and behold, I am alive for ever- 
more, Amen ; and have the keys of hell 
and of death. 



The Letter. 

28. All these are the twelve tribes of 
Israel : and this is it that their father 
spake unto them, and blessed them: 



The Spirit. 

Deut. xxxiii. 29. Happy art thou, 
O Israel ; who is like unto thee, O peo- 
ple saved of the Lord, the shield of thy 



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every one according to his blessing he 
blessed them. 

29. And he charged them, and said 
unto them, I am to be gathered unto 
my people ; bury me with my fathers in 
the cave that is in the field of Ephron 
the Hittite, 

30. In the cave that is in the field of 
Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in 
the land of Canaan, which Abraham 
bought with the field of Ephron the 
Hittite, for a possession of a burying- 
place. 

3 1 . (There they buried Abraham and 
Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac 
and Rebekah his wife ; and there I 
buried Leah.) 

32. The purchase of the field and of 
the cave that is therein, was from the 
children of Heth. 

33. And when Jacob had made an 
end of commanding his sons, he gather- 
ed up his feet into the bed, and yielded 
up the ghost, and was gathered unto 
his people. 

Tsote. 

Ephron signifies dust; and Hittite 
signifies broken asunder, separated. The 
fleshly body of Jacob, formed from the 
dust of the earth, is now separated from 
his spirit, and consigned to the cave of 
Machpelah, where are gathered in one 
appointed chamber, all the dust of his 
kindred, there to wait "in hope" for 
the redemption of the " creature " from 
the bondage of corruption into the glo- 
rious liberty of the sons of God. 

This cave had been purchased and 
made sure to Abraham's household, 
wherein might dwell their precious 
dust, until the earth shall "cast out her 
dead." There were gathered Abraham 
and Sarah, the father and the mother of 
all that believe; Isaac, the heir of pro- 
mise, and Rebekah, the wife which was 
brought to him by Abraham's steward, 
and placed by him in the tent of Sarah ; 
and Leah, the wife of Jacob, — the wages 
of his servitude ; and here must Jacob 
himself rest, to make up the entire embo- 
diment of the redeemed, as they shall be 
guarded and preserved by the Shepherd 



help, and who is the sword of thy ex- 
cellency! and thine enemies shall be 
found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt 
tread upon their high places. 

Jer. xvi. 16. Thus saith the Lord, 
Refrain thy voice from weeping, and 
thine eyes from tears : for thy work 
shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; and 
they shall come again from the land of 
the enemy. 

17. And there is hope in thine end, 
saith the Lord, that thy children shall 
come again to their own border. 

Rom. viii. 19. For the earnest ex- 
pectation of the creature waiteth for 
the manifestation of the sons of God. 

20. For the creature was made sub- 
ject to vanity, not willingly, but by rea- 
son of him who hath subjected the same 
in hope : 

21. Because the creature itself also 
shall be delivered from the bondage of 
corruption, into the glorious liberty of 
the children of God. 

Isa. xxvi. 19. Thy dead men shall 
live, together with my dead body shall 
they arise. Awake and sing, ye that 
dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the 
dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast 
out the dead. 

20. Come, my people, enter thou 
into thy chambers, and shut thy doors 
about thee : hide thyself as it were for 
a little moment, until the indignation 
be overpast. 

21. For, behold, the Lord cometh 
out of his place to punish the inhabi- 
tants of the earth for their iniquity : 
the earth shall disclose her blood, and 
shall no more cover her slain. 

Ps. cii. 25. Of old hast thou laid 
the foundation of the earth : and the 
heavens are the work of thy hands. 

26. They shall perish, but thou shalt 
endure ; yea, all of them shall wax old 
like a garment; as a vesture shalt 
thou change them, and they shall be 
changed : 

27. But thou art the same, and thy 
years shall have no end. 

28. The children of thy servants 



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and Bishop of their souls, until he shall 
bring them all to dwell with him where 
he is, to be like him, and to behold his 
glory. 



shall continue, and their seed shall be 
established before thee. 



CHAPTER L. 



The Letter. 

1. And Joseph fell upon his father's 
face, and wept upon him, and kissed 
him. 

2. And Joseph commanded his ser- 
vants the physicians to embalm his 
father: and the physicians embalmed 
Israel. 

3. And forty days were fulfilled for 
him; for so are fulfilled the days of 
those which are embalmed; and the 
Egyptians mourned for him threescore 
and ten days. 

Note. 

The object of embalming, is to render 
permanent, that which is perishable,, and 
to preserve, in its original form and con- 
dition, that which would otherwise be- 
come obscure and untraceable ; in order 
that all conversant with the deceased 
person maybe able at once to recognise 
his peculiar features. 

As a type of the "ministration of the 
Spirit," or preached gospel, the death of 
Jacob sealed up and closed its living- 
testimony for ever. But there yet re- 
mained one great object to be accom- 
plished by it : it must appear as a witness 
at the day of judgment. For this end, it 
had been preached to all nations. As it 
is written, " The times of this ignorance 
God winJced at, but noio commandeth 
all men everywhere to re-pent : because 
he has appointed a day in the which he 
will judge the world in. righteousness.'''' 
Jacob, though dead, must yet speak: 
the book of his testimony, though 
closed, must be re-opened, that the 
words spoken by Jesus may be ful- 
filled : " This is the condemnation, that 
light has come into the world, and men 



The Spirit. 

2 Cor. iii. 2. Ye are our epistle 
written in our hearts, known and read 
of all men : 

3. Forasmuch as ye are manifestly 
declared to be the epistle of Christ, 
ministered by us, written not with ink, 
but with the Spirit of the living God ; 
not in tables of stone, but in fleshly 
tables of the heart. 

Rom. ii. 15. Which shew the work 
of the law written in their hearts, their 
conscience also bearing witness, and 
their thoughts the meanwhile accusing, 
or else excusing one another ; 

16. In the day when God shall judge 
the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, ac- 
cording to my gospel. 

2 Pet. i. 14. Knowing that shortly 
I must put off this my tabernacle, even as 
our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. 

15. Moreover, I will endeavor that 
ye may be able after my decease to 
have these things always in remem- 
brance. 

16. For we have not followed cun- 
ningly-devised fables, when we made 
known unto you the power and coming 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were 
eye-witnesses of his majesty. 

Matt. xxiv. 14. And this gospel of 
the kingdom shall be preached in all 
the world, for a witness unto all na- 
tions ; and then shall the end come. 

***** 

19. When anyone heareth the word 
of the kingdom, and understandeth it 
not, then cometh the wicked one, and 
catcheth away that which was sown in 
his heart. This is he which received 
seed by the way-side. 



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have loved darkness rather than light" 
<fec. For the testimony of one witness 
could not condemn a man to death ; 
but " by the testimony of two witnesses, 
a man may be put to death." Hence 
the testimony of a preached gospel must 
appear at the bar of God, to seal the 
final condemnation of the wicked. And 
in the mysterious wisdom of God, the 
Egyptians themselves must give to this 
witness its own distinguishing features, 
thus furnishing, by their own deeds, the 
evidence of their condemnation. This 
same idea is recognised in the 25th chap- 



The Letter. 

4. And when the days of Ins mourn- 
ing were past, Joseph spake unto the 
house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I 
have found grace in your eyes, speak, 
I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, 
saying, 

5. My father made me swear, saying, 
Lo, I die : in my grave which I have 
digged for me in the land of Canaan, 
there shalt thou bury me. Now there- 
fore let me go up, I pray thee, and 
bury my father, and I will come 
again. 

6. And Pharaoh said, Go up, and 
bury thy father, according as he made 
thee swear. 

E"OTE. 

The death of Jacob, in its typical 
import, is the end of the gospel day. 
And when "the ministration of the 
Spirit " ceases, and faith and repentance 
are no longer dispensed to sinners, — 
then comes the judgment, the day ap- 
pointed to judge the world in righteous- 
ness. Pharaoh directs, or orders that 
this be done, as Jacob had said. Jesus, 
speaking of the last judgment, says — 
*' Of this day knoweth no man, not even 
the angels of God, but my Father only'' 
Yet would the final judgment take place 
as it is written and testified by the gos- 
pel dispensation ; for it is that, which 
has brought life and immortality, and 
the retribution of the last dav, to 



Rom. ill. 19. Now we know, that 
what things soever the law saith, it saith 
to them who are under the law ; that 
every mouth may be stopped, and all the 
world may become guilty before God. 

Ecc. xii. 14. For God shall bring 
every work unto judgment, with every 
secret thing, whether it be good, or 
whether it be evil. 

ter of Matthew, where Christ describes 
the evidences, which will make manifest 
both the righteous and the wicked. 



The Spirit. 

Acts xvii. 30. And the times of 
this ignorance God winked at; but 
now commandeth all men everywhere 
to repent : 

31. Because he hath appointed a day, 
in the which he will judge the world in 
righteousness, by that man whom he 
hath ordained : whereof he hath given 
assurance unto all men, in that he hath 
raised him from the dead. 

Ecc. xi. 9. Rejoice, O young man, 
in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer 
thee in the days of thy youth, and walk 
in the ways of thine heart, and in the 
sight of thine eyes: but know thou, 
that for all these things God will bring 
thee into judgment. 

10. Therefore remove sorrow from 
thy heart, and put away evil from thy 
flesh: for childhood and youth are 
vanity. 

Rom. ii. 15. Which shew the work 
of the law written in their hearts, their 
conscience also bearing witness, and 
their thoughts the meanwhile accusing, 
or else excusing one another ; 

16. In the day when God shall judge 
the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, ac- 
cording to my gospel. 

2 Tim. iv. 1. I charge thee therefore 
before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, 
who shall judge the quick and the dead 
at his appearing and his kingdom ; 

2. Preach the word; be instant in 



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light The first testament but darkly 
intimates the resurrection from the 
dead. But it should be "as Jacob had 
said." 



The Letter. 

7. And Joseph went up to bury his 
father ; and with him went up all the 
servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his 
house, and all the elders of the land of 
Egypt, 

8. And all the house of Joseph, and 
his brethren, and his father's house : 
only their little ones, and their flocks, 
and their herds, they left in the land of 
Goshen. 

9. And there went up with him both 
chariots and horsemen; and it was a 
very great company. 

10. And they came to the threshing- 
floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan ; 
and there they mourned with a great 
and very sore lamentation : and he 
made a mourning for his father seven 



season, out of season ; reprove, re- 
buke, exhort with all long-suffering 
and doctrine. 

Jee. viii. 20. The harvest is past, 
the summer is ended, and we are not 
saved. 



11. And when the inhabitants of the 
land, the Canaanites, saw the mourn- 
ing in the floor of Atad, they said, 
This is a grievous mourning to the 
Egyptians : wherefore the name of it 
was called Abel-mizraim, which is be- 
yond Jordan. 

Note. 

In this passage is described, typically, 
the assembling of all nations for the 
final judgment: — "a very great com- 
pany!" The place of trial, where the 
judgment is set, is a " threshing-floor /" — 
the place where wheat is separated from 
the chaff: — where the Refiner, with the 
fan in his hand — (the " book of remem- 
brance," in which is recorded "every 
secret thing, ivhether it be good, or ivliether 
it be evil") — will " thoroughly purge his 
floor, and gather the wheat into his gar- 
ner; but he will burn the chaff with un- 
quenchable fire ." 

This threshing-floor is "beyond Jor- 



The Spirit 

Matt. xxv. 31. When the Son of 
man shall come in his glory, and all the 
holy angels with him, then shall he sit 
upon the throne of his glory. 

32. And before him shall be gather- 
ed all nations : and he shall separate 
them one from another, as a shepherd 
divideth his sheep from the goats : 

33. And he shall set the sheep on 
his right hand, but the goats on the 
left. 

iii. 12. Whose fan is in his hand, 
and he will thoroughly purge his floor, 
and gather his wheat into the garner ; 
but he will burn up the chaff with un- 
quenchable fire. 

Rev. xx. 11. And I saw a great 
white throne, and him that sat on it ? 
from whose face the earth and the hea- 
ven fled away ; and there was found no 
place for them. 

12. And I saw the dead, small and 
great, stand before God ; and the books 
were opened : and another book was 
opened, which is the book of life : and 
the dead were judged out of those 
things which were written in the books, 
according to their works. 

13. And the sea gave up the dead 
which were in it ; and death and hell 
delivered up the dead which were in 
them : and they were judged every man 
according to their works. 

14. And death and hell were cast 
into the lake of fire. This is the se- 
cond death. 

15. And whosoever was not found 
written in the book of life was cast into 
the lake of fire. 

vi. 15. And the kings of the earth, 
and the great men, and the rich men, 
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dan ;" — for " after death is the judgment? 
Here was a " grievous mourning" — but 
only " to the Egyptians ;" therefore the 
place is called Abel-mizraim, which sig- 
nifies a grievous mourning to the Egyp- 
tians, j^one others have cause of mourn- 
ing but the impenitent. For while the 
righteous will rejoice at the appearing 
of the Judge, in whom they shall behold 
the Lamb that has redeemed them by 
his blood, the wicked will call upon the 
rocks and mountains to fall on them, to 
hide them from his face. 



The Letter. 

12. And his sons did unto him ac- 
cording as he commanded them : 

13. For his sons carried him into the 
land of Canaan, and buried him in the 
cave of the field of Machpelah, which 
Abraham bought with the field, for a 
possession of a burying-place. 

14. And Joseph returned into Egypt, 
he and his brethren, and all that went 
up with him to bury his father, after he 
had buried his father. 

15. And when Joseph's brethren saw 
that their father was dead, they said, 
Joseph will peradventure hate us, and 
will certainly requite us all the evil 
which we did unto him. 

16. And they sent a messenger unto 
Joseph, saying, Thy father did com- 
mand before he died, saying, 

17. So shall ye say unto Joseph, 
Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass 
of thy brethren, and their sin ; for they 
did unto thee evil: and now, we pray 
thee, forgive the trespass of the ser- 
vants of the God of thy father. And 
Joseph wept when they spake unto 
him. 

18. And his brethren also went and 
fell down before his face : and they 
said, Behold, we be thy servants. 



men, and every bond-man, and every 
free-man, hid themselves in the dens 
and in the rocks of the mountains ; 

16. And said to the mountains and 
rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the 
face of him that sitteth on the throne, 
and from the wrath of the Lamb. 

Matt. xxiv. 30. And then shall ap- 
pear the sign of the Son of man in 
heaven : and then shall all the tribes of 
the earth mourn, and they shall see the 
Son of man coming in the clouds of 
heaven with power and great glory. 

31. And he shall send his angels 
with a great sound of a trumpet, and 
they shall gather together his elect 
from the four winds, from one end of 
heaven to the other. 



The Spirit. 

Matt. xiii. 40. As therefore the 
tares are gathered and burned in the 
fire ; so shall it be in the end of this 
world. 

41. The Son of man shall send forth 
his angels, and they shall gather out of 
his kingdom all things that offend, and 
them which do iniquity ; 

42. And shall cast them into a fur- 
nace of fire : there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth. 

43. Then shall the righteous shine 
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their 
Father. Who hath ears to hear, let 
him hear. 

46. And these shall go away into 
everlasting punishment : but the right- 
eous into life eternal. 

Rev. xxi. 1. And I saw a new hea- 
ven and a new earth : for the first hea- 
ven and the first earth were passed 
away ; and there was no more sea. 

2. And I John saw the holy city, 
new Jerusalem, coming down from 
God out of heaven, prepared as a bride 
adorned for her husband. 

3. And I heard a great voice out of 
heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle 
of God is with men, and he will dwell 



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19. And Joseph said unto them, 
Fear not: for am I in the place of 
God? 

20. But as for you, ye thought evil 
against me; but God meant it unto 
good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, 
to save much people alive. 

21. Now therefore fear ye not: I 
will nourish you, and your little ones. 
And he comforted them, and spake 
kindly unto them. 

ITOTE. 

Till they reached the threshing-floor 
of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, the 
Egyptians and Israel continued together 
in one company, but no farther ; it ap- 
pears that here they separated ; and Ja- 
cob's sons buried their father iu the cave 
of the field of Maehpelah ; but the Egyp- 
tians had no more to do in the matter. 

"Were there only one great leading 
truth to be shadowed forth by this typi- 
cal history ; — were there but a single 
thread of literal events, or spiritual 
truths, to be continuously carried out, 
then would the history of ancient Israel 
typically, and of the church of Christ 
spiritually, be now finished ; — we could 
not pass beyond the final judgment. 
But this is not the manner of the Old 
Testament scriptures, in developing the 
shadowy form of spiritual and eternal 
things. "When one figure is adopted 
and pursued for the purpose of carrying 
out a leading doctrine of Christ, there 
yet remain other phases of that doctrine, 
other dependencies and connections, and 
especially fuller and clearer develop- 
ments of it, to be presented by other 
types; for "the path of the Just is as 
the shining light which shineth more 
and more unto the perfect day." For 
this reason, among others, we find Jo- 



with tnem, and they shall be his people, 
and God himself shall be with them, 
and be their God. 

4. And God shall wipe away all tears 
from their eyes ; and there shall be no 
more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, 
neither shall there be any more pain : 
for the former things are passed away. 

5. And he that sat upon the throne 
said. Behold, I make all things new. 
And he said unto me, Write : for these 
words are true and faithful. 

6. And he said unto me, It is done. 
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning 
and the end. I will give unto him that 
is athirst of the fountain of the water 
of life freely. 

7. He that overcometh shall inherit 
all things ; and I will be his God, and 
he shall be my son. 

xxii. 1 6. They shall hunger no more, 
neither thirst any more, neither shall the 
sun light on them, nor any heat. 

17. For the Lamb which is in the 
midst of the throne shall feed them, 
and shall lead them unto living foun- 
tains of waters: and God shall wipe 
away all tears from their eyes. 



seph returning with his brethren into 
Egypt, and still continuing to rule and 
reign there; because the word of God 
to Abraham must be fulfilled, that his 
seed should sojourn in a strange land 
four hundred years, &c, — and there the 
book of Exodus must find them. 

Again, this last sojourn in Egypt may 
have allusion to the fact that in the 
new heaven and new earth, the taber- 
nacle of God is to be with men; also, 
that the holy city is said to come down 
out of heaven-. 



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The Letter. 

22. And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, 
and his father's house : and Joseph 
lived a hundred and ten years. 

23. And Joseph saw Ephraim's chil 
dren of the third generation: the children 
also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, 
were brought up upon Joseph's knees. 

24. And Joseph said unto his bre- 
thren, I die : and God will surely visit 
you, and bring you out of this land, 
unto the land which he sware to Abra- 
ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 

25. And Joseph took an oath of the 
children of Israel, saying, God will 
surely visit you, and ye shall carry up 
my bones from hence. 

26. So Joseph died, being a hundred 
and ten years old : and they embalmed 
him, and he was put in a coffin in 
Egypt. 

Note. 

Returned into Egypt, Joseph and his 
father's house now appear to occupy the 
"best of the land, the land of Goshen," 
undisturbed. He continues to sustain 
and comfort them with assurances of 
unchangeable love, and is honored and 
obeyed as if in the place of God, or as 
their head and lord. 

Much more will "the Lamb that was 
slain," the spmtual Joseph, reign as 
"King of kings and Lord of lords" upon 
the throne of his glory, as " over all, God 
blessed for evermore," when he shall have 
gathered together in one, the things that 
are in heaven, and that are on earth ; 
when all enemies shall be subdued under 
his feet, and he shall swallow up death 
in victory ; when he shall have deli- 
vered up the mediatorial kingdom to 
the Father from whom he received it, 
because there is no more covenant to be 
fulfilled, and therefore no longer the 
official titles of Father, Son, and Holy 
Ghost, but God, even the Lamb, shall 
" be all in all ;" " the beginning and end- 
ing, which is, which was, and which is to 
come, the Almighty." 

But the body of Joseph must be em- 
balmed, and must be carried up to the 
promised land with Israel, when they 



The Spirit. 

Rev. xxi. 22. And I saw no temple 
therein: for the Lord God Almighty 
and the Lamb are the temple of it. 

23. And the city had no need of the 
sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : 
for the glory of God did lighten it, and 
the Lamb is the light thereof. 

24. And the nations of them which 
are saved shall walk in the light of it : 
and the kings of the earth do bring 
their glory and honor into it. 

Ps. ciii. 17. But the mercy of the 
Lord is from everlasting to everlasting 
upon them that fear him, and his right- 
eousness unto children's children; 

18. To such as keep his covenant, 
and to those that remember his com- 
mandments to do them. 

19. The Lord hath prepared his 
throne in the heavens; and his king- 
dom ruleth over all. 

lxxxix. 29. His seed also will I make 
to endure for ever, and his throne as the 
days of heaven. 

30. If his children forsake my law, 
and walk not in my judgments ; 

31. If they break my statutes, and 
keep not my commandments ; 

32. Then will I visit their transgres- 
sion with the rod, and their iniquity 
with stripes. 

33. Nevertheless, my loving-kindness 
will I not utterly take from him, nor 
suffer my faithfulness to fail. 

34. My covenant will I not break, 
nor alter the thing that is gone out of 
my lips. 

35. Once have I sworn by mine holi- 
ness, that I will not lie unto David. 

36. His seed shall endure for ever, 
and his throne as the sun before me. 

2. For I have said, Mercy shall be 
built up for ever: thy faithfulness 
shalt thou establish in the very heavens. 

Rom. viii. 38. For I am persuaded, 
that neither death, nor life, nor angels, 
nor principalities, nor powers, nor 
things present, nor things to come, 

39. Nor height, nor depth, nor any 
other creature, shall be able to separate 



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The Gospel by Moses. 



should be delivered from bondage. It 
must not be gathered to the cave of 
Machpelab, but it must be buried in 
Egypt until his brethren went hence, 
and then his bones must be carried with 
them. So also Christ has said, " that 
where I am there they may be also" " For 
how should the body be separated from 
the head ?" Those very bones of Joseph 
which were embalmed in Egypt, must 
be carried by Israel into the promised 
land, and buried in a parcel of a field 



us from the love of God which is in 
Christ Jesus our Lord. 



near to Salim* which Jacob purchased 
for a possession to the sons of Joseph for 
ever. In this same place was the spirit- 
ual Joseph buried in baptism, for an en- 
sample to all the members of his mystical 
body, that they should follow his steps. 



* See chapter xxxiii. 17, 18, 19 ; also Joshua 
xxiv. 32. 



ERRATA. 



Page 12. In the fourth paragraph, " ministration of death or ministration of condemnation'"— for or 
read and. 

Page 17. In last paragraph of the note, for dominions, read dominion. 

Page 23. In last paragraph of the note, " as that they themselves appear," &e.,— for as, read so. 

Page 60. In first line of the note, for " those sons," read these sons. 

Page 76. In first line of note, for in the cross, read is the cross. 

Page 87. In the last paragraph, for "in this blood," &c, read the blood. 

Page 118. In first line of note, for Ephraim, read Israel. 

Page 198. In second line of last paragraph, for committed, read commits. 

Page 223. In last line of second paragraph, for Rom. v Hi. read Rom. mi. 



APPENDIX. 



(a) Page 7. "Expansion, from an Hebrew word signifying motion of different 
parts ot the same thing at the same time, one part one way, and the other part 
the other way,_ with force :— a separation."—" This is one of the subjects of the 
history of creation, respecting which thou must not expect me to state my opinion, 
.or the narrative is truly beyond our conception."— Machmonides. De Sola and 
Kaphall s " New Translation of the Book of Genesis," &c. Lond. 

These remarks, though intended to apply only to the literal text, furnish a 
strong corroborating evidence in favor of the figure which we have supposed to 
be intended by this expanse, or separation of waters. The testimony of Mach- 
monides to the deep and incomprehensible nature of the narrative, may apply 
equally to the entire history as a mere literal record. 

(b) P. 7. * * * the six days of successive change and improvement, with the 
seventh ot completion and perfection ; or as some have it, the six great periods 
and revolutions of time, figured under the symbol of the common week with its 
six periods of social activity, and its seventh of sacred rest."—" Christ in History" 
by Robert Ticrnbull, D.I). y> 

(c) P. 87. " Saved from the flood, he (Xoah) became the father of a new race 
the type ot a new redemption. For the rescue from water, in ancient times mi<?ht 
have been regarded as a symbol of a higher deliverance from sin."— Ibid. 

(d) P. 227. " Isaac had the high honor conferred upon him that he and Rebe- 
kah were assimilated to royalty, their persons being declared inviolable- a pre 
rogative reserved only for kings. This narrative is inserted to prove how the 
divine promise, 'I will be with thee,' was fulfilled ; since the discovery of Isaac's 
tergiversation, which in ordinary cases would have lessened his respectability 
on y served to raise him higher in the royal favor and public estimation."—^ 
bola and KaphalVsXew Translation, &c. 

In an uninspired record of human events, there would be nothing remarkable 
in such a method of acquiring royal favor ; but as one among the things which 
happened to Israel for our ensample, and recorded by the Holy Ghost for our instruc- 
tion, it must either be intended as a moral lesson, or as a type of spiritual things. 
If the former,— and Isaac, as well as Abraham in a similar case, is held up as a warn- 
ing against wilful and unjustifiable deception,— we have a right to suppose that 
the reproof and punishment which such conduct invariably meets from a righteous 
God, would have followed. But where is the evidence of this fact? 

Are we then not at liberty to infer, that these men considered it both right and 
safe to withhold from that ungodly people apart of the truth respecting their domes- 
tic relations, trusting in God to take care of their wives, rather than, by revealing 
all, to risk their own lives, with the special promises of which they were the sub- 
jects, and the high destiny they were to accomplish » In this view of the matter, 
is there not also a typical analogy with the conduct of Christ, who so carefully 
concealed from the Jewish people, the direct knowledge of himself, farther than 
was attested by his works ? And when the capricious multitude were at one time 



484 Appendix. 

ready to take him by force and make him a king, and at the next moment were 
equally ready to put him to death, he " charged his disciples to tell no man that he 
was the Christ;" — for, said he, "I must walk to-day and to-morrow, and the third 
day I shall be perfected.'^ And when they accused him of deceiving them, and 
said, " How long dost thou make us to doubt ? if thou be the Christ, tell us plainly" 
he replied, "Ye believe not, because ye are not my sheep." 

(e) P. 243. " The whole of the events of this chapter have been held forth as 
an iniquitous conspiracy between the mother and her younger sod, cruelly to de- 
ceive the blind old father, and basely to defraud her elder son of his intended 
blessing. None of our great commentators have succeeded in fully justifying 
Rebekah and her younger son ; the reason is, that they have failed alike in pene- 
trating the purpose of Isaac and the intention of Rebekah. It appears, however, 
that if we duly reflect on the narrative before us, most of the reproaches that have 
been heaped upon our pious ancestors will appear unmerited and groundless. 
Know, then, that it never entered into the mind of the righteous patriarch Isaac, 
that his son Esau was to inherit the blessing of Abraham, which comprised the 
assurance of his being beloved by the Deity ; that the Lord would be unto him a 
God ; that he should increase and multiply and become a mighty nation, and that 
he should inherit the land of Canaan. This blessing Isaac never intended to 
transmit to Esau. Full well he knew that the Lord had not chosen his elder son, 
who was rude and savage in his disposition, violent and overbearing in his temper, 
and inured to bloodshed by his constant war with the beasts of the forest ; and who 
had forsaken the example of Abraham and adopted that of Mmrod. These, his 
evil qualities, were well known to his father ; but amidst them all, he possessed 
one virtue — obedience and love to his father, which secured the father's affec- 
tion. * * * Isaac therefore determined to imitate the character of Abraham, 
who, when growing old, bestowed gifts upon the sons of his concubines, but 
did not before his death bless his son Isaac, being well assured that the eternal 
benediction was intended for Isaac. * * * But Isaac felt it the more strongly 
to be his duty to bestow his blessing on his son Esau, to whom he would not 
be acting justly, if he dismissed him with gifts only, as Abraham had done to 
the sons of his concubines. For Esau as well as Jacob was the son of his wed- 
ded wife Rebekah. * * * Isaac therefore determined to bless him, and in 
order to do so with a willing heart, he bade him go to the forest and get venison, 
and prepare him 'savory meat,' that when thus in the full enjoyment of what 
had been procured by Esau's only virtue, obedience, his mind might forget the 
manifold failings of his son, and bless this virtue only. Therefore he said to him 
that I'a&a my soul may bless thee. This is an expression which we do not find 
used on any other occasion in the sacred scriptures ; and the reason why Isaac 
so qualified his blessing, as if he had said, although my reason, my understanding, 
and those nobler faculties which constitute the fits ©3 or intellectual soul, may 
not concur in the blessing I am about to bestow on thee, yet the feelings of plea- 
sure and enjoyment procured by this one virtue, will act upon those lower facul- 
ties which constitute the sensitive soul, and in its fervor it will bless thee. 

"Rebekah heard the command given by the patriarch, but she failed to discover 
his true intention, as our great commentators in after ages have done. She feared 
that the purpose of her husband was to transmit the divine benediction of Abra- 
ham exclusively to Esau; and as he was the first boim, would likewise inright of 
primogeniture inherit the greater portion of his father's property, her pious son 
Jacob would be the sufferer through his very virtues. Thus she apprehended that 
a gross wrong would be done to her younger son. which it was her duty to pre- 
vent by any means. Therefore, so far from conspiring to defraud Esau of the 
paternal benediction, her object was solely to prevent his usurping the whole of 
that which of right belonged to Jacob. 

" But the course of the narrative proves that she was mistaken, and that her sus- 
picions of Isaac's intention were unfounded ; for the blessing which he conferred 
upon the supposed Esau, proves that the patriarch did not think himself at liberty 
to alienate from Jacob any portion of that divine benediction, which he felt was 
intended for his younger son. Thus he does not, in his blessing, say that the sup- 
posed Esau should be the blessed of the Lord, or that he should inherit the pro- 
mised land; nor did he extend the benediction to Esau and his seed after him ; 
but the whole of his blessing is temporal and confined to Esau only. * * * When 
Jacob was about to leave his paternal roof and depart for Charan, Isaac calls him 
and blesses him a second time. And what is this second blessing he bestows on 
him ? What other than the divine benediction of Abraham ! The blessing is 



Appendix. 485 

altogether different from that conferred on the supposed Esau. Whence comes it 
that Isaac expresses no indignation at Jacob's deception, but because he never 
intended the blessing he conferred upon the supposed JEsau to be the divine bene- 
diction reserved for Jacob ?" — Be Sola and Raphall. 

"We cannot accord with this version of the narrative, for we fully believe that 
Isaac did bestow upon Jacob at that time, when he stood before him in the name 
and place of Esau, the entire blessing of Abraham. Yet the view of these Hebrew 
translators, certainly suggests several important ideas in connection with the fig- 
urative design of this history. It is evident that the literal text admits of a dif- 
ferent rendering from the English translation, and one that makes the real design 
and purpose of Isaac, at least a matter of doubt. Such a questionable sense as 
this is in perfect accordance with its antitype, viz. : the last call of God upon his 
elder son or old covenant people, and the promise connected with it. By the 
mouth of the prophet Malachi, at the time when he is about to cast them out for 
ever, he says, "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehoiise, that there may be meat in my 
house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the 
windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough 
to receive it." ISTow it is abundantly evident that God well knew they never would 
do this ; neither did he intend, that the blessing should rest upon that people; it 
was to be by another covenant, another priesthood, and the "savory meat" of a 
better sacrifice. 

(/) P. 260. " « The fatness of the earth and the dews of heaven I can alike wish 
for, and bestow upon you both, but the dominion must abide with thy brother.' — 
Machmonides. This view has been adopted by Mendelssohn and most of the 
modern Jewish translators. But some commentators are of opinion that the pre- 
fix is made to represent the particle from in a negative sense. Accordingly, they 
render the text, 'Behold thy dvjelling shall be remote from the fatness of the earth 
and from the dew of heaven.'' In support of this rendering, they adduce, first, 
the regret that Isaac expresses to Esau, that he has already bestowed the fertile 
habitation on Jacob, so that he cannot grant it to Esau ; and secondly, the fact 
that the mountain of Seir, which the descendants of Esau inhabited, is so far 
from fertile, that Seitzen describes it as perhaps the most rugged and barren chain 
of mountains on earth." — Ibid. 

This rendering of the text is certainly consistent with fact, so far as the literal 
possession of Esau is concerned ; and also with his spiritual portion compared 
with that of Jacob. But the English version, as explained in our note, is equally 
true — that, while Jacob has full possession and enjoyment of the inheritance, 
Esau only dwells in the midst of it, or in the presence of it, without having any 
part or lot in the matter. And again, the words which follow, in the blessing of 
Isaac, confirm this view: "And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy 
brother." But had Esau received " the fatness of the earth and the dew of heaven," 
there would have been no need that he should live by his sword, or become a 
servant. 

(h) P. 332. "The reason for the institution of this command, is but indistinctly 
indicated in the text ; for it does not appear why the Israelite descendants of 
Jacob, should be prohibited to eat this nerve of an animal, because their proge- 
nitor was struck on his thigh upon that nerve. The motive for this command 
appears, therefore, to be to implant in our mind a constant remembrance of the 
divine mercy and providence of God to Israel, here foreshadowed by the conflict of our 
ancestor Jacob {thence called Israel) with a superhuman power, who could inflict only 
a temporary injury, but over whom, by the divine aid vouchsafed to him on account 
of his virtue and faith, he finally triumphed." — De Sola and Raphall. 

The italics are here added by ourselves to distinguish a Jew's version of that 
mysterious conflict, in which he sees nothing of Christ, but merely a singular pas- 
sage in the life of Jacob ! If, to national Israel, the institution of this law was 
to serve as a memorial of the conflict, the yielding and the final triumph of the 
patriarch, — how much more does the continual representation of the broken body 



486 Appendix. 

of Jesus commemorate his mighty conflict and everlasting victory, in the mind of 
his people ! 

(i) P. 334. " Various reasons have been assigned why the Masorites have dotted 
the Hebrew word which signifies ' and kissed him.' Some affirm it was to indi- 
cate that Esau was not sincere in his embrace, but treacherously intended to hurt 
Jacob. * * * Another opinion is, that the dots are placed to indicate, that 
though Esau did hate Jacob, he embraced him cordially on the present occasion. 
Whatever may have been the motive for this punctuation, it shows that the 
Masorites perceived in this word something remarkable, which we have no means 
to discover." — Ibid. 

This last remark of the learned commentator concedes a great and important 
point, viz. : that something more is needed to obtain a right understanding of 
Scripture, than the most acute philological criticism. And what is this needed 
help, but a general knowledge of the unity and analogy of truth, not of the letter 
only, but also of the spirit? — to be able to compare the type with the antitype, 
so that they may mutually explain each other ? 

(Jc) P. 349. " The older commentators all assume that the place where Jacob 
lighted, and where he slept, was Mount Moriah, where Abraham offered up Isaac, 
and on which the temple was subsequently built. But these commentators forget 
that the text acquaints us the place Luz, which, from this and other events that 
happened there, was called Bethel ; and as this place is at a distance of twelve 
miles from Jerusalem, it cannot be brought into connection with Mount Moriah : 
accordingly the Medrash,in its allegorical style, says, 'the mount went to meet Jacob 
at Luz.' "—Ibid. 



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